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@xxxxxxxxxxxx >To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx >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@xxxxxxxxxxxx> >> >>-- >>fedora-list mailing list >>fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx >>To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >>
