Brent L Johnson wrote:
> OK so wait - you say to NOT have /boot mounted during
> "normal" use.  Does "normal" use include compiling a new
> kernel?  In other words.. do I mount /boot when I run
> genkernel??  And by watching the genkernel output
> doesnt it just basically DO the same things as the
> "old-fashioned way" ?
>
> And /boot is in my fstab.. but either way.. does that
> really matter?  The worst that would happen is
> grub SHOULD normally start it just wouldnt boot up
> correctly.
>
> Grub is whats in the MBR and what should be found
> when the systems starts right?  Getting an "Operating
> system not found" error to me sounds like it cant
> find grub.
>
> Just an observation.. I may be wrong.. but this is
> still driving me nuts.

Okay, time for eliminating the simple stuff.

Have you double checked that you haven't left a floppy in the floppy disk
drive?

Is the BIOS configured to boot from the hard drive?

Regards,
Paul



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