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- Tue Apr 29, 2025 8:47 am
- Forum: Deutsches Forum
- Topic: MX-Forum für alte Hardware durch captcha blockiert [Solved]
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2227
Re: MX-Forum für alte Hardware durch captcha blockiert [Solved]
Sumimasen für die Störung. Zunächst einmal möchte ich den Entwicklern von MX Linux und Antix sowie den Administratoren beider Foren meinen tiefsten Dank aussprechen. Sie sind einer der wenigen Entwickler, wenn nicht der einzige, der sich aktiv am Forum beteiligt und sich sogar die Zeit nimmt, von Ben ...
- Sat Apr 26, 2025 6:04 pm
- Forum: MX Help
- Topic: Strange boot-up problems on old desktop computer
- Replies: 48
- Views: 4497
Re: Strange boot-up problems on old desktop computer
See if the information in this manual is helpful: https://www.manualslib.com/manual/67510 ... =30#manual. Essentially, pages 26 through 30.
- Sat Apr 26, 2025 8:59 am
- Forum: MX Help
- Topic: Strange boot-up problems on old desktop computer
- Replies: 48
- Views: 4497
Re: Strange boot-up problems on old desktop computer
brianstorm: As I understand it - and as shown in the initial screen when I try to boot up - the Western Digital hard disk drive is already set as the Master. The CDROM (is that considered a "drive"?) is listed as the Slave. As the user already reported, the CD/DVD drive is installed as a slave. The ...
- Fri Apr 25, 2025 8:00 pm
- Forum: MX Help
- Topic: Strange boot-up problems on old desktop computer
- Replies: 48
- Views: 4497
Re: Strange boot-up problems on old desktop computer
It only affects how the HDD is recognized by the BIOS, it has no effect on the CD/DVD, nor on the data contained on the HDD.
- Fri Apr 25, 2025 4:41 pm
- Forum: MX Help
- Topic: Strange boot-up problems on old desktop computer
- Replies: 48
- Views: 4497
Re: Strange boot-up problems on old desktop computer
**Try setting the HDD as Master: jumper pins 5 and 6**
Older PATA drives, if not configured correctly for master/slave (master, slave, single, cable-selected), can cause serious problems.
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ata1: SRST failed (errno=-16)
- Thu Apr 24, 2025 8:49 pm
- Forum: MX Help
- Topic: Strange boot-up problems on old desktop computer
- Replies: 48
- Views: 4497
Re: Strange boot-up problems on old desktop computer
If the jumper is on CS select cable and the disk is installed as master, set the jumper as Master. Regarding the boot line (first test the jumper) MX Tools --->MX Boot Options ---> Kernel parameters If the distribution used does not have these options, edit the GRUB configuration template in /etc ...
- Thu Apr 24, 2025 5:53 pm
- Forum: MX Help
- Topic: Strange boot-up problems on old desktop computer
- Replies: 48
- Views: 4497
Re: Strange boot-up problems on old desktop computer
It seems that the BIOS is having trouble finding your hard drive.
Try changing the dip switches (according to what you see on the internet you have them) as Master and as CS cable select.
You can also try adding to the boot line:
Try changing the dip switches (according to what you see on the internet you have them) as Master and as CS cable select.
You can also try adding to the boot line:
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insmod = ide-generic
- Thu Apr 24, 2025 1:03 pm
- Forum: Software / Configuration
- Topic: Virtualbox in repo does not work with kernel 6.14 [probably the fault of whonix] [Solved]
- Replies: 9
- Views: 339
Re: Virtualbox in repo does not work with kernel 6.14 [Solved]
Test: MX Tweak ---> Others ---> Disable early loading of KVM modules
- Thu Apr 03, 2025 11:53 am
- Forum: MX Respins
- Topic: MX Moksha "Out of Bodhi" Testing Release RC2
- Replies: 59
- Views: 3799
Re: MX Moksha "Out of Bodhi" Testing Release RC2
I installed the RC2 version, and it looks great. I made the two published fixes and everything is correct. Congratulations on your good work. Since you piqued my curiosity, I tried Debian 12 with Moksha 7 and Debian 13 with Moksha 8, manually using the commands in the GitHub scripts. Without the ...
- Fri Mar 28, 2025 11:36 am
- Forum: MX Respins
- Topic: MX Moksha "Out of Bodhi" Testing Release RC1
- Replies: 46
- Views: 2574
Re: MX Moksha "Out of Bodhi" Testing Release RC1
Perhaps because I started out with Linux with Slackware, I opted for XFCE with a graphical environment many years ago. As a serial tester, I've installed countless distributions with different graphical environments through Virtualbox, but none (except Void Linux) or any graphical environment has ...