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) ---- 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 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
