newly installed ubuntu os will not boot from hdd

[Robert Holtzman]

On Mon, 21 Dec 2009, Gordon wrote:

> Dan Park wrote:
>> System:
>> AMD Athlon XP2400+
>> Memory:
>> 1002.5MiB
>>
>> I followed the instructions on your website and downloaded ubuntu,
>> copied the iso to disk and installed the os. I wiped windows xp from the
>> hdd allowed ubuntu to format and partition the hdd as it saw fit. it is
>> now on it's own 200 GB hdd. i have 2 other hdds with data on them.
>>
>> once installed it asked to shut down to complete the install but when it
>> tried to boot up again i was met with:
>>
>> Verifying DMI Pool Data......
>> Boot from ATAPI CD-ROM:
>> DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER
>>
>> with the disk in and enter pressed i am taken to an options screen where
>> i choose the trial version so i can at least use the computer.
>> why won't it boot from the hdd? i have tried installing it twice. we
>> can't save settings, plug-ins etc.
>>
>> Help would be much appreciated,
>>
>
> Sounds like the BIOS is still set to boot from CD, not from the HDD.

Doubtful unless it's a really old box. All the computers I've played 
with for a long time would boot from the hdd if the cd drive was empty. 
The error message he quotes indicates the cd drive is indeed empty. Why 
the boot process doesn't default to the hdd is beyond me.

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