[PLUG] just how broke?

[Russell Senior]

>>>>> "Randy" == Randy Stapilus <stapilus at ridenbaugh.com> writes:

Randy> Brought home a Debian machine from Free Geek a few weeks ago,
Randy> and it ran fine; [...] 

Randy> I have briefly spotted, flashing by, a message indicating
Randy> damage to the BIOS - on some occasions, not on others. The BIOS
Randy> is accessible as usual, though, and *looks* normal. I've made
Randy> adjustments in it (boot order mainly) which seem to stick. But
Randy> I'm not sure if that means anything.

Randy> I also have seen at the beginning of a boot, "primary hard disk
Randy> drive failure," though the BIOS seems to read the hard drive OK
Randy> and the install goes on at least partway.

Have you tried asking FreeGeek?  Don't they do 30 days of tech support
for their boxes?  Can you post the exact messages?


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