Grub problems

m4ng0 ulist at gs1.ubuntuforums.org
Fri Feb 25 00:04:03 UTC 2005


Jim Cheetham Wrote: 
> On Thu, 2005-02-24 at 22:22 +1030, squareyes wrote:
> > Error 18  will not proceed any further.
> 
> Try changing the BIOS settings to use LBA mode for your drive - Grub
> is
> at the mercy of the BIOS at this stage.
> 

When I installed Ubuntu on a K6 I had the same problem, but I solved it
in the opposite way: I had my hard
drive in LBA mode under BIOS and Grub didn't boot. I changed the mode
to "normal" and I managed to
complete the installation.


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m4ng0




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