Uhm, the Grub loader thingy did something "funny" and now I'm typing this on my wife's computer watching XP re-install itself....wiped out everything. 
Linux hates me = truth.
Linux hates me = truth.
I think Linux hates me. :(
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Uhm, the Grub loader thingy did something "funny" and now I'm typing this on my wife's computer watching XP re-install itself....wiped out everything.
Linux hates me = truth.
That one I could have told you about. Never install XP after Linux, always other way around. (the tolerant always get kicked in the nads).
About Grub, you could also use Lilo if Grub causes trouble.What did it do?Uhm, the Grub loader thingy did something "funny" and now I'm typing this on my wife's computer watching XP re-install itself....wiped out everything.
Linux hates me = truth.
Do you have an IDE and an SATA HDD and boot from SATA?Uhm, the Grub loader thingy did something "funny" and now I'm typing this on my wife's computer watching XP re-install itself....wiped out everything.
Linux hates me = truth.
Yup, I think so. Not sure if I'm booting off and IDE or SATA.
Happiest thing I've seen in a while was when I got done reinstalling XP yesterday and on the final reboot it gave me the option of going into the new XP install or my old one since I screwed up this install and put it on the wrong partition by accident.
I've goofed up my boot more than a couple of times in the last few days, this was the first time I couldn't repair/fix it.
But it's all good, got my old XP back.
Feisty did install the BB on the wrong drive for me, but if you cant boot the LiveCD I have no idea how to fix it. If the LiveCD works I`ll try to explain what you have to do.
Thanks, but I've had enough "fun" with Linux for right now. I'm gonna be happy with a perfectly functioning XP box for a few days.
Well, you know what to do if you ever want to become a real hacker.Thanks, but I've had enough "fun" with Linux for right now. I'm gonna be happy with a perfectly functioning XP box for a few days.
I feel "Bubbles" is just asking for climate change. Surely central Europe has milder weather, so dont be afraid to ask me for a shipping addressThanks, but I've had enough "fun" with Linux for right now. I'm gonna be happy with a perfectly functioning XP box for a few days.
NO!!! Bad things happen when I put my mouse down. 
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For MBR, there is something called Super Grub Disk (an .iso you can burn into a bootable CD) which has a whole heap of tools that can help you fix the MBR/Grub if it decides to point the boot to the wrong place.
I've at least used it to get to a command prompt to use the FIXMBR command to restore the XP MBR after the OpenSuze Grub borked mine.
I've at least used it to get to a command prompt to use the FIXMBR command to restore the XP MBR after the OpenSuze Grub borked mine.
Yeah, the bad part is that it f#cked up something really, really bad, and as long as the HDD was connected, it wouldn't boot even from CD's
Yeah, the bad part is that it f#cked up something really, really bad, and as long as the HDD was connected, it wouldn't boot even from CD's
This something that Linux shouldn't be able to do. BIOS controls the boot order not the Linux installed on the hard drive.
The only thing I can think of that may be causing the problem is that there may be some basic driver issue with that particular motherboard, or some of the code in the distro or the bootloader may be compiled so it is not compatible with the CPU.
For example I had problems with Windows 95 in the past which will install but won't boot on an AMD K6 CPU over 300MHz and that was due to a timing error bug that was never fixed. I have not really had any booting problems with Linux drivers though except for graphics cards. The solution to that is to install in text mode and then configure the X Server by hand or using SAX.
I have had problems with booting recently on an old AMD K6 PC. It will install Ubuntu 6.06 fine but has problems similar to yours on Ubuntu 6.10 and later. I have worked out that this is due to some of the ix86 code being compiled for the 586 or 686 architecture in a way that isn't backward compatible with the K6. This causes it to shut down and reboot when you try to boot off the hard drive. Most recent versions also show this problem. If you are not using a recent CPU, then try installing an older distro like Ubuntu 6.06 to see if that works. If you are using a recent CPU, it should work, but might you perhaps be using an IA64 disk on an IA32 architecture? Also could the graphics card be causing the problem? Try swapping the graphics card, and use an open source driver with 3d acceleration turned off to see it that cures the problem.
Y'know, I've been thinking about it. It might not be that Linux hates me, it might just be that Linux is inherently evil. 
The strange thing is that nobody else seems to be having your problems
http://www.linux-tested.com/results/asus_a8r32-mvp_dlx.html
Others claim that ATI x1800 GTO works fine for them including Beryl/XGL on Fedora FC6,
so it may be that Linux doesn't like you after all.
Seriously, you should check if there is a fault with your CD drive or the ISO you burned, as I think this is the most likely cause of your problems. I had similar weird things happening some time back when I tried to install Linux on a PC. It turned out to be the CD drive that had gone faulty. I replaced it, and no more problems.
http://www.linux-tested.com/results/asus_a8r32-mvp_dlx.html
Others claim that ATI x1800 GTO works fine for them including Beryl/XGL on Fedora FC6,
so it may be that Linux doesn't like you after all.
Seriously, you should check if there is a fault with your CD drive or the ISO you burned, as I think this is the most likely cause of your problems. I had similar weird things happening some time back when I tried to install Linux on a PC. It turned out to be the CD drive that had gone faulty. I replaced it, and no more problems.
Y'know, I've been thinking about it. It might not be that Linux hates me, it might just be that Linux is inherently evil.
Considering Linus is from Finland too, I think you might be on to something
Do you want to get it running on your PC in all it's glory? All us Linux guys are prepared to help you through every step. Open a thread for it, or hijack one of the running ones, and let us help. We would like to!
