Install completed but boot failure

[Maxim Eremeev]

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Roger Lin wrote:

| OK, here is the lines:
|
| 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?
|
| 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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|
|
Could you try to make your hard drive a primary boot device in your
BIOS settings?
Regards,
Maxim.
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