OK, here is the output for reinstall grub:
Installation finished. No error reported.
This is the content of the device map /boot/grub/device.map.
Check if this is correct or not. If any of the lines is incorrect,
fix it and re-run the script 'grub-install'.
# this device map was generated by anaconda
(fd0) /dev/fd0
(hd0) /dev/hda
I have no idea if this right or wrong, so I try to reboot the system,
same thing, here is the last 3 lines on the screen after a few
minutes:
Verifying DMI Pool Data ..............
Boot from CD :
DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER
Any ideas, please? Here is the email from Nelson:
before grub is found i don't think so... grub is the very first thing
that should be started, wrigth after some hardware!! sorry but i
don't know to much about this and i don't want to give you a wrong
answer. But i think before grub there's nothing. only after that you
can have some sort of output...
regards,
nelson
I believe he is right, the machine may not be able to find the MBR?
How should I check that? Please help!
Thanks a lot,
Roger
>---- Original Message ----
>From: paul(a)city-fan.org
>To: fedora-list(a)redhat.com
>Subject: Re: Install completed but boot failure
>Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 08:28:36 +0000
>
>>On Sun, 2005-02-27 at 21:54 -0800, Roger Lin wrote:
>>> Please let me know if there is any workaround or I should try a
>>> different Linux. I downloaded the Fedora core 3 DVD iso file,
>>burned
>>> to DVD, it checked out fine, install on a AMC Sempron 2400+ with
>>ECS
>>> KT600-A MB, WD 80 GB IDE drive. The installation completed
>>> successfully, then click the restart button, it try to boot for
>>> several minutes then failed with the following message:
>>>
>>> BOOT FAILURE, ENTER SYSTEM DISK PRESS ENTER.
>>>
>>> I have tried twice, 1st manually partitioned the drive on the
brand
>>> new hard drive. The second time, I deleted all the partition and
>>used
>>> auto partition option. Both time failed with the same error.
>>>
>>> I installed Windows XP on a seperate drive, all went fine.
Running
>>as
>>> smooth as it can be.
>>>
>>> Any ideas? Was the problem related to the processor or the hard
>>> drive? It's a plain new WD IDE drive with 8 mb cache, can't
believe
>>> that can be a problem...
>>
>>Which bootloader option did you select during the installation?
Grub
>>on
>>Master Boot Record?
>>
>>Try booting from the DVD again and enter "linux rescue" at the boot
>>prompt. You should eventually be able to get to a shell prompt
where
>>you
>>can enter:
>>
>># chroot /mnt/sysimage
>># grub-install /dev/hda
>>
>>That'll have another go at installing grub on your Master Boot
>>Record.
>>
>>> I would like to try Fedora Core 2, see if that can install on the
>>> same box, but can't find the link to download it. Is it still
>>> available?
>>
>>Yes, but that would be a step backwards so I wouldn't do it.
>>
>>Paul.
>>--
>>Paul Howarth <paul(a)city-fan.org>
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