On Thursday 26 August 2004 17:30, Lisa Muir wrote:
> I can't get the newer machine to even attempt to boot from the old
> disk. I've checked and double checked the jumpering and checked and
> double checked the bios. The hardisk is a seagate, and the bios
> autotypes it perfectly.
I would get Knoppix - Linux on a CD -
or tomsrtbt - Linux on a floppy -
and see what "fdisk /dev/hda" thinks of your hard disk.
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