[SOLVED] Unable to auto boot into hard drive

[sglafata]

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)?

[gohlip]

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.

[sglafata]

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!!

[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.

[doktor5000]

Please mark the thread accordingly by editing the topic of the first post and prefix it by [SOLVED], thanks