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<DIV><SPAN class=707565702-08062005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Is
there a choice of whether to install to the MBR or the first partition? If
you are doing the whole disk try the MBR (Master boot
record).</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=707565702-08062005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>-Nate</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Alan Maupin
[mailto:alan.maupin@mchsi.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, June 07, 2005 4:56
PM<BR><B>To:</B> cialug@cialug.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Cialug] First Time
Debian Install<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I just installed Debian 3.1 to an
18 GB SCSI drive and upon reboot the message displayed was "Failed to boot OS"
or something similar to that. I am reinstalling the base system and
going to pay more attention to the boot loader install menu this
time.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>