Re: Grub can't boot hda1 (vfat/diagnostics), need to do something from DOS? - SOLVED

2009-01-01 Thread A. F. Cano
On Thu, Jan 01, 2009 at 09:56:10AM +0100, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2009-01-01 09:46 +0100, Joel Roth wrote: > > > On Thu, Jan 01, 2009 at 09:25:55AM +0100, Sven Joachim wrote: > >> You must install the DOS bootloader with the "sys" command. > > > > I believe the DOS bootloader will simply overwrit

Re: Grub can't boot hda1 (vfat/diagnostics), need to do something from DOS?

2009-01-01 Thread Koh Choon Lin
>>> You must install the DOS bootloader with the "sys" command. >> >> I believe the DOS bootloader will simply overwrite GRUB, >> which resides in the boot sector of the disk, having >> no effect on the properties of the first partition. > > No, it won't. The sys command only changes the bootsecto

Re: Grub can't boot hda1 (vfat/diagnostics), need to do something from DOS?

2009-01-01 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2009-01-01 09:46 +0100, Joel Roth wrote: > On Thu, Jan 01, 2009 at 09:25:55AM +0100, Sven Joachim wrote: >> You must install the DOS bootloader with the "sys" command. > > I believe the DOS bootloader will simply overwrite GRUB, > which resides in the boot sector of the disk, having > no effect

Re: Grub can't boot hda1 (vfat/diagnostics), need to do something from DOS?

2009-01-01 Thread Joel Roth
On Thu, Jan 01, 2009 at 09:25:55AM +0100, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2009-01-01 05:51 +0100, A. F. Cano wrote: > > > On a brand new HD, I made a small partition (32M) exactly like the one > > on the old disk. Copied (with tar) the contents as the drive was > > mounted from a usb carrier. Then I mo

Re: Grub can't boot hda1 (vfat/diagnostics), need to do something from DOS?

2009-01-01 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2009-01-01 05:51 +0100, A. F. Cano wrote: > On a brand new HD, I made a small partition (32M) exactly like the one > on the old disk. Copied (with tar) the contents as the drive was > mounted from a usb carrier. Then I moved it to the main drive caddy > and installed Lenny in the rest of the

Re: Grub can't boot hda1 (vfat/diagnostics), need to do something from DOS?

2008-12-31 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Wednesday 2008 December 31 22:51:12 A. F. Cano wrote: > This is not a bootable disk, Please mount a bootable floppy and > press any key to try again... > > Do I need to run something from DOS? What am I missing? Probably just need to toggle the bootable flag on the partition. -- Boyd Stephen

Grub can't boot hda1 (vfat/diagnostics), need to do something from DOS?

2008-12-31 Thread A. F. Cano
Hello, and happy new year to all, On a brand new HD, I made a small partition (32M) exactly like the one on the old disk. Copied (with tar) the contents as the drive was mounted from a usb carrier. Then I moved it to the main drive caddy and installed Lenny in the rest of the drive. Grub recogn