____/ 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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