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Just installed testing amd64 netinst. Everything went perfect until reboot. Now I can't get in. I have two HD, XP on SATA and Debian on IDE. I installed GRUB on MBR for IDE. Using a bootmanager I can get to the GRUB menu but when I try any of the four Debian choices I get a no load situation. When I choose XP however it launches. If I do nothing I enter to XP as default. The following is my menu.lst, and I cannot find the grub.coonf file in /etc
title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.8-11-amd64-generic (recovery mode)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.8-11-amd64-generic root=/dev/hda1 ro console=tty0 single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.8-11-amd64-generic
savedefault
boot
### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
# This is a divider, added to separate the menu items below from the Debian
# ones.
title Other operating systems:
root
# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/sda1
title Microsoft Windows XP Professional
root (hd1,0)
savedefault
makeactive
map (hd0) (hd1)
map (hd1) (hd0)
chainloader +1
Well, by switching my boot order for hard drives now I can get into Debian. It's not great but it works for the time being. I don't know why but it works now. Now I cannot configure my PPPoE connection. When I run pppoeconf. It times out connecting to my eth0 where the LAN cable is attached. What do I need to do to configure this correctly. I am using DSL with a Dlink wireless router, but this is not the wireless connection it is the "server" if you will.
It seems that your system first boot from the sata disk. I think this is the master disk foryour system' SATA ( new type of HD) is like scsi ??
So I think you can fix your boot if you install it in the SATA disk.
grub-install sataDevice
in the /boot/grub/menu.list ( not in /etc/grub.conf) put : default 0 to boot by default from the first listed partition, default 1 for the second and so on
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