ubuntu 6.06 install - GRUB hard disk error on boot

[Paul Carey]

Not sure what you mean by drive order.  I want to say I only have 1 drive, but 
there may be two in a RAID array.  

As for wrong way around in the device.map, the file contains:

(hd0)   /dev/sda

Finally, there is a number of stage1_5 files with prefixes, but no file named 
stage1_5.  There is a stage2 file.

> On Wednesday 14 June 2006 22:05, Paul Carey wrote:
> > The message actually is:
> >
> > "GRUB Hard Disk Error"
>
> From 'info grub'
>
> ****
> Hard Disk Error
>      The stage2 or stage1.5 is being read from a hard disk, and the
>      attempt to determine the size and geometry of the hard disk
> failed.
> *****
>
> Check your BIOS settings that they properly reflect the hardware,
> especially that the drive order is correct. Also check the contents
> of /boot/grub/device.map, the order might be the wrong way round.
>
> Also check that you really do have stage1_5 and stage2 files
> in /boot/grub/
>
>
> --
> If only me, you and dead people understand hex,
> how many people understand hex?
>
> Alan McKinnon
> alan at linuxholdings dot co dot za
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