On Sat, 08 Dec 2007 00:37:58 +0000, Roy Schestowitz
<newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>____/ JFG on Friday 07 December 2007 22:17 : \____
>
>>
>> "Sinister Midget" <fardblossom@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:a1no25-5ia.ln1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> On 2007-12-07, Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> claimed:
>>>> ____/ jfg on Friday 07 December 2007 17:31 : \____
>>>>
>>>>> Boy, where to start with this one. I downloaded and burnt a copy of
>>>>> Berry
>>>>> Linux Live CD. I booted my Toshiba Satellite laptop with the live cd
>>>>> for
>>>>> fun and it booted up to a screen with multiple unknown to me boot
>>>>> options.
>>>>> I typed 'halt' since it was the one I recognized and the machine went
>>>>> down
>>>>> but now refuses to boot. When I boot I get no BIOS, no screen, just the
>>>>> computer trying to boot from the cd. I put the Berry cd back in and
>>>>> still
>>>>> nothing. It's almost as if the live cd has locked my machine. I held
>>>>> the
>>>>> on/off button down for 5 seconds and the machine turned off. Then tried
>>>>> to
>>>>> boot and once again nothing. I changed hard drives, nothing. I tried
>>>>> to
>>>>> boot with a different cd, nothing. Is is possible that the live cd or
>>>>> something that I've done has corrupted the BIOS?
>>>>>
>>>>> If anyone has any suggestions as to what I might try, please let me
>>>>> know.
>>>>> Thanks, group. JG
>>>>
>>>> Bery is a Fedora derivative and your BIOS can't be overwritten. You post
>>>> this
>>>> to an advocacy newsgroup rather than a technical one, so I tend to think
>>>> this
>>>> is a scare tactic. Why post this question /here/?
>>>>
>>>> Gary on AT&T?
>>>
>>> Just in case it isn't Flatricia, the OP can try reseating the battery.
>>> If that fails, try booting it with it plugged into the wall with no
>>> battery in it. After it boots (assuming it does) that battery can go
>>> back in & it should be OK.
>>>
>>> I see this all the time in the Panasonics we have at work.
>>>
>>> Of course, that's probably just Flatso impersonating a human again. But
>>> it's still something that might help somebody real sometime.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Shock me, say something intelligent, Quark!
>>
>> This must have been what cured the Toshiba. I thought it was the cd-rom
>> being reseated. I hope this helps someone else. Thanks
>
>Sorry about suspicion/prejudice. We have a lot of fake queries here, which
>originate from Internet trolls who spread FUD (fake stories, fake names).
>That's why it's 'safer' to ask in technical newsgroups.
We also get a lot of SPAM in this group which is why
comp.os.linux.advocacy is known as the rectum of USENET.
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