>>>>> "peter" == peter <pe...@chubb.wattle.id.au> writes:
>>>>> "K" == K L <k...@attitia.com> writes: K> I have thrice now wiped the entire disk and re-installed, including K> physically zero-ing out the first 512 bytes (which I understand to K> be the MBR) so I would've expected the re-installs to deal with K> that. But happy to give this a go tonight when I get home. peter> Oh, if you're doing a reinstall, that's (slightly) different. peter> In that case, check that the disk is visible in the BIOS --- peter> especially if you've fiddled around with the hardware. peter> sometimes the BIOS needs to be re-told that it should be looked peter> at to boot from. (I see you've already done this. Grrr. I really should reread the entire thread before replying). The only think I can think is that when you're reinstalling Ubuntu itfor some reason thinks there's already a boot sector at the start of the disk and so isn't installing a new one. Peter C K> ----- Original Message ----- From: pe...@chubb.wattle.id.au To: K> "Kyle" <k...@attitia.com> Cc: slug@slug.org.au Sent: Thursday, 9 K> June, 2011 9:22:44 Subject: Re: [SLUG] PC won't recognise boot disk K> Sounds like the MBR is corrupt. From your live CD use the K> install-mbr program to reinstate it. K> You'll *probably* need to say, install-mbr /dev/sda if there's only K> one hard disc present. K> Peter C -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - K> http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: K> http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html peter> -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - peter> http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: peter> http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
