From: kac@ux5.lbl.gov (Kevin Campbell) Subject: Can't boot from hard disk Date: 7 Jun 1993 04:02:41 GMT
Hi,
I seem to have gotten myself into a bit of a pickle. Just this
morning I was happily using Linux in conjunction with a rather large
DOS partition. I decided to reorganize my drive to allow a little
more space for my favorite, Linux. So I backed up everything, fdisked
away my partitions, and rebooted with a DOS 6 floppy. Ok, everything's
fine so far. Then, once I had the relevent files in place on the hard
drive, I rebooted. Even though I had no disk in any drive I got a
"Non system disk or disk error" and had to boot from the floppy again.
I did an fdisk /MBR, but it did nothing. I'm pretty sure I did
everything right with fdisk: making the primary partition, setting it
active. I had LILO installed before and my guess is that's where the
problem lies. I couldn't find anything in the FAQ that helped, though.
Thanks, as always, for any help
Kevin