boot hangs after installation

[Joachim Backes]

diina wrote:
> Trying to get a FC5 installation up and go on my old computer.
> Installation and partitioning process works fine. The 3 harddisks
> contain only this single OS, and I chose grub as the bootloader on
> MBR letting Anaconda make the choises. 
> 
> However, when booting I only get a black screen with an L in the top
> left corner followed by periodic output of the number 80. What does
> this mean? The grub boot menu is never displayed. It seems like the
> bootloader is not found, but I don't know how to correct this
> problem.
> 
> Any suggestions/hints?
> 
> 

Boot the rescue CD/DVD or KNOPPIX and re-install the GRUB-Loader with grub-install.

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