On Tue, 2005-05-17 at 12:00 -0400, fedora-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > I cannot get the system to boot up after installing fedora core 3. I > just get the message "missing operating system" > > I have tried to install fedora core 3 (specifically FC3-x86_64) onto > a > Dell PowerEdge SC1420 SATA (Dual 64-bit Intel Xeon processor 3.2GHz > with > 1MB L2 cache) 160GB 7200rpm SATA hard drive. > > The machine is new. The disk was initially clean (no other OS > installed) > and in the installation procedure I chose to wipe all partitions. I > followed all the defaults during formatting and installation. I don't > want a dual boot system. Everything seemed to install smoothly with > no > warning messages. But it will not boot. > > Any ideas gratefully received. > I don't mean to post a wise ass answer - but, have you removed all floppy disks and CD's ?
