[lug] A challenge...

[Brian Rodriguez]

I'm no expert on GRUB installation, but that message is typically what the BIOS
gives you if there is nothing in your master boot record (LBA 0 on the hard
drive). When I have done RedHat installs using GRUB, I don't remember seeing
any options to NOT write to the MBR, but if such an option exists it could
cause this problem. The other thing that comes to mind if you have multiple
hard drives in the system, is that the drive that GRUB is installed to is not
the one that the BIOS wants to boot from. 

--- Gary Hodges <Gary.Hodges at noaa.gov> wrote:

> I've been round-and-round with the following machine trying to install 
> amd64 debian sarge.
> 
> MB: Tyan K8WE
> CPUs: 2 x Opteron 244
> SCSI Controller:  LSI21320RB and another LSI U160 card (not simultaneously)
> Hard Drives:  Fujitsu U320 drives
> NIC: Older 3COM
> 
> Knoppix boots and sees and runs everything.  I have at times gotten as 
> far as successfully installing GRUB during the installation, but I get a 
> "Operating System Not Found" error on the reboot.  I could get into more 
> details if necessary, but I'm hoping that someone (and by someone I mean 
> a debian install guru) out there in lug land might feel like sitting in 
> front of this thing and working some magic. 
> 
> I'm located in the NOAA building just south of NIST <303-497-6460>.
> 
> Gary
> 
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