On Tue, 14 Nov 2000, Charles Galpin wrote:
> Sorry, I did a lousy job of explaining the problem. I have a 5MB /boot
> partition at the begining of the disk. Linux boots fine off a floppy.
>
> The BIOS doesn't even see the hard drive. I get something like "OS not
> found" when it boots. When I try enter *something* for the primary disk
> parameters, I get a drive detection failure or something like that, and if
> I press F1 to continue I get the "OS not found" again.
>
> If I can just get it to run LILO from the MBR of the hard drive, I can
> take care of any other problems (if they arise).
>
> I did go looking for a BIOS upgrade. So little information is displayed on
> bootup (just that it's version 4.04) that I can't find any upgrade for
> it. I started at phoenix.com and ended up on firmware.com who is glad to
> sell me a new bios. It's a free ($50 value) computer, so I don't plan on
> it.
>
> I'll continue to boot off the floppy if I have to, I would just prefer to
> boot off the hard drive long term.
>
> thanks
> charles
>
Try running cfdisk, and mark one of your partations bootable. I have
seen this messages on some systems when you do not have any partations
marked as bootable on your first hard drive.
Mikkel
--
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons,
for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
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