PC bios confused in which harddrive to boot fedora OS: Reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media!

Hi All,
This is a rather unusual situation. I have a server running fedora
linux OS with a 650 Gb Seagate Barracuda Harddrive. Now I wanted to mirror
the server with an identical harddrive. When I plugged my new harddrive in,
I got the message:

"Reboot and select proper *boot* device or *insert boot media"

*It seems that because it's an identical harddrive (with not OS though), the
PC doesn't *see* which one is the correct boot harddrive. Weird! If a plug a
different harddisk than the one with the linux OS, they system boots up.
Any clues on how to fix this problem? *

*
--
Peter "Excalibur"
--
fedora-list mailing list
fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list

Relevant Pages

  • Re: backup the entire server
    ... > RAID-1 and using the secondary driveas the backup media. ... If d10 was two-way mirror (the only kind of mirror available on Linux), ... detached/reattached partitions can take hours to sync on Linux, ...
    (Fedora)
  • Re: Yast vs firefox web access via modem
    ... I only have a winmodem in my machine, so under linux I have to access ... the internet via my Apple airport modem. ... address for the mirror and using it instead of depending on DNS). ... before I can install third party software, ...
    (alt.os.linux.suse)
  • Yast vs firefox web access via modem
    ... I only have a winmodem in my machine, so under linux I have to access ... the internet via my Apple airport modem. ... address for the mirror and using it instead of depending on DNS). ... before I can install third party software, ...
    (alt.os.linux.suse)
  • Mirror/Archive strategy plausible?
    ... I'm trying to develop an offsite mirror and archive strategy for two ... I have an offsite machine with 3 disks. ... big disk that I use for incremental archives. ... mirrors of disks I have in my primary linux machines. ...
    (comp.os.linux.misc)
  • Re: Where to start
    ... looking to Linux as an alternative at home, but am not sure where to start. ... Then you can get Mandriva Linux to install and use it's features to ... For a Mandriva Download Mirror selection ... You need to verify the sha1 or md5 checksum before burning to verify ...
    (alt.linux)