Re: Fwd: Problem with boot loader

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On 5/5/10, badmagic <badmagic@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Over the years, I've installed Solaris/SolarisExpress, every kind of BSD
> as well as almost ever Linux distro that's out there and never have I
> had a problem like this.
>
> Is there some known bug about installing Fedora on a drive other than
> the Primary Master?
>
> This time I installed the boot loader on the first sector of the boot
> partition - /dev/sdb1
>
> I then installed an entry in XOSL to point to/dev/sdb1, booted from it
> and got a screen full of blinking colorful ascii chars.
>
> It really doesn't work.
>
> Can someone tell me what's going on - Please?
>
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: 	Fwd: Problem with boot loader
> Date: 	Thu, 06 May 2010 09:43:46 +1000
> From: 	badmagic <badmagic@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: 	Community support for Fedora users
> <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: 	users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
> I'm going to try to re-install FC12. Has anybody got a suggestion before
> I start?
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: 	Problem with boot loader
> Date: 	Wed, 05 May 2010 15:04:29 +1000
> From: 	badmagic <badmagic@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: 	Community support for Fedora users
> <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: 	users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I have 2 SATA drives - Windows on the sda and have just installed FC12
> on sdb. I installed
> the boot loader on sdb.
>
> Now, I'm using the XOSL boot manager (installed on its own dedicated
> primary partition
> on sda).
>
> If I change the boot sequence in the BIOS to boot from the disk that has
> the Fedora install
> on it, it boots fine but if I try to boot from XOSL, I just get a black
> screen with the cursor
> flashing in the top left corner. Does anyone know what's going on and
> how to fix it?
>
> Regards,
> Steve Laurie
>
>
>

the XOSL faq at http://www2.arnes.si/~fkomar/xosl.org/
doesn't mention GRUB, only LILO. perhaps XOSL
doesn't recognize GRUB?

charles zeitler
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