fedora 16 install issue after reboot

[sasigns]

Hello and thanks in advance for any help.. First let me say that I am totally new to the linux world.. I have played a bit on ubuntu and learned some terminal commands but that is about the extent. I am starting a new job and have to learn RH / Fedora.. So here I am .

On to the issue! I am running an intel desk top pc. I only have one hd on this system at this time so there are not multiple drives (well besides the optical.)

When I go to install everything loads up fine from an install dvd. It goes all the though the install process (I have been choosing the full space install were it is supposed to format the entire drive) once its done it sayes to reboot so I do. Here is where I get the issue..I get the following

Client Mac Addr: Guide:
PXE-E53: No boot filename recived

PXE-M0F; Exiting intel boot agent.
no bootable device -- insert boot disk press any key


I have gone though the install process about 6 times trying different things using different hard drives sata and ide.. I have tried burning a live cd booting from that then from fedora installing to hard drive... I have no idea what to do..

AGAIN MY MOST HUMBLE THANKS IN ADVANCE!!! Any help would be great

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Can someone please help..

[kurci2]

i have exactly the same problem.
i have even checked the SHA-256 of my file and every thing is fine.
i tried Fedora 16 Gnome, Fedora 16 KDE, encripted LVM, not encrypted LVM, costum partitioning...
but nothing helpes...

[tsattler]

My system as well.

I have read the warnings about installing the boot partition on a RAID device, but I have one drive in my system, same as the OP. I try to install F16 on it, and it leaves the system unbootable. I am not a Linux newbie; I have used Fedora since before there was a Fedora, starting with Red Hat 6.1. I am running F13 and wanted to install F16 (I never upgrade; I do a clean install on a new hard drive and then copy everything I need). I generally upgrade only every two to three releases, and I have never encountered anything like this. I have nothing out of the ordinary; I have an Intel motherboard with an Intel Quad processor, both of which are about 2 years old, so there is no hardware that is so new that Fedora doesn't know about it. But installing an OS and then being unable to boot the OS is a serious issue. I suspect the new GRUB is the culprit, but I don't have any idea how to get around it.

[fibster]

fedora installation guide that you can get from the fedora project dropdown in the upper right hand corner in chapter 4.3 tells you what you need to know i believe.

todd aka fibster

[chrismurphy]

Originally Posted by fibster

fedora installation guide that you can get from the fedora project dropdown in the upper right hand corner in chapter 4.3 tells you what you need to know i believe.

todd aka fibster

Huh? Chapter 4.3 is hardware RAID.

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I'd boot off the install dvd with the rescue menu option in the troubleshooting submenu, chroot the mounted F16 system (which rescue mode should do for you but will not chroot it), and then

grub2-install /dev/sda

See if that fixes it. This is a BIOS machine? Not UEFI right? Where did you install your bootloader when you originally installed Fedora?

[fpmurphy]

Originally Posted by sasigns

I get the following

Client Mac Addr: Guide:
PXE-E53: No boot filename recived

PXE-M0F; Exiting intel boot agent.
no bootable device -- insert boot disk press any key

Your system is trying to do a PXE Boot because it cannot find a bootable disk. As Chrismurphy said, boot into rescue mode and do a grub2-install.

Also many Intel manufactured motherboards require the PMBR (Protective MBR) on the boot disk, which is located in LBA0, to be marked as bootable. You cannot mark the PMBR as bootable using gdisk or parted. You have to use fdisk for this. When you invoke fdisk and list partitions, it will show only one partition, i.e. the PMBR. Simple mark this partition as bootable and your system should now boot. You can boot your installation media in Rescue mode to make this change.

[kurci2]

No good for me.
I marked that partition as bootable.
But when i typed chroot /dev/sda terminal said that this device is can not be found... it doesn't exist.

I installed encrypted Fedora 16 using LVM --> but i think that should not be a problem.
Any advice??

[chrismurphy]

chroot /dev/sda won't work because the command works on a mounted system. DVD rescue mounts everything for you at /mnt/sysimage so you'd do chroot /mnt/sysimage. HOWEVER, before you even go that far, I'd like to see the full results of

parted -l

The easiest way to do that is with the Live CD, because you can do it in a GUI terminal window, which can be copy/pasted into a browser (included on the Live CD). Make sure you use the forum code brackets so it gets formatted properly. In the forum's message toolbar it's the # button.

And I haven't heard a response on whether you're absolutely sure this machine is in fact truly a BIOS only machine, or if it's UEFI. So I'd find that out.

I don't know anything about Intel motherboard and BIOS expectations, but Apple hardware refuses to honor a set active flag on 0xEE partitions (the PMBR). In effect they require at least a 2nd MBR partition which can then be marked bootable, in order to get the CSM/BIOS to activate.

[fantab]

Originally Posted by sasigns

Hello and thanks in advance for any help.. First let me say that I am totally new to the linux world.. I have played a bit on ubuntu and learned some terminal commands but that is about the extent. I am starting a new job and have to learn RH / Fedora.. So here I am .

On to the issue! I am running an intel desk top pc. I only have one hd on this system at this time so there are not multiple drives (well besides the optical.)

When I go to install everything loads up fine from an install dvd. It goes all the though the install process (I have been choosing the full space install were it is supposed to format the entire drive) once its done it sayes to reboot so I do. Here is where I get the issue..I get the following

Client Mac Addr: Guide:
PXE-E53: No boot filename recived

PXE-M0F; Exiting intel boot agent.
no bootable device -- insert boot disk press any key

Like it is mentioned in an earlier post your BIOS is set to do a PXE BOOT. You have to change that in BIOS. Have you disabled BootPXE? if not do so.

Try it.

Then Reinstall Fedora... it is easier. Remember to make sure that your GRUB is being installed to /dev/sda.

[tsattler]

fpmurphy, that was the answer. My partition was not bootable. I used cfdisk (not fdisk) to make the change and that worked.

Thank you very much for your assistance!

--Tom

[kurci2]

I am still stucked.
I have Toshiba A660 laptop...it is BIOS as far as i know.

now, i have reinstalled everything using Fedora DVD x64
i reinstalled grub and i made that partition bootable, but no good for me...

there is my parted -l output

[root@localhost liveuser]# parted -l
Model: ATA TOSHIBA MK5065GS (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 500GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt

Number  Start   End     Size    File system  Name  Flags
 1      1049kB  2097kB  1049kB                     bios_grub
 2      2097kB  526MB   524MB   ext4         ext4  boot
 3      526MB   500GB   500GB


Model: Linux device-mapper (snapshot) (dm)
Disk /dev/mapper/live-osimg-min: 3221MB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: loop

Number  Start  End     Size    File system  Flags
 1      0.00B  3221MB  3221MB  ext4


Model: Linux device-mapper (snapshot) (dm)
Disk /dev/mapper/live-rw: 3221MB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: loop

Number  Start  End     Size    File system  Flags
 1      0.00B  3221MB  3221MB  ext4


Error: Invalid partition table - recursive partition on /dev/sr0.         
Ignore/Cancel? i                                                          
Model: MAT****A BD-MLT UJ240ES (scsi)
Disk /dev/sr0: 730MB
Sector size (logical/physical): 2048B/2048B
Partition Table: msdos

Number  Start  End  Size  Type  File system  Flags


[root@localhost liveuser]#

i really don't know what to do any more...

[chrismurphy]

Please post the result of

fdisk -l /dev/sda

[kurci2]

this is again fresh install
partitioning is ENCRYPTED LVM (as before, but i forgot to tell you this)
i booted live CD and this is my outout for: fdisk -l /dev/sda
That partition is not marked as bootable, but i maket it as bootable before but is didn't help...

[root@localhost liveuser]# fdisk -l /dev/sda

WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/sda'! The util fdisk doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted.


Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1               1   976773167   488386583+  ee  GPT
[root@localhost liveuser]#

[AdamW]

if you're having issues that appear to be GPT related, one alternative to trying to make GPT boot work is just to reinstall and not use GPT labels; pass the parameter 'nogpt' to the installer. This will cause it to format disks with the old-style MS-DOS boot labels, not GPT labels.

[kurci2]

huh
does anybody know why i can install linux mint or ubuntu without any problems, but fedora doesnn't want to work =)

what is the difference if i would not use GTP and only MS-DOS boot tables??