My last message didn't seem to go through but the solution to the problem (for me at least) was to disable all the IDE channels in the bios. Even though I have a DVD+RW IDE drive it was the only option to get grub to boot.
On Wed, 26 Jun 2002, Melinda Taylor wrote: :: ::Hah! I was about to email with the *exact* same problem! :: ::I did the install of 7.3 and can boot just fine with the floppy ::but when I try to boot off the hard disk I get the no operating system ::message as well. :: ::I have a TYAN K7X and dual athlon 2000+ and onboard adaptec U160 SCSI ::controller (AIC_7899) with a 36GB 15000rpm X15 U160 seagate cheetah. :: ::I have scoured the web for solutions and found that for the disk to boot ::the SCSI ID of the boot disk must be 0 or 1 which it was. A few other ::sites hinted that enabling or disabling INT 13 support in the SCSI bios ::may fix the problem, it didn't. :: ::I tried installing lilo instead of grub - the same error message so I ::returned to grub which I like better. I tried another install not putting ::the boot info on the MBR but on the first disk slice (/dev/sda1) with the ::same result. :: ::I made a grub boot disk and if I use it and type "root (hd0)" which it ::must be as there is only one disk it gives an error. SO I definately think ::there is a problem with the bios seeing the disk as a bootable drive. :: ::Any suggestions would be appreciated. :: ::Many Thanks, :: ::Melinda :: :: ::On Tue, 25 Jun 2002, Matt Hyne wrote: :: :::: ::::I have been having trouble getting a machine to boot lilo (or anything ::::from HDD) after an install of RH7.3. :::: ::::Lilo is installed (and I ran it again for good measure) but the only way I ::::can get linux to boot is to use the boot floppy I created at install time. :::: ::::The machine is a PII-400 with an Intel MB, NCR SCSI adaptor (sym53c8xx) and ::::a 4.3Gb HDD. :::: ::::I also tried recreating the initrd (and it is in lilo) but still it tells ::::me that there is no operating system found when it try to boot the disk. :::: ::::Any ideas ? :::: ::::Matt :::: ::::-- ::::SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ ::::More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug :::: :: :: -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
