Problem of booting

[James Takac]

On Wednesday 12 September 2007 23:22:33 Velix Wibowo wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I have a problem of booting up the latest version of ubuntu linux. Today, i
> have been started to install the linux on my machine. Then, the system
> warns me to take the CD out to prevent a live CD running rather than the
> current installed one. Until that point, the problem starts when i was
> booting up my computer to run linux on my machine. After a few seconds,
> this message comes out:
>
> Booting from local disk...
> GRUB Loading stage1.5.
>
> GRUB loading, please wait...
> Error 18
>
> The message above stays there forever. Then i was trying to open up my BIOS
> by restarting my computer again. However, i can't open it suddenly, and the
> system says an error of my system. I feel desperate about this and right
> now, i just can rely on my live CD to be able to send this e-mail to all of
> you. If someone knows how to solve it, could you please let me know
> immediately? Thank you.
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Velix Wibowo

Hi Velix

I've seen that on my other laptop before when grub got messed up. I had to 
boot the live cd and reinstall grub from it. The following link may help you 

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=224351

James