no boot option in BIOS

[patrick]

Hi,

i tried installing linux lite 2.2 now, 3 times..
i've formatted the harddisk, created new partitions: /dev/sda ext4 mount option / and /dev/sda5 swap, also there is /dev/sda2 extended.
The installation was succesful, but linux lite isn't in the BIOS. (tried 2 times like this)

So now, in the installation process, i chose the option to delete previous OS (linux lite 2.2) and overwrite it with the same OS.
Again, installation worked fine, but still the linux lite isn't in the BIOS.

linux@linux:~$ sudo fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders, total 625142448 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0005299a

  Device Boot      Start        End      Blocks  Id  System
/dev/sda1  *        2048  623069183  311533568  83  Linux
/dev/sda2      623071230  625141759    1035265    5  Extended
Partition 2 does not start on physical sector boundary.
/dev/sda5      623071232  625141759    1035264  82  Linux swap / Solaris

Disk /dev/sdb: 7743 MB, 7743995904 bytes
80 heads, 16 sectors/track, 11816 cylinders, total 15124992 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xd2d14a3d

  Device Boot      Start        End      Blocks  Id  System
/dev/sdb1  *        8064    15124991    7558464    b  W95 FAT32

Can someone help to solve this?
Thanks,
Patrick

[LL-user]

Hi Patrick,

Just a few questions to get a better understanding:

1. Are you rather talking about the bootloader GRUB instead of the BIOS (basic input/output system)?
Only in GRUB that will be installed on your harddisk you would get an entry for your OS. The BIOS on the other hand comes with your computer as some kind of firmware placed in a ROM chip. It will show you - amongst other things - your harddisk and lets you configure which device you want to boot from. You won't be able to choose the OS in there.
So, when you boot up your computer at some point it will try to boot from the harddisk you have configured via BIOS by 'looking' for the bootloader on this disk. The bootloader then - if installed - decides which OS to start or action to perform.

2. Have you installed the bootloader during the installation process?

3. Did you select the harddisk in the BIOS as device to boot from?

4. What actually happens when you turn on the computer?

5. Not relevant to your problem: Why don't you install the newest version LL2.4?

Hope this will help us helping you

[patrick]

i'm sorry,
i should've mentioned that it was solved allready..

it was very stupid.
i installed linux lite with usb, called usb 8.0 GB in the boot menu.
without the usb in my laptop it was just called usb.. (that's why i thought something went wrong)
i was used to that the boot option would get the name of the os, but in this case it was just called usb..

for the LL2.4, i still had a .iso file of LL2.2, i'll probably still upgrade it at some time

sorry again for not mentioning,
still, thanks for the reply