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Author Topic: Linux install failed - Now can't boot - Need suggestions!  (Read 4170 times)
daher
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« on: November 15, 2007, 03:02:32 PM »

Hmm, this one's new for me.
I got 90% through the install and it failed so I had to reboot. Disk 1 of the install wouldn't work to boot it up. A windows disk won't work. And not even my various rescue disks worked. I must have fubar'ed the MBR pretty bad(it used to be GRUB / dual boot'ed with Windows). I did a clean install and erased the Windows so it would only be Linux(Fedora Core 7). I'm just trying to erase the entire disk so I can start over, but I can't even get Dos floppy's to boot! What can I do??
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« Reply #1 on: November 16, 2007, 12:51:45 AM »

The first thing that comes to mind is that if you can not boot from a floppy (that you know is good) then the problem is not with your installation or your hard drive. I would make sure the floppy will boot on another computer and that your bios is set to boot from your floppy drive and the try again. If you still can not boot I would try and boot from a bootable CD after setting your bios to boot from a CD. If you are still having trouble booting let us know and I or someone else will try and offer some more help.
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