[nflug] get your money back

[Ken Smith]

On Mon, 2007-01-08 at 10:06 -0500, John Nichel wrote:
> eric wrote:
> > http://community.linux.com/community/07/01/03/227237.shtml?tid=12
> > 
> 
> It's sad that you can't even get a system with *no* OS from many vendors.
> 

FWIW...

Often times being able to see the computer make it a certain portion of
the way into a successful boot of the operating system is their final
"health check".  If the machine can't find an OS to boot there could be
non-functional hardware causing that.  Keep in mind people who work
assembling computers typically aren't exactly Rocket Scientists and the
companies need to come up with very explicit and simple instructions for
the folks who handle that phase of things in most cases.  Having a no-OS
procedure worked out, debugged, and taught to the assemblers/testers is
only cost effective if more than one or two computers will wind up
shipping that way...  :-)

-- 
                                                Ken Smith
- From there to here, from here to      |       kensmith at cse.buffalo.edu
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