Fedora Core 12 Not Booting

[Howard Gibson]

On Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:46:40 -0400
"Lance F. Squire" <lance-5ZoueyuiTZhBDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> 
> The only solutions I found where:
> 
> 1. Manually re-edit the drive info files so they where correct.
> 
> 2. Install the OS on the SATA while the IDE was disconnected, then 
> reconnect IDE after the OS is known working and assign the drive.
> 
> I'm now working with option 3. Get a bigger SATA and don't worry about 
> the IDE anymore. :P
> 
> Lance F. Squire

Lance,

   Installed and running!  Thank you.

   I disconnected the IDE drive.  I specified ext4 as my root filesystem.  

   It still won't boot with the IDE drive connected.  This is more of an inconvenience than a disaster.  I want a second drive as a backup device.  

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