Thanks Paul,
I will try this after I get home tonight. Yes, I used default grub.
With my second install, I have only one drive the primary IDE hd-0, I
have deleted all the partitions and used auto partition option, it
still failed with the same error.
After I get in the linux rescue mode, is there a way I can check if
the master boot loader is there properly? When system try to boot
from the disk failed, would leave an error log somewhere such as
eventlog in Windows I can check?
I am new to Linux, really appreciate your help on this!
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.
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>Paul Howarth <paul(a)city-fan.org>
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