Changinnng to default BIOS settings has created problems.

[Eberhard Roloff]

stevenvollom at sbcglobal.net wrote:
> (snip)
> Dear Eberhard,
> 
> Is a grug command like read/writable?  Would it work?
>> As I see it, you can try to start your Linux normally, i.e. not in 
>> rescue mode. 
> I booted using the normal boot process; when it got to a certain point 
> the application stopped at a point where it said Yesua login:  I 
> attempted to follow your instruction at that point, ant it returned the 
> same inability to read/write.  It has been that way for quite some time 
> and failed to continue.

ok, that means imho that most probably something with your filesystem 
went wrong. You can check and repair it, but for this you will need a
working boot CD.

>> Furthermore you did a "halfway new" repair install, as far as I recall.
>> This also might be causing trouble, here.
>>   
> If I did this, I did not realize it.  Just so I understand, what did I 
> do that was a "halfway new" repair install?
>>   
I understood that you said, you started a repair install and stopped it 
half way down the road.


> Do you have any idea what might have happened to cause this problem.  It 
> happened immediately after booting up yesterday.  I was not doing 
> anything that could be considered a change to my system.  It worked 
> beautifully the day before too.  I did not notice a blink of my room 
> lights or anything that would have relationship to a power surge.

Well, as we say it, shit happens. It is currently not that important to 
find out why it happend, we will need find ways to do repair.

> 
> Since removing the video card did not seem to improve anything, and 
> since the picture you referred me to showed the exact same appearance 
> with the one shorter pin, apparently the card pins are undamaged, should 
> I reinstall the video card before continuing, so that if I do install 
> the new Jaunty, it will probably preinstall the drivers for the video 
> card?  

imho it does not matter. Both are Nvidia. So you might install your 
external card, once more. For this, set inside your Bios the primary 
graphics adapter to be "external".


If you are still in Intrepid, many changes have taken place in
> Jaunty regarding matters like this.  Jaunty does almost everything 
> automatically.

I see. It even fails automatically. ;-)))

> 
> When I installed the default BIOS as instructed while attempting to 
> repair this problem, did I return to the BIOS that was preinstalled on 
> the motherboard or to the BIOS that I flashed after installing the 
> motherboard?  If I am with the pre-installation default BIOS right now, 
> how do I  change back to the Flashed BIOS.  The BIOS I flashed was the 
> correct BIOS for my system.  I  only relented to the default BIOS to get 
> the system working more again.


Forget about this for the moment.

You most likely did not set the Bios _version_ to the default one (this 
is quite hard to do, although your motherboard is using a very advanced 
Bios), you most likely only set your Bios _settings_, i.e. the values of 
all the parameters that you set inside your Bios, to "default", which is 
perfectly ok for now.
> 
> Do you know if the final release has been posted for Jaunty?  I already 
> have a copy of Jaunty that I made while in Beta.  Should I use that when 
> I reinstall Jaunty, if I can get no more help, or if there is a final 
> release, should I download it and install the final.

Then you might be patient and wait for the final release in a few days.

   I hate to just
> download what I already have.  If ever you feel I am rushing you with 
> requests for help, I am not.  The several emails that I sent were to 
> show you the things I tried and failed with to reduce options for 
> consideration and not an attempt to rush you.  I am grateful for the 
> help, however it comes, and never mean to rush your kindness.  Thanks 
> again, friend.
Steven, do not worry, you are always wellcome!

Eberhard