Minimum installation won't boot

[James Wilkinson]

Frank Chen wrote:
> I did a FC3 minimum installation (in the package
> selection page, selected minimum). The machine doesn't
> boot after installation. It asks for a system disk
> after power up. Do I need to make a bootable floppy
> disk? I have expected a bootloader of somekind.

Klaasjan Brand wrote:
> My guess is you didn't install the bootloader during installation or
> you installed it only on the partition and not on the master boot
> record.

Or, of course, that the BIOS isn't set to boot from the hard disk. Or
that there's something like a floppy disk left in...

James.

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