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michael@×××××××××××××.com wrote: |
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> Hello, |
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> I've been using my computer for awhile and decided to upgrade to gentoo |
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> 2005.1. Since there is nothing important on this system I decide to |
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> install from scratch. I follow the quickinstall howto and reference the |
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> installation manual for 2005.1 and my own notes, as I've installed |
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> perhaps 8 or so gentoo systems. |
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> I'm using the Universal 2005.1 live CDROM. |
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> Everything proceeds well, including installing grub, setting up |
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> grub.conf and running grub-install, and when I'm finished I exit the |
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> chroot environment, umount my root and boot partitions, and reboot. |
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> It fails, with the dreaded message " Disk Boot Failure, Insert System |
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> Disk And Press Enter". |
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> I boot the live CD again, double check my grub.conf file, run |
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> grub-install again, check with fdisk that my boot partition is |
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> bootable, |
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> and try again. Same result. |
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> I'm mystified. I've been using this computer for developing systems |
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> over |
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> the past few months and have rebooted it many, many times, with no |
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> difficulty. |
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> I figure it's failing very early if I'm not even getting into grub. |
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> Any ideas? Any suggestions for what to test, inspect, try? |
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> Thanks, |
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> Michael |
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- From my experience, this is typical of a bad disk. I have a system |
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that gives the exact same error. Usually, for me, a reboot solves it, |
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and it loads the OS. But I happen to know that my disk is on it's |
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last legs. ;-) If you have another disk lying around, or could get |
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another one, I would try the install, using the same method you used, |
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and see if you have the same problem. |
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