No Distro's are booting MBR/GRUB problem
It all started when I tried to boot Arch Linux, so I go to boot, it boots fine, but when I try to install, I get an error something along the lines of "No Root Block found" and "No media found". So, I googled some, and found that it was a kind-of common problem, various other places said that I didn't have GRUB installed.
So I started to use this guide: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=224351 I booted up with my Ubuntu Live CD, and got into the GRUB shell, and typed the find command, but it couldn't find those folders, so I looked manually, and it turned out they weren't there. I started to experiment with Sabayon, and when I attempted to boot into the Live CD, it gave me the same error as Arch Linux did, attempting to install it also gave me this same error.. Yet one thing I found odd, was Ubuntu booted it's live CD fine, but Sabayon Didn't. I went ahead and asked advice from someone who is pretty experienced in the ways of Linux, he said go ahead and use pendrivelinux to put Sabayon on a USB drive. I did that, and voila! It booted up, I got to the desktop, and clicked install Sabayon(The Icon) After going through all of the options it starts to install, at about 2% I get an error. I can't quite recall what the error was, but I believe it was related to python, as I think the file that was corrupted (I'm assuming it was corrupted) had a .py ending. In the process of installing Sabayon, I wiped Windows off of my computer, and now I can't boot from any devices. Such as; If I put a live CD in my computer, it will not boot from it, even if I select it in the bios. If you read all of this I applaud you, and I applaud you even more if you can fix my problem. Sorry that I am new, and asking for help, but this was the last place I turned. I am also not quite sure if this is the correct section, but I am assuming it is. Note: Reason I did not put this in a Sabayon Specific forum, is because it will not boot any distro, and it will not install any distro. Specs Are: Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit CPU: 1.3-GHz Intel Pentium SU2700 RAM/Expandable to: 3GB Hard Drive Size: 320GB Display Size/Resolution: 15.6 inches/1366 x 768 Optical Drive: 8X DVD+/-RW DL |
It may be that you need to pass specific options to the kernel at boot time to deal with hardware issues. However, since you did not list any specs on your system, this is just a wild guess.
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Some Distros were prevented by Compaq BIOS VIRUS GUARD and I think it was 'Absolute' 2 times (13.xy) and 'Zenwalk 4.xy' once.
Maybe some part of the mainboard simply died like condensators or resistants while doing too much. GRUB itself has to be installed at Arch perhaps separately by commands like 'grubinstall' 'grubconfig'. I've got one and took a short look on it but I would need another computer running for the WIKIs while installing. It is simple submarine deep-sea IT like most 'Dragonfly', 'Finnix', 'Minix' and such like (at the beginning). 'Grubinstall' is written differently at many Linux OS. 'mandb' 'makewhatis' 'apropos' 'whatis' are helpful commands. This now is MacPup 4.3.1: Code:
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