[GRLUG] continuing fedora installation trials and tribulations

[Josh]

Might want to check and see if you need the efi kernel also. I know cents has a special install disc for that


> On Oct 11, 2013, at 6:02 PM, andross at gmail.com wrote:
> 
> 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.
> 
> 
>> On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 8:10 PM, megadave <megadave at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Check your BIOS/CMOS for some sort of "protect boot sector" options -
>> some systems had that as  crude defense against (windows based)
>> boot-sector viruses, and block attempts to write the MBR of the hard
>> drive. Obviously you need to turn these off, if you find them and they
>> are enabled.
>> 
>> What machine is this? Is it an OEM machine or a built one?
>> 
>> On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 8:02 PM,  <ebever at researchintegration.org> wrote:
>> > After giving up on FedUp, I downloaded the DVD for Fedora 19 and three times
>> > tried to install it. The first two times at about 60% of files copied it
>> > croaked and left me at the Live User Screen. The third time (I went directly to
>> > 'install' rather than selecting it from Live User) it finished installing etc
>> > but then croaked trying to install the boot loader.
>> >
>> > At this point I went home and tried to install my old Fedora 17. It went much
>> > more quickly but has also failed at the point of trying to install the boot
>> > loader.
>> >
>> > In between I had tried to do a disk-install of Knoppix, but even when I
>> > formatted the disk to have the partitions that Knoppix wanted it kept telling
>> > me that it couldn't find the appropriate partitions to install.
>> >
>> > So now my nice computer, that at least was working this morning, even though
>> > Evo
>> > was giving me grief, now has apparently been bricked.
>> >
>> > Anyone have any ideas? I'm downloading opensuse, but as I recall it wouldn't
>> > work on this computer a couple of years ago when I went to Fedora. Maybe it's
>> > better now.
>> >
>> > The fedora 17 installer created
>> > sda1 210MB fat16 EFI System Partition  boot
>> >     EFI (dir)
>> >         redhat (dir)
>> >            grub2-efi (dir)
>> >               grub.efi
>> >     mach_kernel
>> >     System (dir)
>> >          Library (dir)
>> >              Core Services (dir)
>> >
>> > sda2 524MB ext4
>> >     config 3.3.4-5...
>> >     efi (dir)
>> >     elf-memtest86....
>> >     grub (dir)
>> >     grub2 (dir)
>> >     initramfs....
>> >     lost+found (dir)
>> >     memtest86....
>> >     System.map-3.3.4-5...
>> >     vinLinux-3.3.4-5
>> >
>> > sda3 57.3GB ext4
>> >     bin (dir)
>> >     boot (dir)
>> >     dev (dir)
>> >     ....
>> >
>> > sda4 5.96GB  swap
>> >
>> > sda5 260GB ext4
>> >     lost+found
>> >
>> > Can I find the right bootloader files and copy them in to the right places?
>> >
>> > Thanks
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