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More kernel panicking...
The disks are SATA and so is the CD/DVD drive. I have turned on AHCI in the BIOS so the disks are seen as SCSI disks by Slackware. The installation proceeds and Once the system is booted, you can install the kernel you just used to boot the system (present in the kernel directory of the CD) and don't forget to

Dual boot - remove one OS.
You are trying to anticipate a lot of things that just won't matter. Just set things up according to their defaults and use the system for awhile before You will need to boot the computer with the x64 dvd since you cannot run the x64 Setup from the x86 desktop. A Custom installation takes only a few minutes.

Can't boot x64 DVD
Things got much worse, couldn't boot at all after an aborted atempt at a repair installation. I finally decided to punt and do a new installation. The new WinXP installation stalled while searching for devices. So, I basically gutted my case, one hard drive, one DVD drive, video card, mouse and keyboard was all

Create bootable drive image over network?
My son has tried to boot into "Safe Mode with Command Prompt" but it just goes back into the re-booting cycle and he can't access any folders. I'm writing this email on a new Dell Vista Home Premium PC and Dell supplied a Vista Re-installation DVD but I don't know if Repair my Computer will accept that as a

Epox 8k3a+ boot problem
Once in the Boot Process or sequence, you should be able to choose whether to start up from your hard drive or CD ROM. just kept running and running and did nothing for 2-3 hours. my whole system was frozen and could do nothin apart from switch the whole lot off. the problem now is it won't reboot and start. i

motherboard replacement (97UJY) for Dell Dimension 4100
If you read the first part, you can see that I say that it doesn’t seem to have 'stalled out' and is still functioning, it just won't progress past that point and isn't accessing the DVD drive anymore. I USED to be able to repair it buy booting too the OS disk and starting the install and then there is a repair

Vista MBR vs. XP MBR
If it's setup in the PC BIOS/RAID card BIOS you should be able to boot to the RAID setup and verify the configuration. Someone could put in a new HD and install Win, and see if the data is still visible. wondering if I ran a repair with XP Home this time, but it won't give me that option. I was suggested to change

PC won't boot
During installation I noticed that one jumper was not in the default position so I've started to wonder if I got a used board with a corrupted BIOS. But I get nothing, the computer won't boot or nothing. The only living sign i can see is the green light on the mb. Right now i'm trying it bare... only i stick of

Convert new HP 32bit Vista home premium to Vista 64bit Ultimate
With FireWire they would boot either OS 9 or OS X. I only booted one machine from USB and OS 9 as a test, all the other machines were just booted in OS X. My main question is why can'tI boot from my new 80GB drive when I install it inside the Powerbook? After all, it is bootable as a start-up drive as indicated by

Vista won't boot anymore and I can't repair.
gmail.com> wrote: Can you please explain me how do I make a boot floppy that will start installation from latest Solaris 10 DVD 1/06? I'm afraid I don't know how to do this... I haven't touched a floppy in years. But some others might have useful knowledge. -- Brandon Hume - hume -> BOFH.Ca,http://WWW.BOFH.

app crashed Win2k, won't boot anymore
These didn't work either. They would load a number of drivers and then just hang, saying to please wait. As with a normal boot, waiting didn't improve the situation. So, I went to try using the installation DVD to run the repair feature. It loaded files, then went to the progress bar, and eventually a black screen,

Help! My new Powerbook hard drive won't boot!
Added: 'Add To Write Queue When Done' checkbox option to 'Create DVD MDS File' window. Added: The 'Extract Boot Image' feature now also lists the drive volume label next to the appropriate list entry if one exists. Added: When filling the buffer before a write operation, the program won't ever consider it full if

grrr. new disk won't let me load XP ...
A Leopard installation on a FireWire drive can be used to boot both processor types. Are you sure about that? I know it's possible for *some* G5s (there was do it the other way round too - using an external FW disk with 10.5.x from a QS to boot a MacPro. - I tried this just to see, if it would work. - It won't!

HOWTO: Gurantee successful installation of Liveware for Win2K ...
I today swapped my AOpen DVD-ROM drive for a Sony DVD-ROM. Got home, and tried to start Linux with a boot floppy. All went fine but then a kernel panic just when the filing system has to be mounted on /dev/hda2. Any idea why swopping my DVD-ROM caused my Linux installation on the HDD to die? Thanks! Stefan.

Reinstall Windows
My plan is to start by booting from a LiveCD, then install Linux in a dual boot with WIN98SE, then install just Linux. .... The VM will be more stable than native Win98 because it won't have as many driver issues. A VM divorces the hardware compatibility problem from the software compatibility issue.

won't boot: system32\config\system
I guess that the boot actually succeeds, but the installation CD boot image does not understand your drive, but Knoppix does. Of course, he didn't define "won't boot". There can be issues related to the bios and the specific distribution (or rather how that distribution lays the boot on the CD or DVD).

Red Hat 6.2, Highpoint HPT366: installs fine, won't boot ...
EXE in the I386 folder on the CD) When the "Press any key to boot from CD" message is displayed on your screen, press a key to start your computer from the Windows XP CD. Make sure that your current installation of Windows XP is selected in the box, and then press the R key to repair Windows XP.

Sony Picturebook installation options?
Darklight nglenng...@netscape.net alt comp hardware simple if you can get any linux live cd/dvd and boot with that it won't install it will just run from cd/dvd drive. If it works without freezing you know it is the os. have you tried reinstalling the os? you did not say how much ram you have? how hot does your cpu

Vista constantly rebooting after this week's updates ...
As with a normal boot, waiting didn't improve the situation. So, I went to try using the installation DVD to run the repair feature. No matter what I try, I can't get anything to load right. But some things at least try to start. I have no idea what's wrong. I don't know if there's a key file or driver missing,

problem installing ME; CD won't boot
It still won't boot. so I took over and have been working on it. PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: When the computer is powered on, it sounds like it's trying to POST, but doesn't complete the POST cycle. The fans spin, the hard drive spins, the DVD and the CD-RW drive spin. But, no video signal and the computer freezes as it