[TriLUG] [eee] post-install, grub OK from external stick but not from internal SSD

[Joseph Mack NA3T]

> but I can't boot either
>
> - without the stick inserted. This I really need, for obvious reasons.

your BIOS isn't finding the boot sector on /dev/hda (or 
/dev/sda). This either means

o you've changed the boot settings in the BIOS

If you've done this, undo it.

Presumably somewhere in there you have a choice of places to 
boot. Likely you'll want the cdrom. then the usb drive, 
then the hard disk. Possibly you have this and it isn't 
working, in which case try hard disk only and have as one of 
the boot options on your hard disk's menu.lst, an option to 
boot off the usb drive. Presumably you could also have boot 
to usb flash drive only, and on the flash drive's menu.lst, 
have an option to boot to the hard disk. Ideally you'd like 
not to have to deal with the BIOS menu choosing your boot 
device - it would be better to have grub menu.

o /dev/sda doesn't have a valid boot sector.

when you boot to /dev/sda (any way you like), re-run 
grub-install telling it to install on the hard disk.

Joe

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