[Leaplist] Re: boxen won't install OS

[Richard F. Ostrow Jr.]

What, specifically, fails?

Does it complete the install and reboot, then not find the boot sector of
the new installation? That's what it sounds like you're trying to get
at...

Windows installs may not give you much of a clue of what's going on. Try a
linux install of some sort (not a permanent install, just one to test
exactly what the problem is). While it's installing, see if it has a
console that shows a bunch of debug messages (this at least used to be
popular among linux distros).

Otherwise, try running through the steps to install either gentoo or lfs,
where you do everything manually and can pin-point exactly what stage of
the install fails.
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On Tue, March 6, 2007 5:44 am, kestrel7 wrote:
> Anybody want to plan to help me figure out why three boxen here won't
> load *any* OS?
>
> Yeah, they even reject Windoze, which all formerly ran.
>
> One is a problem; two is a coincidence; but three sounds like some sort
> of electronic conspiracy! (That or I'm have a really big stupid attack.)
>
> I didn't see this answered earlier, if it was just ignore.
> On some older motherboards there is a setting in the BIOS to prevent
> the MBR from being overwritten by a boot sector virus and if this is
> set to enabled no OS will install.  I'm thinking the setting was under
> advanced.  I remember a lot of head scratching over that one back in
> the day.
> HTH,
> Pat.
>
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