[BlueOnyx:09196] Re: Computers not loading up

[Arbalister]

How do you mean "won't load up?" - I've installed it on some pretty old,
and some pretty new machines without ever having a problem.

If you mean the installation disk won't boot - have you told the machine to
boot from the optical drive?


On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 12:53 PM, Franklin S Werren <admin at chautauqualake.net
> wrote:

> Hi All;
>
> I have notice that some of the later model desktops will not load up with
> BlueOnyx
> either the CentOS or the SL versions. These are either HP or Compaq
> desktops
> that had XP on them and I have replaced the old drives with with new 2 tb
> hard
> drives and either 2 gigs of ram or 4 gigs of ram. I have read on
> Slashdot that some of the mfg's are installing or will be installing
> Windows only
> BIOS in the home/office based computers.
>
>  Is this an issue just limited with the HP/Compaq desktops or is there a
> trick to load them up with BlueOnyx ??
> Maybe there is an extra command to force a load up???
>
> Ideas ????
>
> PS I prefer not trash a good computer just because the it will not load up.
> It is not very Green of me and I like to recycle.
>
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