boot loader

iwdu15 · 06-08-2005, 05:34 PM

ok this is driving me insane, esp since im a n00b at linux, i installed Red Hat useing boot CDs since the comp its on does not have internet access, and i have 2 hard disks, one has windows and the other i wanted linux to go on. Red Hat installed fine, but when it restarted, it gave an error and hung at "GRUB Hard Disk Error"...i tried resinstalling everything using the auto way and the manual way but nothign works

fancypiper · 06-09-2005, 12:42 AM

Perhaps one of these will help.

Did you make a boot floppy and will it boot from it?

Installing a bootloader
Multiboot with GRUB Mini-HOWTO
Linux+Win9x+Grub HOWTO
GRUB FAQ
GRUB Manual

# Red Hat & Fedora links
FedoraNEWS.ORG
The Fedora HOWTO explains the different software managers.
Maximum RPM
rpmfind
Easier software management: apt4rpm
ATrpms - installation instructions
Fedora Core 1 Tips and Tricks
Fedora Core 2 Tips and Tricks
Fedora Core 3 Tips and Tricks
apt, yum, and up2date repository settings (configuration files) for Fedora Core 3
# Handling NTFS
New Technology FileSystem (NTFS) HOWTOs
Linux NTFS project

iwdu15 · 06-09-2005, 11:29 AM

hey, thanks for the help but i figured out that it was a problem with the setting of each hard disk. one was set to master and the other one wasnt set, the windowes boot loader could figure out which was which but GRUB couldnt, i just reconfigured my BIOS to set the other disk to slave