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- Dec 16, 2004
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- Phoenix, AZ
Hey guys, got an issue that I wanted to run past everyone. I've had this Toshiba Satellite since back in March of 2003 (I don't remember the exact model number but I believe I could pull some of the specs from the BIOS if they're needed).
In any case, for the last year it's been giving me this error any time I tried to boot, which prevented it from booting at all. I didn't think much of it as at the time I had no need for the laptop as I had my desktops and my work laptop, though lately I've had the desire to experiment with Linux and figured this would be the perfect way to do just that.
So, here is the error that it gets when it attempts to boot:
For Realtek RTL8139(X)/8130/810X PCI Fast Ethernet Controller v2.12 (010817)
PXE-E61: Media test failure, check cable
PXE-M0F: Exiting PXE ROM
This obviously looks like an ethernet hardware issue. I was going to pop open the laptop case yesterday to go digging around on the insides but, as I've never done such a thing I didn't want to muck something up inadvertently and be left with a nice doorstop.
I get this error w/o an ethernet cable plugged in, however, when the cable is plugged in, it looks as though it's attempting to connect to something, or pull an IP of some sort (before it boots), and it hangs there and repeatedly fails the test and reattempts it. If that isn't specific enough I'll plug the cable in and type out the exact error.
Now, I've been able to install Ubuntu 7.04 from a live disk, the install didn't give me any errors, however I'm still unable to boot into it, as this error is occuring when I try to boot from the hard disk (leading me to believe that perhaps there is an HD issue, instead of just ethernet).
Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!
In any case, for the last year it's been giving me this error any time I tried to boot, which prevented it from booting at all. I didn't think much of it as at the time I had no need for the laptop as I had my desktops and my work laptop, though lately I've had the desire to experiment with Linux and figured this would be the perfect way to do just that.
So, here is the error that it gets when it attempts to boot:
For Realtek RTL8139(X)/8130/810X PCI Fast Ethernet Controller v2.12 (010817)
PXE-E61: Media test failure, check cable
PXE-M0F: Exiting PXE ROM
This obviously looks like an ethernet hardware issue. I was going to pop open the laptop case yesterday to go digging around on the insides but, as I've never done such a thing I didn't want to muck something up inadvertently and be left with a nice doorstop.
I get this error w/o an ethernet cable plugged in, however, when the cable is plugged in, it looks as though it's attempting to connect to something, or pull an IP of some sort (before it boots), and it hangs there and repeatedly fails the test and reattempts it. If that isn't specific enough I'll plug the cable in and type out the exact error.
Now, I've been able to install Ubuntu 7.04 from a live disk, the install didn't give me any errors, however I'm still unable to boot into it, as this error is occuring when I try to boot from the hard disk (leading me to believe that perhaps there is an HD issue, instead of just ethernet).
Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!