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Originally Posted by zytsef
So, you don't have any problems if you completely shutdown and then boot again?
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Correct. If I'm in linux and say "halt" or use "shutdown" in KDE the computer powers off properly and no errors.
But If I'm in linux and say "reboot" then the computer goes down nicely, I get the compaq boot splash screen, then I see loading linux, and the graphics at that initial point have their letters wrong, almost dislexic looking, then about 3 seconds or so the computer will literaly freeze up.
The same thing happens when I used to use any version of windows greater than ME before I fully switched over to Linux.
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Originally Posted by zytsef
Does the system get to the IDE detection part of the boot sequence after a reboot?
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I wish I could tell but the pc freezes up about 5 seconds in or so, I doubt it even gets to that point.
Basically since I've been running windows 2000 on this computer for about 5 years now up until a month ago when I switched it's been this way for years. So I doubt I have a hard drive problem, but I will run a utility that came on floppy from Compaq to double check that is a good idea.
The only settings available to me in the bios are "Access Mode = Dos" OR "Access Mode = Other". There is a little description of both of those two options for the drive access mode. It lists "Other for Unix, Novell" so I've been using that,up until just a day or so ago, when I put the Bootmagic in on first partition with FAT.
I even freeze now if I reboot and get to the Bootmagic boot splash screen too.
What's even more weird is: If I use a microsoft windows 98 boot, or the bootmagic boot disk, or drive image boot disk, to boot the pc up, even now with linux and hit reboot, or do a simple control alt delete, and quickly pull out the floppy, I reboot and go into Linux no problem no freeze.
Like I said it's really weird and probably a goofy old Bios.
Before I loaded in linux I ran what they call a script file to permanently wipe out the boot sector of the drive to be sure I had no residual crap from window and I used partition magic to make my partitions, then I just installed slackware. Slackware re-formated the partitions again as part of it's install. I only have swap and ext2 in addition to the boot magic partition as FAT now, but the boot magic didnt exist when I first installed.
I do appreciate you guys taking the time to look at this. You did help me understand the fsck thingie now.