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Re: [LUG] my Tyan MB

 

Did you have more than one hard drive in your old machine? This may
cause the problem if that hard drive contained a partition GRUB wants.
Regards, Ross Bearman



On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 6:25 PM,  <jon.davey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>> Hi, everyone. I've just invested in a Tyan dual processor mother board. The
>>> problem is I can't get it to boot an OS.
>>>
>>> GRUB Loading. Please wait.....
>>> Erros 22
>>> Cheers, Jon Davey.
>> The board does not have grub - that is installed on your hard disk.
> ...oh!OK.
>> error 22 says that it cant find the linux partition that grub points to.
>> Have you taken this hard disk from another machine? Did it have another hard
>> drive with linux on it?
> ....The drive was taken from my old machine....
>> I suggest you try a recovery CD and see if you can find the linux partition
>> and set the grub accordingly - or do a fresh install which is probably the
>> best idea as then it will be set up for multiple CPU's - assuming you have an
>> ISO that is capable.
>> Tom te tom te tom te tom
> ....I have tried a fresh install...maybe I should fdisk the drive
> first...hmmm
> Cheers, JOn Davey.
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