Re: Problems with netinst.iso of Jun 10
Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org> writes:
> Hi!
>
> I have the following hardware:
>
> AMD Athlon64 (3200), 521MB DDR400, EPoX 8HDA3+ Mainboard (KT8T800),
> parallel ATA Hard Drive.
>
> I tried to install using the netinst.iso of Jul 10. Everything went
> fine, partitioning, installation of base system, ...
>
> Automatic installation of grub via installer seemed to work without any
> problem - however, the system was unable to boot. It would just hang
> with BIOS POST code FF and do nothing.
>
> I manually installed grub into the MBR and the boot sector - with the
> same result.
>
> So now I have a perfectly installed base system, but unable to boot.
>
> Any hints on what I should try? Apparently there was a new netinst.iso
> released yesterday (Jun 15). Was any change made wrt. Grub?
Try lilo. But you have to download that from the net since its not
included on the cd (yet).
You can also use any 32bit i386 rescue cd and try to fix grub.
MfG
Goswin
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