C4 Install Problems - Part2

Thu Mar 9 22:08:46 UTC 2006

Ok, sorry guys, now I'm really confused......

I ran an upgrade run of C4 setup and I told it to install a new
bootloader......Well, this time I took careful notice of the options that
were and weren't selected......

The first time I had it installed to the GRUB to the MBR and I made sure
that the advanced option at the top was set to install, then the table
showed:

Default        Fedora Core    Device
----------------------------------------------
Checked     Fedora Core    /dev/colgroup00/logvol00
Unchecked Other                /dev/hda1
----------------------------------------------

Then I didn't set any password and I left the advanced option to be
checked.......on the next screen, it was set to write to the MBR of
/dev/hda1........and then I continued the process and rebooted......

........and it went straight to windows........

So I started the process over.......then I left the options the same for the
first two screens and then when I got to the advanced, I specified for the
GRUB to be written to /dev/hdd on the first sector.......from there I
continued setup as normal, then I switched the drives in bios......and
received the same error.......

"Error Loading Operating System"

So from where I'm sitting its just looking like the GRUB isn't being
loaded?......I would use that boot utility that was suggested previously,
but it would seem to me that I would get the same error upon loading
Redhat.....

I've just never seen the bootloader fail like this......has anyone?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rick Stevens" <rstevens at vitalstream.com>
To: "Getting started with Red Hat Linux" <redhat-install-list at redhat.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 10:08 AM
Subject: Re: C4 Install Problems - Part2

> On Thu, 2006-03-09 at 11:40 -0800, Albert A. Hocking III wrote:
> > I was hoping that I would just be able to install after the last time
> > you guys tried to help but I'm witnessing things that I've never seen
> > before and I quite frankly don't even know how to research to find the
> > answer because I don't understand what is going on......
> >
> > I have tried to install Core 4 five times now and frankly, I'm getting
> > nowhere....The first time was completely my fault because I found out
> > that the second disk I had burned was bad.....so there are four
> > installs where the results were parallel....
> >
> > After the bad installation, I proceeded to download and make a new
> > disk to replace the second which was bad. After doing so, I started
> > setup again and I assigned the drives to automatically partition like
> > this:
> >
> > Samsung 40 (Left alone) hda (IDE)
> > IDE CDROM
> > Maxtor 160 gig (Left alone) hdc (RAID)
> > Maxtor 60 gig (Set for new partition) hdd (RAID)
> >
> > Well, the first time I tried to load I set the language, network and
> > then the partition and the screen after where you review all of the
> > partitions (because I wasn't using Disk Druid) there was an anaconda
> > error.  The first time I didn't do anything about it and told it to
> > ignore and it rebooted the system......The second time I tried to
> > install, it went through all 5 disks with no problem........But when I
> > tried to boot........NO GRUB, it just went straight through to
> > windows.....
> >
> > Well, I gave it a night because it had been a long day and I tackled
> > it in the morning.......So the first thing that I did was popped a
> > windows 98 disk in and cleaned the partitions off the designated Linux
> > drives to get a fresh install......then before I rebooted I wiped the
> > MBR encase there was anything weird going on there.......then I
> > started setup again........
> >
> > Well, this time, it was more of the same........I loaded it the first
> > time and after the review of the drives after the Linux drive was
> > designated, anaconda gave an error again........this time, I saved it
> > (all 18 pages of it)......then the system rebooted and I tried to
> > install again........and once again it took the installation and then
> > I rebooted and the same thing happened.....it went straight to
> > windows.....
> >
> > Well, out of a little frustration, and a little desperation I went to
> > the bios......once there I moved the Linux drive to the first drive to
> > be loaded......Once I powered down and tried to boot from the drive I
> > got an "Error Loading Operating System"....
>
> When you install, you must tell anaconda to put grub in the MBR of
> /dev/hda.  You obviously haven't been doing that since Windows booted.
>
> Remember, for grub to take over the boot process, it must be in the MBR
> of the first disk your BIOS sees.
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> - Rick Stevens, Senior Systems Engineer     rstevens at vitalstream.com -
> - VitalStream, Inc.                       http://www.vitalstream.com -
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