After Intalling Additional HD, Ubuntu Server Does Not Boot

[bbjonz]

Hi Everyone,

I upgraded my Ubuntu server (old PC, AMD processor, 1ghz, 385MB Ram) with an extra hard drive. I don't have any other operating systems on the box. After formatting and mounting the 2 new drive partitions, I rebooted the system but it didn't reboot. After the splash screen it showed a blinking cursor and nothing more. I inserted the ISO disk and chose "boot from first hard disk" option and it booted just fine and everything seemed normal. I started with 6.06 but upgraded to 6.10 thinking that would do the trick but I still have the same problem. I've looked around for Grub and MBR issues, and tried grub-install and a couple of other suggestions, but no luck. Seems like it ought to be simple fix but I can't find where the problem is. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Joe

[devils casper]

i think master/slave conbinattion has been changed after plugging in new Harddisk. did you try to boot up on un-plugging new disk? does it boot?







Casper

[bbjonz]

Hi Casper,

Thanks for your reply. The new drive is a Seagate which I intended to be the slave. According to the manual, removing the jumper should have put that new drive into slave mode. Of course, I might need to make an adjustment to the bios. I'll give that a try, but please let me know if you think of any other issues.

Joe

[bbjonz]

Hi Casper,

It was the bios. Thanks for the tip. It's been so long since I worked on a PC-type box (I've been a Mac user for years) that I forgot about telling the bios where to boot. Works just fine, now.

Joe