ABIT KN8 SLI problem with OS

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BobV111

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well first let me say it takes 60 seconds just to detect the IDE devices, which is really annoying... but to the problem:

I started with installing windows xp, and it would not load with with my HDD as first boot device (would get the "DISK BOOT FAILURE INSERT SYSTEM DISK" messege) so to even get windows to boot I had to put CDROM as my first boot device, and have the windows system disk in the drive every time I would start up my comp, lol.

So now after a few weeks being content with it, I am switching back to linux(viva la revolution!) because I am not happy with windows.

So this time around, after installing linux, I cant even get it to boot past the two mobo boot screens. I get the disk boot failure messege, and the cd in the drive trick doesnt work like it did for windows.So I am clueless as to what to do now

Any ideas or help AT ALL on what I could possibly try to get this to work is greatly appreciated. THANKS!
 
it almost sounds like RAID is enabled & it's looking for an array.
Best place to go for help is the abit-usa forum.
 
Already there but not much help yet.... Things are REALLY screwy now;

I got linux to work right, and the only way i could get the system to load linux after the bios screens was to have the WINDOWS CD in the cd drive lol!!!! no other cd works, and only with the windows cd in the drive can i get past boot from cd screen, and avoid the disk failure....

Now i would really love to know why my system is so defunct lol

Thanks for the advice buff :)
 
BobV111 said:
Already there but not much help yet.... Things are REALLY screwy now;

I got linux to work right, and the only way i could get the system to load linux after the bios screens was to have the WINDOWS CD in the cd drive lol!!!! no other cd works, and only with the windows cd in the drive can i get past boot from cd screen, and avoid the disk failure....

Now i would really love to know why my system is so defunct lol

Thanks for the advice buff :)
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That is too damn funny. Im sorry for laughing at that but, it is funny.So have you tried finding out if there is a Revision for the BIOS. I had some problems with my board and, got the latest BIOS. Thats all I can think of for now.
 
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