From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 17 00:42:50 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FD60106567B for ; Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:42:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from thought.org (plato.thought.org [209.180.213.209]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 050FD8FC12 for ; Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:42:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: by thought.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 0FFB7E8049B; Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:42:48 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:42:48 -0800 From: Gary Kline To: FreeBSD Mailing List Message-ID: <20120217004244.GA22730@thought.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. Of_Interest: With 25 years of service to the Unix community. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Cc: Subject: note on my messed up 2003 dell X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:42:50 -0000 guys, this is just a FWIW, but it's worth bearing in mind. i just tried to change the bios settings so that the old computer would boot from CD first. no-joy. long-story short, months in the garage or just-age must have ruined this box. -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix Voice By Computer (for Universal Access): http:/www.thought.org/vbc The 8.57a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org Twenty-five years of service to the Unix community.