Re: I think I'm in troulbe.

From: Tomasz Popik (pulapka-google_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 12/08/03 

Date: 8 Dec 2003 13:43:20 -0800

I have Compaq too, but old model.

You should go to compaq web site, and download rescure disk and
restore default setting of bios and hard disk.

In my case, compaq have bios written not in memory, but on hidden disk
partition, so yours too?

tp

skyecade@comcast.net (Bob) wrote in message news:<eba020f2.0312080700.6b360325@posting.google.com>...
> Yesterday I decided to format my laptop (Compaq Armada 7800) and put
> both Win XP and Red Hat 9 on it. Red Hat installed the Grub
> bootloader. Everything worked great.
>
> HOWEVER, I then decided to get rid of Red Hat and put on Slackware 9.1
> because it is what I've been learning on. The installation went great.
> I chose the Lilo bootloader.
>
> Now here is the problem, and it may be a huge problem. After the
> install completed it said to take all the disks out and reboot the
> computer. When I reboot, all that comes up is the Compaq splash screen
> and the a prompt that says Grub. I can't type there though. This
> happens everytime I reboot.
>
> It gets better. I can't get into the bios. I can't boot from a cd or a
> floppy. It doesn't even show the memory count or processor
> information. It just goes right to Grub. Am I screwed? Has anyone ever
> seen this? I think it's as if Red Hat wrote to the MBR telling it to
> load Grub, but when I over installed Slackware and put Lilo on it I
> didn't write it to the MBR. Does this make any sense? HELP!!!
>
> Thanks
> Bob

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