Hello, I had the same problem with Mandriva 10, but I solved it when I set the boot sequence by loading first the hd in the Promise ide controller as well as I installed grub or lilo on that same hd. Not on the master of the motherboard's ide controller.
Try it -- newly installed feisty unbootable on desktops with harddrives connected to add-on PCI IDE controller card https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/109218 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs