confidential007
25th May 2004, 08:50 PM
I have previously installed RHL 9 and FC 1 with no problems. I decided to perform a clean install with FC 2 so I could take advantage of all of the new features (some of them don't work when upgrading).
I chose to place the boot loader (GRUB) in the first sector of my primary partition of my Linux drive (PATA: slave on primary channel). After the install was finished, I clicked the Reboot button like instructed.
When the computer started up again, it booted XP. I changed the boot order so that the computer would boot from IDE-1 instead of IDE-0. When I rebooted the computer, it stated that it found a boot record on IDE-1. "GRUB" appeared on the next line and the computer sat there with no activity for at least twenty minutes.
I tried the boot diskette that I had made for FC 1 to see if it could boot FC 2. Unfortunately, that diskette was set up to boot the 2.4.x kernel instead of the new 2.6 kernel. Many errors occurred during the boot sequence and kudzu appeared several times stating that items such as my keyboard and integrated LAN controller were no longer connected to my computer. Subsequently, X was unable to start.
How can I get anaconda to let me create a boot diskette so I am not forced to put GRUB in the MBR to boot FC 2? I have never had this problem in the past.
I chose to place the boot loader (GRUB) in the first sector of my primary partition of my Linux drive (PATA: slave on primary channel). After the install was finished, I clicked the Reboot button like instructed.
When the computer started up again, it booted XP. I changed the boot order so that the computer would boot from IDE-1 instead of IDE-0. When I rebooted the computer, it stated that it found a boot record on IDE-1. "GRUB" appeared on the next line and the computer sat there with no activity for at least twenty minutes.
I tried the boot diskette that I had made for FC 1 to see if it could boot FC 2. Unfortunately, that diskette was set up to boot the 2.4.x kernel instead of the new 2.6 kernel. Many errors occurred during the boot sequence and kudzu appeared several times stating that items such as my keyboard and integrated LAN controller were no longer connected to my computer. Subsequently, X was unable to start.
How can I get anaconda to let me create a boot diskette so I am not forced to put GRUB in the MBR to boot FC 2? I have never had this problem in the past.
