[ltp] OT - Linux Thinkcentre...

[zed]

Pierre Fortin <pfortin@pfortin.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 22:00:00 +1200 zed wrote:
> 
> > > > On 18 July 2010 00:53, John Jason Jordan <johnxj@comcast.net> wrote:
> > > > What does dmesg tell you?
> > Deciphering the result of the dmesg command, which is given below, is
> > beyond my level of competence, so I seek your assistance to point out
> > any errors which could lead to a slow boot time.  As a matter of
> > interest, the machine is a 2.53GHz, not a 1.7 GHz as I reported.
> >
> >
> 
> Have you tried booting without the Hitachi and USB drive(s) connected..?
> Not sure the WD boot disk is good either...
> 
> You may be dealing with multiple HD problems which are always more
> difficult to diagnose.  I'd suggest trying a single new HD only to see if
> there are other h/w issues.
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Thanks dor the suggestins and your exhaustive analysis of dmesg.  As I said
in an earlier post, the lady in question ives some way away from me but as
soon as I visit again, I'll go through all the suggestions in the hope that
I can eventually get her a reasonable boot time!

Zed
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