Problems Installing Fedora 3
I'm new to linux and am having problems installing fedora 3. I've wiped my HD and booted from the iso cd I downloaded from the web. It go's through the install ok and let it auto partition the drive (but takes about 1 1/2 hours but it is a slow pc (celeron 466)).
I'm new to linux and am having problems installing fedora 3. I've wiped my HD and booted from the iso cd I downloaded from the web.
It go's through the install ok and let it auto partition the drive (but takes about 1 1/2 hours but it is a slow pc (celeron 466)). It says intsall completed ok then when the pc reboots I get a message saying "Missing Operatin System".
Has anybody else had this problem or do you have any ideas ????
Cheers
It go's through the install ok and let it auto partition the drive (but takes about 1 1/2 hours but it is a slow pc (celeron 466)). It says intsall completed ok then when the pc reboots I get a message saying "Missing Operatin System".
Has anybody else had this problem or do you have any ideas ????
Cheers
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How big is the harddrive? One and a half hours sounds like a long time because I believe the FC3 disk utility does a 'quick format'. Did you get the what bootloader to use (should be grub) question? When you say "wipe", how was it wiped? You may have a boot sector virus or you need to use a special command just before the install starts to shut off the IDE DMA. One of the 'F' keys, F5 I believe lets you into the command prompt at the install boot screen. Type: linux ide=nodma <enter>. There is more on this in the readme on the disk (readable in windohs) or go to this website that I found somewhat helpful: www.fedorafaq.org
One other scenario is if you used a low level format utility, you may have to restore the mbr (master boot record) with a windohs utility called fdisk ( fdisk/mbr <enter> ) or the fixmbr command after you boot with a 2k or XPee disk. Other than that dude, I am stumped. There are other guys on here that know way more than me so hopefully they will 'chime' in. One more question, did you check the iso's with md5sum? A corrupt download would make a bogus install disk.
One other scenario is if you used a low level format utility, you may have to restore the mbr (master boot record) with a windohs utility called fdisk ( fdisk/mbr <enter> ) or the fixmbr command after you boot with a 2k or XPee disk. Other than that dude, I am stumped. There are other guys on here that know way more than me so hopefully they will 'chime' in. One more question, did you check the iso's with md5sum? A corrupt download would make a bogus install disk.
