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Missing OS when booting RedHat 9
Name: MichaelN13 Date: May 8, 2004 at 09:54:22 Pacific OS: RedHat Linux 9 CPU/Ram: 64mb RAM
Comment:
I installed RedHat Linux on Virtual PC 5 (with Windows XP as the Host OS) and when I boot Linux it says "Missing Operating System". Does anybody know how to fix it? Thanks
Did you create a boot floppy during the install? Try booting from that....
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Response Number 2
Name: MichaelN13 Date: May 9, 2004 at 08:55:36 Pacific
Reply:
Nope, I didn't, but I just re-installed Linux with a boot-loader (I installed without one the first time) and it worked fine. So, I guess that it's safe to assume that that was the problem. BTW, I made a boot-disk this time just in case...
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Response Number 3
Name: taurus Date: May 10, 2004 at 04:59:55 Pacific
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How do you expect the system to boot if you didn't install a bootloader???
taurus
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Response Number 4
Name: MichaelN13 Date: May 10, 2004 at 13:33:51 Pacific
Reply:
I thought that it would boot right into Linux without giving me the GRUB Screen. I'm kind of new to Linux... Anyway, problem solved and thanks for your posts
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