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On 15/08/10 09:29, tom wrote:
I have just tried the same CD on my laptop and it works fine. (It also served to remind me how much I hate Gnome.) On the desk top the CD/DVD drive works fine once the machine is running. So I don't think it is the drive or the CD. I will have another look at the BIOS.On 15/08/10 08:45, Neil Winchurst wrote:On 14/08/10 19:30, tom wrote:If your cmos is dying your should find dates set to 1/1/2000 or similar Normally on resetting dates etc in the bios and re-booting the settings will be kept as the power supply should keep the data alive - you can tell when its lost as it normally tells you. Check the CD boots in another machine - its probably that rather than the bios Tom te tom te tomThanks Tom. I have just checked the date ('date' in a terminal screen) and it is correct. I will try the CD in another machine as suggested. NeilOf course if it does boot on another machine it could be the CD on the first! If there is a floppy on the first then "smart boot manager" might help, or the old move the hardrive to another machine and install it there... Tom te tom te tom
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