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
