On Sunday 03 June 2001 03:04 pm, you wrote:
hi, I installed linux 7.1 on to a new, second hard disk, several weeks ago. I was able to boot to linux using a floppy disk with no problems, but then had problems with my bios which I had sorted out professionally - a jumper had detached itself (!) from the motherboard and the bios was resetting to defaults (including the time and date) every time I switched on. It now boots to windows, but when I try to start linux the process gets stuck at 'setting up CMOS clock'. How do I get it to boot? I am relatively new to computers and brand new to linux. Thanks.
Dave, stroud, uk.
Hey, I just wanted to say "Welcome Aboard!". I remember when I was new, and had problems as well.. don't worry -- a little bit of perserverance, some reading, some help from your friends here at SuSE-Linux-E and you'll be up to speed in no time :-) First off, when you installed SuSE 7.1, where did you tell it to put LILO? On the 1st sector of the 2nd hard disk, or on the MBR? What version of Windows are you running? Can you submit a listing of your hardware (CPU/Mobo/EIDE or SCSI?, Video and audio cards?) Thanks, Steven