Found this.<div> </div><div>"<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">Verifying DMI Pool data, basically means that when your computer goes through POST (power on self test) - it is checking to see what devices/irq's are assigned to each bit of hardware in your machine. If you can get into your BIOS (usually DEL at POST); you can go to your configuration and 'reset' Configuration Data (Force Update ESCD). If this doesnt help, try resetting the BIOS entirely. Verifying DMI Pool data happens just before your CDROM drive gets spun up to check for boot media; perhaps try unplugging your CDROM drive and seeing if you get past this message."</div> <div> Neil Perry <div class="gmail_quote">On 3 March 2011 17:11, Ted Wager <<a href="mailto:ted@trufflesdad.plus.com">ted@trufflesdad.plus.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> I get a message on bootup VerifY DMI and the system hangs..This is when I try to boot with a live cd/usb or from hda..I can call hda to boot from my hdb grub installation and the system will boot ok..Any ideas what I should be looking for ?..I canot use a system rescue disk as I cannot get it to boot -- Regards Ted Wager Using Ubuntu Linux -- <a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk</a> <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/</a> </blockquote></div> </div>