On Mon, 2007-12-03 at 10:53 -0800, Daniel B. Thurman wrote: > I am trying to install F8 onto my old system and having > trouble getting grub to find the drive. Here is the story. > > I have removed all drives except the one drive I am attempting > to install F8 on. > > I was able to get the F8-Live to work but apparently I must > be doing something wrong when it comes to custom > partitioning screen. > > I defined my partitions as: > > /dev/sda1 /boot 75MB > /dev/sda2 / 13GB > /dev/sda3 swap 1GB > > I committed the partitions, but when it comes to the grub > configuration screen, it shows: > > [o] The GRUB boot loader will be installed on /dev/sda > > Default Label Device > x fedora /dev/sda2 Are you sure it did not offer your the option to put the boot loader in the MBR of /dev/sda? > > Taking the defaults w/o any changes, I proceed and completed > the installation. > > On reboot, GRUB fails to find the drive. > > Am I doing something wrong? > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.13/1165 - Release Date: 12/2/2007 8:34 PM > > -- ======================================================================= Q: What's a light-year? A: One-third less calories than a regular year. ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
