nendo14

Linux first-timer. I just installed Fedora Core 2 to a new second HDD; the first is run by WinXP. Now when I start the computer it doesn't boot anything. Instead, it gives the follwing message: GRUB Hard Disk Error. I can still access the BIOS, but once that message hits I'm done. Please Help!

I can't believe I missed it. Sure enough, under "Onboard Devices Config." I find a prompt to enable "onboard SATA BootROM". After setting it to "enabled" and rebooting, I get the Fedora boot manager. I can now boot up with WinXP and FC2 perfectly. Thanks to this great forum, problem solved. If I had set the hard-drive up right, I would have installed FC2 problem free. That speaks pretty well of the software considering all the problems some people tend to have. Thanks again.

I am using an ASUS K8V Deluxe for an AMD Athlon processor. Chipset: VIA K8T800, VIA VT8237 Bus: Scalable Hyper-Transport Bus I'm not using RAID (because I don't really understand it). WinXP recognized, and could format, the SATA drive. I just checked the BIOS n couldn't find a place to enable SATA.

The new drive is a Serial ATA drive and it I had access to it in WinXP, but now that I check the BIOS it doesn't seem to recognize the drive. I used Disk Druid to partion the drive. This is utility in the FC2 installation process. Thanks for both of your help.

I don't remember Fedora prompting for a boot floppy, but no I don't have one. I didn't partition the drive in Windows. I used Disk Druid in FC2 to partion the drive as follows: hda: 3 partions (existing drive using Windows) hde: /boot 200MB (new drive) / 75000MB /swap (some*)MB *Disk Druid set this up automatically and I can't remember Unallocated Free Space: ~150GB