grub can't write MBR

Jonathan McLoughlin jonathan.mcloughlin at gmail.com
Tue Jul 5 16:08:53 UTC 2005


OK, you'll need to be a bit more verbose that "all is red", lets
presume your menu.lst file is OK, with root privilages can you give
what is returned when you run 'grub-install'

On 7/5/05, Paolo Ariano <paolo.ariano at unito.it> wrote:
> Hi *
> 
> i've installed a lot of ubuntu but the last is very strange:
> 
> maxtor 80G with windows Xp on the primary partition
> try to install ubuntu on another partition ... all is ok,
> 
> grub find Xp but when it try to write the MBR all is red and
> it fails ... whyyyyy ?
> 
> i've disables bios virus warning
> 
> 
> thanks a lot
> a new ubuntu is waiting ;)
> 
> till next
> paolo
> --
> Paolo Ariano
> Neuroscience PhD student @ UniTo
> 
> --
> ubuntu-users mailing list
> ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users
>




More information about the ubuntu-users mailing list