can FC4 write a boot block to a SATA drive?

[Craig White]

On Fri, 2005-11-18 at 14:55 -0700, Reg Clemens wrote:
> Im back to trying to install Fedora on a machine with an Intel 945
> motherboard.  This is a new motherboard (chipset), and anything
> less than FC4 doesnt know about the SATA controller on this board.
> 
> Now I get a clean install, but when I try to boot, there doesnt 
> seem to be a boot block (I get the message 'insert a boot disk')
> 
> So, is this a known problem?  FC4 seems to be able to write to this
> disk, and fdisk was able to format it, is there a possibility that
> FC4 cant write a (usable) boot block?
> 
> Puzzled, and not sure what to try next (OK I can add a non-SATA disk
> but that seems like a waste)
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boot disk 1

type 'linux rescue'

follow instructions...

# chroot /mnt/sysimage

# grub-install -v /dev/sda

the -v option will tell you what is going on and whether it writes a
usable boot block

Craig


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