On Dec 3, 2007 10:53 AM, Daniel B. Thurman <dant@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I am trying to install F8 onto my old system and having > trouble getting grub to find the drive. Here is the story. > > I have removed all drives except the one drive I am attempting > to install F8 on. > > I was able to get the F8-Live to work but apparently I must > be doing something wrong when it comes to custom > partitioning screen. > > I defined my partitions as: > > /dev/sda1 /boot 75MB > /dev/sda2 / 13GB > /dev/sda3 swap 1GB > > I committed the partitions, but when it comes to the grub > configuration screen, it shows: > > [o] The GRUB boot loader will be installed on /dev/sda > > Default Label Device > x fedora /dev/sda2 > > Taking the defaults w/o any changes, I proceed and completed > the installation. > > On reboot, GRUB fails to find the drive. > > Am I doing something wrong? > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.13/1165 - Release Date: 12/2/2007 8:34 PM > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Hi Daniel B. Thurman! Two things come to mind: 1. HW! Some drives and CMOS combinations just do not work. Check the CMOS client, that it sees the drive and that the drive is high on the boot list. Check to see that it is Master on the first IDE bus. Since it is an old system you might do well to load the defaults and edit the boot list (a "until you shut the power off" fix for a bad CMOS battery). 2. Mis-placed or malformed Master Boot Record (MBR). The MBR needs to be the very first 512 bytes of the disk - loading GRUB on the second partition sounds strange although the MBR can be built to find GRUB anywhere. To help sort that one out I refer you to a Google search on "grub thestarman" and the GRUB manual. Good Hunting! Tod
