Can't get system to boot or mkbootdisk

[Kam Leo]

On 3/2/06, Jim Patterson <jim_patterson at comcast.net> wrote:
> Kam Leo wrote:
>
> >On 3/1/06, Jim Patterson <jim_patterson at comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>am using
> >>DFI K8T800 IP0-ALF motherboard
> >>Award BIOS v 6.00 PG
> >>with ST340014A
> >>
> >>After installing linux it just hang like it can't see the hard drive.
> >>Went into the BIOS and tried adjusted boot order from  CDROM  2nd HD0
> >>changed to 1st HD0 then HD1 and it still hangs.
> >>
> >>Went into linux rescue and reinstalled grub to hd(0,0).  Boot is on
> >>/dev/hda1.
> >>Still hangs.
> >>
> >>Tried to reinstall again and still no luck.
> >>
> >>I am now trying to make a bootdisk and must not be doing this correctly.
> >>
> >>I use a rescue disk and chroot /mnt/sysimage
> >>nfs mount another system and then go to that partition and try to run
> >>mkbootdisk --iso
> >>but it seems that whatever parameters that I put in don't work.
> >>I am trying to create an iso image that would boot my system since it
> >>seems to refuse to boot from HD.   I have done this before in day of old
> >>with floppies and just left the floppy in there and whenever the system
> >>rebooted it worked fine.
> >>If you have an idea of why it may not be booting using the HD, I'd be
> >>interested in that also.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Please provide additional hard drive info, i.e. master/slave/cs,
> >shares cable with CD-ROM, partitioning, etc.
> >
> >
> >
> 40 Gig Seagate connected as master on IDE0
> /boot 125MB
> /     LVM  38 GB
> CDROM connected as slave on IDE0
>

Some CDROM drives can cause problems when they share the same channel
as the hard drive. Try moving the CDROM to IDE1.