<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Might want to check and see if you need the efi kernel also. I know cents has a special install disc for that</div><div><br></div><div><br>On Oct 11, 2013, at 6:02 PM, <a href="mailto:andross@gmail.com">andross@gmail.com</a> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr">It looks like an EFI issue, which can get quite despicable. You can usually enable a default BIOS fallback mode in the EFI setup, which will let you finish a normal distro install. Then you can install and configure grub2-efi, reboot the computer, and enjoy.<br>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 8:10 PM, megadave <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:megadave@gmail.com" target="_blank">megadave@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Check your BIOS/CMOS for some sort of "protect boot sector" options -<br>
some systems had that as crude defense against (windows based)<br>
boot-sector viruses, and block attempts to write the MBR of the hard<br>
drive. Obviously you need to turn these off, if you find them and they<br>
are enabled.<br>
<br>
What machine is this? Is it an OEM machine or a built one?<br>
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On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 8:02 PM, <<a href="mailto:ebever@researchintegration.org">ebever@researchintegration.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> After giving up on FedUp, I downloaded the DVD for Fedora 19 and three times<br>
> tried to install it. The first two times at about 60% of files copied it<br>
> croaked and left me at the Live User Screen. The third time (I went directly to<br>
> 'install' rather than selecting it from Live User) it finished installing etc<br>
> but then croaked trying to install the boot loader.<br>
><br>
> At this point I went home and tried to install my old Fedora 17. It went much<br>
> more quickly but has also failed at the point of trying to install the boot<br>
> loader.<br>
><br>
> In between I had tried to do a disk-install of Knoppix, but even when I<br>
> formatted the disk to have the partitions that Knoppix wanted it kept telling<br>
> me that it couldn't find the appropriate partitions to install.<br>
><br>
> So now my nice computer, that at least was working this morning, even though<br>
> Evo<br>
> was giving me grief, now has apparently been bricked.<br>
><br>
> Anyone have any ideas? I'm downloading opensuse, but as I recall it wouldn't<br>
> work on this computer a couple of years ago when I went to Fedora. Maybe it's<br>
> better now.<br>
><br>
> The fedora 17 installer created<br>
> sda1 210MB fat16 EFI System Partition boot<br>
> EFI (dir)<br>
> redhat (dir)<br>
> grub2-efi (dir)<br>
> grub.efi<br>
> mach_kernel<br>
> System (dir)<br>
> Library (dir)<br>
> Core Services (dir)<br>
><br>
> sda2 524MB ext4<br>
> config 3.3.4-5...<br>
> efi (dir)<br>
> elf-memtest86....<br>
> grub (dir)<br>
> grub2 (dir)<br>
> initramfs....<br>
> lost+found (dir)<br>
> memtest86....<br>
> System.map-3.3.4-5...<br>
> vinLinux-3.3.4-5<br>
><br>
> sda3 57.3GB ext4<br>
> bin (dir)<br>
> boot (dir)<br>
> dev (dir)<br>
> ....<br>
><br>
> sda4 5.96GB swap<br>
><br>
> sda5 260GB ext4<br>
> lost+found<br>
><br>
> Can I find the right bootloader files and copy them in to the right places?<br>
><br>
> Thanks<br>
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