grub error 18

[Goh Lip]

Chan Chung Hang Christopher wrote:
> Goh Lip wrote:

>>
>>  > Reinstall jaunty, create a /boot partition not more than 150 Mb in 
>> the *first* partition and install boot there.
>>
>>
>>   
> 
> That would have been the first thing I did if grub had immediately given 
> me a problem after initial installation. Unfortunately for me, the Linux 
> kernel somehow got things sane so you cannot tell from warm reboots. So 
> yeah, most probably the BIOS is buggy. /me wonders if you can shrink to 
> the end of the partition and not the beginning.
> 

Okay, it's better to put boot into first partition especially for older 
Bios.  the LVM 1024 cylinder thingy. Just a precaution.

Good luck,
Goh Lip