Re: 1FA: problem still in hamm disks
On Fri, Oct 16, 1998 at 10:11:05AM -0700, Ben Gertzfield wrote:
> Enrique Zanardi <ezanardi@ull.es> writes:
>
>
> > On Fri, Oct 16, 1998 at 09:18:23AM +0000, Duncan Thomson wrote:
> > > i've seen postings about this before, but as yet no solution (either as
> > > a message or in the boot disks).
> > >
> > > when debian is made bootable from the hard disk on certain systems, the
> > > prompt 1FA: comes up, but the system will not boot off partition 1.
> > > the disk controller is AHA-2940. any solutions to this problem?
> >
> > Where does it stops? Does it shows the typical "LI" message?
>
> Enrique, the problem is that our special "mbr" tool *REQUIRES* that
> one of the partitions on your drive be marked "Bootable" under cfdisk
> or fdisk.
>
> However, the current boot-floppies do not require this; in fact, they
> don't even check if any partitions are marked Bootable or not.
>
> I suggest you add a test (I'm not sure how you would do it) to see if
> the partition LILO is to go on is marked bootable by cfdisk before you
> let the user leave the partitioning step.
Currently, that partition is marked as bootable just after installing
LILO and "mbr" (first a dialog is displayed asking the user if he wants
it so, something like "If you want the Debian system to boot
automatically from the hard disk when you turn your system on, answer
"yes" to the following question. If you have another operating system
that you'd prefer to be the one that boots automatically, answer "no".").
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Enrique Zanardi ezanardi@ull.es
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