[TriLUG] Debian 3.1 (Sarge) help request

[Chris]

dhardison--  

You're right.  As it turns out, the error message was
an internal Compaq error.  Had nothing to do with the
install.  All I had to do was hit F1 to boot as
normal.  

A loud series of beeps (sounded like the laptop was
dying) was followed by the ERROR 0280 message.  I
thought I had screwed up something terribly.  

Very relieved.  Everything's back to normal, now.   

Thanks,

CB

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Douglas Hardison wrote:

Sorry, can't help with the rest, but

"ERROR 0280: Previous boot incomplete – Default
configuration
used"
The system gives me two choices... F1 Boot, or F10
Computer setup"

sounds like a hardware issue to me. You'll see that
sometimes on 
machines
that were turned off during the POST process.

dhardison

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erbridges88 wrote:

>This morning (Monday), I tried to logon again.  This
>time, I didn’t even get to the logon screen. 
Instead,
>I receive the following message...
>
>"ERROR  
>0280: Previous boot incomplete – Default
configuration
>used"
>
>The system gives me two choices...  
>F1  Boot, or 
>F10  Computer setup.   
>
>I powered the laptop off, not knowing which one to
>choose.  Looks like the system is telling me that I
>will have to re-install Debian  b/c the first install
>was not fully completed...?  Is that right?  How can
>that be?     



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