Re: Boot sectors/devices

["Jerry Feldman-2" <user=4@nabble.blu.org>]

 On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:52:14 -0400 
Don Levey <[hidden email]> wrote: 

> Jerry Feldman wrote: 
> 
> > You should be able to boot your system from the Fedora installation 
> > CD/DVD since when you choose Boot from Hard Disk, it does not use the 
> > MBR. Once you have a running Fedora, you can run the system-config-boot 
> > utility either from the command line as root, or from the 
> > Applications/System Settings menu. This utility will fix your MBR. 
> > 
> > 
> UPDATE: 
> I guess it's not the MBR: 
> * I can't "Boot from Hard Disk" using the F9 DVD. 
> * Running system-config-boot, whatever it does, didn't help: I still get 
> the same problem. 
> 
> Is there  a utility I can use to see what's actually there?  Do I need 
> to "syslinux" the disk? 
> 
> Also, for amusement, I used the DVD to "Upgrade an existing 
> installation".  This read my hard drive, chugged around for a few 
> seconds (presumably deciding that everything was up-to-date), asked me 
> to update my boot loader (I did) and then exited.  No change in the 
> situation.  Should I do this again, but create a new bootloader?