I'm confused. Are you booting off of a floppy? It sounds to me like you
copied the floppy image to another machine, and then tried to boot it.
the MBR is not copyable, in the normal sense of the word.

Is there a reason you are not booting over the network using PXE?

-C 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kenneth Jacker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 7:39 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [Sisuite-users] Replication of MBR & Grub
> 
> [Debian sarge/testing;  systemimager-server-3.2.3-4, ...]
> 
> The good news:  the autoinstall diskette copied to my first client
> The bad  news:  the client won't boot
> 
> With excitement, I rebooted the new client.  After the "BIOS screen",
> the following line appeared at the top of the monitor and 
> things stopped:
> 
>   Error loading operating system
> 
> My theory is that the MBR and/or 'grub' weren't copied or not 
> copied correctly.
> 
> 
> I've re-scanned the _Manual_ , searched through past letters 
> in sisuite-users,
> and searched the web, but could find nothing that helps.
> 
> Anyone have any ideas/suggestions?
> 
> Thanks,
> -- 
> Prof Kenneth H Jacker       [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Computer Science Dept       www.cs.appstate.edu/~khj
> Appalachian State Univ
> Boone, NC  28608  USA        
> 
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