Accidental Hard Shutoff During Install-- Now "Error Loading OS"
So apparently computers use some type of sorcery called electricity and if they don't have enough they shutdown unexpectedly... haha.
On a more serious note I was just attempting to install Arch on an ancient Dell pp07l. As I was selecting packages, my comp unexpectedly turned off-- I absent mindedly did not think to plug it in during the install. (Stupid I know but what can I say a man gets excited when he gets a new computer.) I had done everything up until the by the book (or the unoffical beginners guide I should say).
I turned it back on, get the standard dell hardware boot loader... and then "error loading operating system". I hit about every key on the keyboard with no response. Most of the make a nasty sounding beeping noise. I still can get in to bios fine-- I tried switching the boot order to internal HD and then back to CD. No joy. I tried a couple different boot sticks with no avail.
I think I may be completely screwed... motherboard and optical drive could no longer be on speaking terms.
Anyone ever came back from something like this? Any suggestions? Any input would be appreciated.
PS-- I'm a beginner at linux and absolute beginner with Arch.
orangetrousers4669 wrote:
So apparently computers use some type of sorcery called electricity and if they don't have enough they shutdown unexpectedly... haha.
On a more serious note I was just attempting to install Arch on an ancient Dell pp07l. As I was selecting packages, my comp unexpectedly turned off-- I absent mindedly did not think to plug it in during the install. (Stupid I know but what can I say a man gets excited when he gets a new computer.) I had done everything up until the by the book (or the unoffical beginners guide I should say).
I turned it back on, get the standard dell hardware boot loader... and then "error loading operating system". I hit about every key on the keyboard with no response. Most of the make a nasty sounding beeping noise. I still can get in to bios fine-- I tried switching the boot order to internal HD and then back to CD. No joy. I tried a couple different boot sticks with no avail.
I think I may be completely screwed... motherboard and optical drive could no longer be on speaking terms.
Anyone ever came back from something like this? Any suggestions? Any input would be appreciated.
PS-- I'm a beginner at linux and absolute beginner with Arch.
Did you have an operating system on the hard drive when you were installing?
"Error loading operating system" is a standard message when there are partitions and the possibility of something on the disk but the boot loader is not present. If you can boot from the same media you were using to start the install will it go back and start the install process all over again?
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