Jeff Binkley -> Ross Cassell wrote:




 RC>>>> It seems that the HDD in the linux box, the primary one is now
 RC>>>> starting to show signs of failure.

 RC>>>> Some of you might have noticed that the server was unreachable
 RC>>>> sometime in between 10p-7am on 12/17-12/18?

 RC>>>> When the file system shows errors, Linux can remount it
 RC>>>> readonly.

 JB>>> Likely caused by a video BIOS problem ....

 RC>> Well so far, Grub hasnt popped up before the BIOS here..

 JB> You need to get an Nvidia card so that it can...  A video card smart
 JB> enough to understand the hard drive interface and read the MBR .

How about one of those Matrox 200GX babies?

Ed

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