Non-system disk or disk error after installation

From	Anthony Campbell <ac@acampbell.org.uk>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject	Non-system disk or disk error after installation
Date	2011-04-24 21:22 +0000
Message-ID	<slrnir954a.4gk.ac@arcadia.acampbell.org.uk> (permalink)

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I did a reinstall of Debian today. It went off without problems but when
I came to reboot I got:

Non-system disk or disk error
Replace and strike any key when ready

I reinstalled again and also reinstalled grub twice. Any way round this?
Is it a hardware failure (cmos or disk)? Could I boot via a cdrom?

Anthony

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Non-system disk or disk error after installation Anthony Campbell <ac@acampbell.org.uk> - 2011-04-24 21:22 +0000
  Re: Non-system disk or disk error after installation philo <philo@invalid.not> - 2011-04-24 19:07 -0500
  Re: Non-system disk or disk error after installation Richard Evans <rp.evans.nospam@tiscali.co.uk> - 2011-04-25 02:26 +0100
    Re: Non-system disk or disk error after installation Anthony Campbell <ac@acampbell.org.uk> - 2011-04-25 07:58 +0000
      Re: Non-system disk or disk error after installation Richard Evans <rp.evans.nospam@tiscali.co.uk> - 2011-04-25 09:58 +0100

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