Computer will not boot from hard disk

From: Timothy Murphy (tim_at_birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie)
Date: 05/31/04 

Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 02:21:51 +0100

My computer - Asus P2B-LS - will not boot from the hard disk,
although it boots from floppy and CD without problem.
The boot order is C-A-CDROM.
It comes up with
============================
DISK BOOT FAILURE.
INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER.
============================

The disk is SCSI, if that is relevant.

I looked at the MBR, using dd,
and it looked OK to me.
In any case, I don't get a grub> response as expected.

If anyone can cast any light on this failure,
I should be very grateful. 

-- 
Timothy Murphy  
e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie
tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366
s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland

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