Re: Cannot boot from HDD (System Halted)
Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2014 1:27 am
TeraByte Support(TP) wrote:
> I take it that you currently have 3 operating systems installed (1 Windows, 2 Linux),
> and 2 of the 3 are currently booting Ok from the BING boot menu? And the third one
> (Linux Mint 17) is not booting when you try to boot it from the BING boot menu?
That is correct. WinXP had been installed as the only OS. Then I additionally installed LM17, Linux Swap and LM12 following your (Tom Pfeifer’s) Generalized Disk Layout. Now WinXP and LM12 boot OK from HDD wheras LM17 is not bootable.
> If so, what happens when you try to boot LM17 from the BING boot menu? Any error
> messages?
When Rebooting out of the BING CD Maintenance Mode, the BING boot menu does not appear. It gets as far as "Bootit EMBRI 2.01 - Bootit EMBRL 2.04 - Read error loading EMBRM! System Halted!"
> For the LM17 partition, if you look at Partition Work - Properties for that
> partition, what does it say for "Bootable" status in the Additional
> Information section? (Bootable: Yes or Bootable: No).
At the moment I cannot access my son's computer. So I have to make use of my notes and they refer only to the message that I get when trying to boot the LM17 boot item. It reads: "The partition is not bootable! If you are in the process of installing an OS then insert the installation media and press ctrl-alt-del to initiate a reboot otherwise click OK to return to BootIt NG." However, I can see all LM17 data when working under LM12.
>
> The "HS" stands for head and sectors - please see page 30 of the BING
> manual.
Do I have to check "Align MBR Ending HS" and "Align MBR HS when Truncated" IN ADDITION to "Align on 1 Mib Boundaries" or are they alternative options?
> I take it that you currently have 3 operating systems installed (1 Windows, 2 Linux),
> and 2 of the 3 are currently booting Ok from the BING boot menu? And the third one
> (Linux Mint 17) is not booting when you try to boot it from the BING boot menu?
That is correct. WinXP had been installed as the only OS. Then I additionally installed LM17, Linux Swap and LM12 following your (Tom Pfeifer’s) Generalized Disk Layout. Now WinXP and LM12 boot OK from HDD wheras LM17 is not bootable.
> If so, what happens when you try to boot LM17 from the BING boot menu? Any error
> messages?
When Rebooting out of the BING CD Maintenance Mode, the BING boot menu does not appear. It gets as far as "Bootit EMBRI 2.01 - Bootit EMBRL 2.04 - Read error loading EMBRM! System Halted!"
> For the LM17 partition, if you look at Partition Work - Properties for that
> partition, what does it say for "Bootable" status in the Additional
> Information section? (Bootable: Yes or Bootable: No).
At the moment I cannot access my son's computer. So I have to make use of my notes and they refer only to the message that I get when trying to boot the LM17 boot item. It reads: "The partition is not bootable! If you are in the process of installing an OS then insert the installation media and press ctrl-alt-del to initiate a reboot otherwise click OK to return to BootIt NG." However, I can see all LM17 data when working under LM12.
>
> The "HS" stands for head and sectors - please see page 30 of the BING
> manual.
Do I have to check "Align MBR Ending HS" and "Align MBR HS when Truncated" IN ADDITION to "Align on 1 Mib Boundaries" or are they alternative options?