Re: Debian

[José Luis Gómez Dans <nospam [at] sheffield.ac.uk>]

On Mon, Feb 21, 2000 at 10:35:59PM -0000, Richard wrote:
> Jose
> 
> >  (i) Use debian with exim: configuration is completely foolproof.
> 
> If you know anything about dialup ISDN2e and i4L with Kisdn you 
> wouldn't say that :-)

	Not that I have used them, but I have heard that it was pretty
straightforward. From the docs I have lying around, it seems no more
arcane than using PPP over a normal line.

> I've just about finished a new Debian machine.  Switched it on 

	Good man!

> tonight and got the following error message.......
> 
> Award Bootblock  BIOS v1.0
> BIOS checksum error
> detecting floppy drive A media
> insert system disk and press enter.
> 
> I've done that and I'm getting a floppy drive turning over and 
> nothing else.  New hard drive not been used.  Board is a 530BF 
> Jetways with a 233MHz cpu that was just throwing around in my spares 
> basket.

	It looks as if your BIOS might be knackered (hence the BIOS
checksum error). Simple try, burn a new one :)


-- 
José L Gómez Dans			PhD student
					Radar & Communications Group
					Department of Electronic Engineering
					University of Sheffield UK
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