No bootable device found?!

[kyletrip]

So, this may be a noob question, but I gotta ask anyways. Here's my scenario:

My Windows MCE drive just crashed, so I just bought Seagate 160GB HD, and I wanted to install linux mce and forget all about windows. I ripped out the old drive, plugged in the new one, put the DVD in and picked "Install Linux MCE". I picked the appropriate HD to install (since there is only one), and it went on its way and installed successfully. It told me to eject the CD and press enter to restart.

So when the comp restarts I get a message that says "No Boot Device Found. Please enter boot device and press any key to continue." If i put the linux MCE DVD back in, I can restart the comp and select the "Boot from hard disk" option and linux mce will come up. But I can't start it straight from the drive. So my question is, what am I doing wrong? I'd really appreciate some help here.

Thanks in advance!

[nascarfan1956]

Did you run FDISK before attempting to install from the DVD??

[kyletrip]

I did, I even flagged the partition as bootable...still no dice.

[totallymaxed]

So, this may be a noob question, but I gotta ask anyways. Here's my scenario:

My Windows MCE drive just crashed, so I just bought Seagate 160GB HD, and I wanted to install linux mce and forget all about windows. I ripped out the old drive, plugged in the new one, put the DVD in and picked "Install Linux MCE". I picked the appropriate HD to install (since there is only one), and it went on its way and installed successfully. It told me to eject the CD and press enter to restart.

So when the comp restarts I get a message that says "No Boot Device Found. Please enter boot device and press any key to continue." If i put the linux MCE DVD back in, I can restart the comp and select the "Boot from hard disk" option and linux mce will come up. But I can't start it straight from the drive. So my question is, what am I doing wrong? I'd really appreciate some help here.

Thanks in advance!

Might be the jumpers... did you set your drives jumpers so that it is a 'Master' ? Also check your bios settings to make sure that it has been auto-detected etc.

[teedge77]

SATA or PATA/IDE?

[kyletrip]

The bios is set up correctly, it is a SATA drive.

[totallymaxed]

The bios is set up correctly, it is a SATA drive.

That might be the problem... we've had problems when we've tried to use SATA drives as the boot drive when installing from the DVD. Might be worth testing an IDE drive as the boot drive and using your other drives just for data.

[kyletrip]

I figured it out. When you install from the dvd onto a SATA drive, the installation removes the "bootable" flag on the drive. Run fdisk and toggle the flag back on and your good to go.