Install completed but boot failure

[Roger Lin]

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 at city-fan.org
>To: fedora-list at 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 at city-fan.org>
>>
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