Installing Fedora - boot loader

[Janina Sajka]

Kenneth Lee writes:
> Thanks for the encouragement.  I know I will eventually succeed, if I have
> to install a hundred times!  I'm on my third time now.  I'm still not sure
> how to do the "initrd", but I'll keep googling around and find the right
> howto.

Are you using an old version of the installation HOWTO? The instructions
on creating an initrd image are painfully precise. Googling for
something else isn't going to help you.

You might also want to take the advice to telephone for assistance
that's at the front of the HOWTO. Have you done that?

> 
> Regards, Ken
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca]
> On Behalf Of David Bruzos
> Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2004 7:15 PM
> To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
> Subject: Re: Installing Fedora - boot loader
> 
> 
> Hello Ken:
> Yes, you need a boot loader!  If you don't install grub there will be no 
> boot info in the master boot record of the hard disc and your BIOS will not 
> see the operating system.  So, when you get to the boot loader screen, 
> select grub and put it to the MBR (master boot record).
> If you do that, you should be able to boot after you restart...
> About your other problem I am not sure.  I have not installed Fedora in a 
> while and I don't remember having any problems like yours.
> Don't get discouraged however, Linux is a wonderful thing and the community 
> around it is even more wonderful.  After a year you will be amazed of the 
> things you can do with your Linux machine.  It was hard at first for me, but
> 
> once I understood what was going on, everything got easier and easier...
> 
> David B.
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Kenneth Lee" <klee15 at cox.net>
> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2004 6:25 PM
> Subject: Installing Fedora - boot loader
> 
> 
> Hello all,  I've been trying all weekend to get Phedora installed.  This is
> my first time to install any kind of Linux and well... It's not going well.
> 
> I've been reading the howto's I found on linux-speakup.org but the
> description in the howto do not match with the screens I'm getting.
> 
> The howto says nothing about what to do for the "boot load manager" (do I
> need the grub loader?) and at one point near the end, the howto says to
> press Alt+F2 and you'll get a "#" prompt.  But I only get a /blahblah
> something prompt and it will not accept any commands.
> 
> The last message from the install says it is safe to reboot, but when I did
> I just get the message "no operating system found".
> 
> FYI, I'm trying to put this on a Dell GX1 500Mhz PC with 128MB ram and 12GB
> HD.  I downloaded the 4 images from the linux-speakup page and varified they
> are good.  I did the automatic partition because linux will be the only os
> on this system.  The synthesizer is a DecTalk express.
> 
> Thanks for any help.
> 
> Ken
> 
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