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Re: Berry Linux problem

"Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
news:3064342.FHFFtA11N1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ____/ 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?
>
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I really didn't mean to scare anyone.  I've booted with Berry before with no 
problems.  It turned out that after removing and reseating the cd-rom the 
problem disappeared.  Whew!  I thought I had done something really bad.  I 
still don't know what happened.  JG, not Gary. 



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