Mike McCarty wrote: > Russell Golden wrote: >> Yeah I have to do that every so often with my Shrike/WinXP laptop. It >> wasn't that XP wouldn't boot, though, sometimes when i start it i get >> this weird series of console beeps that really shouldn't be there. I >> just boot linux, do a #grub-install /dev/hda and it's back to normal. >> sometimes the MBR just randomly screws up *shrug* never trust a computer > > Pardon me, but the MBR *never* just randomly screws up. > Either > (1) something is writing over your MBR, or > (2) you have a hardware problem > > Mike The beeps on boot are a code. Go here. http://networking.ringofsaturn.com/PC/beep.php -- David
