no linux after reboot

[Bob McClure Jr]

On Sat, Dec 10, 2005 at 05:47:14AM +1300, Grant Allan wrote:
> >>
> >> "mount" says:
> >> /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 on / type ext3 (rw, defaults)
> >> /dev/hdd1 on /boot type ext3 (rw, defaults)
> >> /dev/hdd3 on /home type exts (rw, defaults)
> >> /dev/hdd2 on /mnt/fat32 type vfat (rw, defaults)
> >> /dev/proc on /proc type proc (rw, defaults)
> >> /dev/sys on /sys type sysfs (rw, defaults)
> >>
> >> i don't see any POST, the error is pretty much instant.  but i've just
> >> gone to BIOS and seen that Primary Drive 1 is set to "OFF".  hmmm...
> >> might
> >> tweak that and see what happens.
> >>
> >> cheers,
> >> grant
> >
> > Oops.  That was bad.  System wouldn't boot and didn't even let me back
> > into the BIOS.  However, some kind of time-out happened and the clouds
> > rolled away.
> >
> > So then I tried to set my second Secondary Drive to auto-detect (it was
> > also set to "OFF") and now error 21 has gone away.  I'm getting a GNU GRUB
> > version 0.95 command prompt.
> >
> > I think that it's an improvement.  I'll try changing the device.map again
> >
> > Cheers,
> > grant
> 
> 
> now "linux rescue" when booting from CD is no longer giving me rescue
> mode, but instead starting up the installer.

Umm, perhaps you mistyped "rescue".

> so that's it for me tonight
> (it's heading to 2am.)

Go for it.

> thanks for your suggestions,
> grant

Cheers,
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Bob McClure, Jr.             Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
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