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Ross Bearman writes: > 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. ......oh! that's a thought. I have got two hdds connected up to the board. I'll try it with just one. Thanks a lot! Cheers, Jon Davey. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html