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Re: [LUG] my Tyan MB

 

> jon.davey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> Hi, everyone. I've just invested in a Tyan dual processor mother board. The 
>> problem is I can't get it to boot an OS. It goes through the boot sequence 
>> nicely then just before I expect it to start running the OS I get;  
>> 
>> GRUB Loading. Please wait.....
>> Erros 22 
>> I thought it was interesting that the board seems to have a GRUB bootloader 
>> and that someone from here would be able to enlighten me as to what I might 
>> need to do in order to get the boart to boot an OS.
>> Cheers, Jon Davey. 
>> 
> 
> What model number is the motherboard? 
> 
> Just a thought, some of the Tyan server/workstation boards support 
> LinuxBIOS (although I would have thought they wouldn't need Grub to boot 
> the BIOS).
> As Tom suggested, try booting from a rescue disc, or a live CD (Knoppix, 
> Ubuntu etc).
> Rob
....umm, i'm not at home at the moment, will have to get back to you with 
the model number. The bootloader seems to kick in after the BIOS has 
finished doing it's thing. Will try a live distro and let everyone know how 
it goes.
Cheers, Jon Davey.

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