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listen i dont understand but linux is refusing to boot from hard disk says HDD1 error and when i key in F1 it requests that i use a boot floppy and it then boots . but how can imake it boot from the hard drive,i tried tto check the status of my hard drive from BIOS but my keyboard keys are disabled in BIOS.help me with astep by step guide about what could be wrong and how to fix it
okay first my system booted without detecting the keyboard and mouse so i shut it down and it refused to boot saying HDD1 error.in settup it displayed the following error message"DRIVE NOT BOOTABLE PLEASE INSERT SYSTEM DISK"I did and it booted with all my files intact but now i want it to boot normally from hard drive so how do icheck what the problem is and fix it.
use a livecd of some sort (Gentoo, Knoppix, DamnSmallLinux) and mount your hard drive(s) to see what the problem is. Make sure your kernel has support for your filesystem and also make sure that your /etc/fstab file is reading everything correctly. See, there may be conflictions/differences between any sort of files in your floppy compared to your hard disk. What locations do you have LILO(or similar bootloader) installed?
do u get grub... directly... after the POST???
do u get a bios message...
what i see form your messages is that u get a bios message...isn't it??? if so just check that the power cord and the bus to the hard disk are in a proper state...
if that doesnot serve your purpose and you get a messgae stating that hard disk not bootable.. then get into your linux partition using the floppy and give grub-install <hard disk>
this will resinstall grub...
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