[TriLUG] it's all 9's !

[John Mitchell]

On 8/8/06, Carl Crider <c.crider at gmail.com> wrote:
> Is LiLo corrupt? Or is 9 now my lucky number?
>
> I boot my older Mandrake box [storage] and it boots to this:
>
> 999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
> 999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
> 999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
> 999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
> 999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
> 99999999999999999999999999999999999999
>
>
> I've seen alot of things, but not this one. Bios is recent, battery is good,
>
> box working fine as of 2 days ago. I had to shut it down to move it
> into another room and sweep the cruft; when I rebooted this
> happened.
>
> Boot to CD and re-install the loader maybe?
>

   Might check for a loose ISA/PCI card, I have seen the back of a
card pop up out of the connecter.

john mitchell