Comment 4 for bug 109218
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| Wenzhuo Zhang (wenzhuo) wrote Re: [Bug 109218] Re: newly installed feisty unbootable on desktops with harddrives connected to add-on PCI IDE controller card | #4 |
Lionel Patoureau wrote:
> I had the same problem with Mandriva 10, but I solved it when I set the
> boot sequence by loading first the hd in the Promise ide controller as
> well as I installed grub or lilo on that same hd. Not on the master of
> the motherboard's ide controller.
I solved it by fist booting from a Grub floppy, and then manually
installing Grub on the MBR of the primary master hard drive, and
fixing menu.lst.
The BIOS of my desktop computers cannot boot from hard drives other
than the boot drive C:.
Wenzhuo