Re: 2.2: MBR install whacks my system boot

["Paul D. Smith" <pausmith@nortelnetworks.com>]

%% "David Z. Maze" <dmaze@mit.edu> writes:

  dzm> Paul D Smith <pausmith@nortelnetworks.com> writes:
  PDS> Now when I boot the system it prints "MBR", then does a hard hang.  I
  PDS> can't even C-A-D or use the reset button, I have to power off/on.
  PDS> 
  PDS> If I hold the SHIFT key down, it prints "MBR 2AF", then does the same
  PDS> hard hang.
  PDS> 
  PDS> I can boot off of my boot floppy and it comes up OK, though.

  dzm> Hmm.  Some things to think about trying:

  dzm> -- At the "2AF:" prompt, does pressing "2" have any effect?

Well, it has _an_ effect: it hangs the system :)

  dzm> -- Does pressing "A", then "1" at the resulting "1234F:" prompt?  (It
  dzm>    should boot off the FAT16 partition on /dev/sda1, presumably
  dzm>    getting you DOS of some sort.)

No, pressing "A" gets me the prompt as you say, then pressing "1" (or 2
or 3 or 4) all hang the system.

  dzm> -- Does pressing "F" there boot the floppy successfully?

Yes, this works.

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