On 6/23/05, Daniel da Veiga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It looks like Dell messed up with the BIOS, they allways do > modifications for their own purpose, I had problems like that in a > Compaq too... As someone said before, try running Gentoo from a boot > floppy (if your BIOS refuses to boot from floppy, get a hammer and > throw your computer of a bridge), this way you'll know if its a BIOS > issue. > > On 6/23/05, Zac Medico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Michael Haan wrote: > > > On 6/23/05, Zac Medico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>Michael Haan wrote: > > >> > > >>>I don't know what is going on here. I've installed x86 2005.0 on a > > >>>Dell Optiplex. I've installed a new harddrive (b/c I took the factory > > >>>one for another gentoo box), run through the x86 install, built a > > >>>kernel and installed grub. The box refuses to boot from the hard > > >>>drive. In fact, in the BIOS setup, it refuses to let me specify the > > >>>hard drive as a boot option. Anyone have any idea why? > > >>> > > >> > > >>That's odd. Have you tried to chain load it from a grub floppy or cd? > > >> > > >>rootnoverify (hd0) > > >>chainloader +1 > > >> > > >>What kind of hard drive and disk controller are they? > > >> > > >>Zac > > >>-- > > >>gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > I'm not even sure what that means! The fact of the matter is, the PC > > > refuses to even try to boot from the HD (FYI - it has booted linux in > > > the past from the HD). > > > > > > > So, the bios detects the hard drive but it won't let you specify it as the > > boot device? What version of bios is that? > > > > Zac > > -- > > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > > > > > > -- > Daniel da Veiga > Computer Operator - RS - Brazil > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > >
Ok. How do I get a Gentoo boot floppy? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
