OS Error on Boot

[NoOp]

On 07/08/2009 06:22 PM, Wade Smart wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 7:44 PM, Wade Smart<wadesmart at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 20090708 1939 GMT-5
>>
>> I need a bit more help.
>>
>> /sdb1 /boot
>> /sdb3 /
>> /sdb2 - unused
>> /sdb6 / home 48gb
>> /sdb5 /swap
>>
>> /sda1 /media/disk -backup drive
>> /sda3 extended
>> /sda5 /swap
>>
>> So, my main drive, a 200gb Maxtor is the one that is apparently had it.
>>
>> I pulled the dvd drive and put in another hd to backup my /home to.
>> Now the system wont boot. I checked the bios for the ide sequence and
>> only one drive, the maxtor shows up. So I checked the cables, the
>> power, still nothing. I put back in the dvd drive and now my /sda1
>> drive is showing as well as my dvd player.  I thought it was the
>> cables but... apparently that drive has to be there. Why?

If bios isn't seeing both drives then you have a cable and/or jumper issue.

>>
>> Wade
>>
> 
> 20090708 2015 GMT-5
> 
> I just installed a 20gb drive (as its what I have right here). I
> installed the Live CD so I could see whats on this drive. First off,
> when I do almost anything I get an error saying nautlius has died and
> there is not enough memory. System Monitor says Im using 191mb of 2gb
> of ram, using 0bytes of 2.1gb swap. CPU is 6%.
> 

Do you mean you booted to the liveCD, or actually did an install from
the liveCD? Is bios showing all 2GB of memory?