missing operating system problem

[Charlie McVeigh]

On Tue, 2005-05-17 at 12:00 -0400, fedora-list-request at redhat.com 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 ?