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In comp.os.linux.networking Doug Holtz <dholtzNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxx>:
> "Don" <nobody@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:lE6he.37925$0X6.30877@xxxxxxxxxxx
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>> If you really can't boot from CD or floppy even after changing the BIOS
>> then... well, thats one busted computer. People here are obviously right
>> that failure to boot from floppy or CD is not a linux issue. The same
>> thing would happen if you were trying to install your new operating system
>> over Win98.
>>
>> Seems to me the last ditch effort would be - yank the hard drive, stick it
>> into another machien that does boot from CD, install, put it back into
>> your server.
>>
>> Or buy a new machine that does boot from CD.
>>
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> Unfortunately, my installs of W2K server don't like it when the drive is
> moved from install machine to different machine. Seems the main board
> components give the O/S an issue and it won't boot.
Exactly, have done this numerous times without any problem
running Linux. It just doesn't work with doze, but what would you
expect?
Wonder what all this has to do with Linux + Networking? Seems to
be a new cancer, posting completely OT doze crap questions to
Linux ngs.;(
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Michael Heiming (X-PGP-Sig > GPG-Key ID: EDD27B94)
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#bofh excuse 290: The CPU has shifted, and become decentralized.
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