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07-08-2003, 07:30 AM
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Booting problem
After installing Red hat 9, on rebooting I am getting an insert boot disk error. I have SCSI hd and a Tape drive and CDROM on IDE.
I "prepared" an installation boot disk... how can I kick start my installation from the boot disk?
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07-08-2003, 09:38 AM
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Location: Oricola, Italy
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First, did you take out the floppy out of the floppy driver?
I have no idea on SCSI.....
But could you boot into linux by the floppy?
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07-08-2003, 09:47 AM
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Thanks...
I can boot from the floopy. It takes me to the boot:
From here what should I do to start my linux on the HD?
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07-08-2003, 09:51 AM
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Have you installed the bootloader? for example LILO or GRUB(or GURB I forgot). Besides, what is the error in detail?
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07-08-2003, 09:55 AM
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The error is that the BIOS cannot see a bootable HD
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07-08-2003, 09:59 AM
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So, again, I don't know whether it is the problem of SCSI. But I am wondering indeed if you have installed the bootloader. If not, you might need to install it manually. Refer to Redhat 9 reference guide chapter 2 for how to install the Bootloader.
If you have already installed bootloader, then, .... I have no idea.
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