[ltp] OT - Linux Thinkcentre...

[zed]

Dev Null <devnull@misguidedmonkey.net> wrote:

> On 07/20/2010 06:00 AM, zed wrote:
> > zed<zed@zed.net.nz>  wrote:
> >
> >    
> > > "Chris. Aubrey-Smith"<cas194@gmail.com>  wrote:
> >>
> >>      
> > > > On 18 July 2010 00:53, John Jason Jordan<johnxj@comcast.net>  wrote:
> >>>
> >>>        
> > > > > On Sun, 18 Jul 2010 07:04:36 +1200 zed<zed@zed.net.nz>  dijo:
> >>>>
> >>>>          
> > > > > > Is there anyone on the list who can point me to a similar list
> > > > > > for users of the IBM Thinkcentre, please. I have searched Google
> > > > > > without success.
> >>>>>
> > > > > > I have an elderly friend using one of these machines and I've
> > > > > > just installed LinuxMint for her.  She was using WindowsXP and
> > > > > > the machine was taking nigh on 4 minutes to boot.  Mint was
> > > > > > installed in the hope that this would cure the problem.  Alas!
> > > > > > it is still a four minute boot time.
> >>>>>            
> > [snip]
> >    
> > > > What does dmesg tell you?
> >>>
> >>>        
> > > As soon as I get to the computer again - it is about 2-3 km away, I'll
> > > do a dmesg and report back the result.
> >>      
> > I have visited my friend with the IBM ThinkCentre and carried out some
> > research.  The actual details of the machine are:
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> >    
> The number inside the square brackets is the time in seconds since the
> boot process began. You want to look for something taking a long time.
> IOW, look for big jumps.
> 
> I'm no expert at interpreting kernel messages, but it looks to me like
> it's having a hard time configuring ata1 and ata2 which apparently are
> disk controllers for a hard disk (ata1) and a CD drive and second hard
> disk (ata2).Once booted, does linux see all three devices?
> 
> Since it takes a long time to boot Windows too it's *probably* not an
> issue of having the right drivers (though it could be.) It might be a
> hardware problem, but the fact that both ata1 and ata2 are having problems
> makes me think that it might be a configuration/bios issue. Ask the owner
> if she made any changes to the bios settings. You might try experimenting
> a little if she doesn't remember.
[snip]

I doubt if she even knows what the BIOS is :-)  As suggested by DRUAbm II'll
check the settings to see whether there is anything  which looks out of
order.  In any case, I'll report back to the list.

Zed