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Due to my recent crashes documented here - https://forums.mageia.org/en/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=3212, I am now unable to "automatically" boot into my hard drive. I have to have the Mageia 2 install disk in my CD drive and when the menu comes up, I have to choose "Boot From Hard Drive" in order to get into my system and desktop. How can I fix this? I looked at my grub's menu.lst file and it appears to have not changed. I also re-ran the install from the install disk to re-install the bootloader, but it still gives me problems. Is there a way to fix this from my running system (in konsole)?

I do not see how (ad-block) crashes in Firefox can create boot problems.

I also re-ran the install from the install disk to re-install the bootloader, but it still gives me problems. I

How did you re-install bootloader from install disk? You provided no details for us to help you and leave us puzzled.

Is there a way to fix this from my running system (in konsole)?

Have you tried (as root)?

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grub-install /dev/sda

or this?

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grub
grub>root (hd0,x)
grub>setup (hd0)
grub>quit
exit


If you need further help, provide output of "fdisk -lu" and partition details.

I do not see how (ad-block) crashes in Firefox can create boot problems.

Actually, the hard booting can cause you to lose data (or files) causing the boot problems.

How did you re-install bootloader from install disk?

By re-running the install from disk, it goes through the installation and re-installs the bootloader.

I tried your suggestion to re-install grub to my hard disk and that did not fix it either.

I went through my BIOS and the boot sequence that I prefer was correct as well, but the boot priority was incorrect (I have 3 hard disks in my computer and the wrong one was selected as first). I corrected that. and that fixed the problem. I know for a fact that I did not change it, but whatever.... it's fixed now. Thanks for your assistance, gohlip!!

Glad to hear it's okay now.
Just that you need to keep watching out, in your words, "boot priority" as BIOS can be rather fickle about it and you have 3 hard disks.
Cheers, take care.

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