Grub installation failed, help please !

[SYNass IT Ubuntu / Linux]

On Thu, 2008-04-17 at 17:29 +0800, SYNass IT Ubuntu / Linux wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-04-17 at 17:00 +0800, SYNass IT Ubuntu / Linux wrote:
> > Hello Ubuntu cracks and experts
> > Since a few days I tried many times to install Ubuntu 8.04 Beta onto a
> > IBM Thinkpad X31 
> > with only very little or no  success. All partitons for Ubuntu were new
> > created !
> > 
> > 7.10 was installed on this system and was running wired and
> > wirelessly !!
> > 
> > The installation process takes a very very long time (11am to near 5pm)
> > and 
> > finally abends with red screen and Grub installation failed !!! ;-(
> > 
> > It says:
> > The 'grub' package failed to install into /target/.
> > without the GRUB boot loader, the installed system will not boot.
> > 
> > Retries loading GRUB again failed !!
> > 
> > Finishing the installation again brings a red screen with mentioning:
> > Need setup /vmlinuz kernel on partititon /dev/sda6 with root=/dev/sda6 
> > as kernel argument ...
> > 
> > Rebooting the system brings Grub Loading, please wait ...
> > Error 15 !?
> > 
> > I have absolutely NO ideas anymore how to overcome this red screen
> > scenario !
> > With Super Grub Disk I can get back to WIN on C: only and ...
> > ... restart installation again !?!? ;-((
> > 
> > Your advice and suggestions are hot awaited. 
> > TIA and cheers, svobi
> 
> 
> Just found this !
> I assume the hda/sda is in conflict with this system !?
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> This bug also affects Hardy beta - I have two SATA drives which appear
> as sda/b. 
> Ubuntu 6.10 is installed on sda. When I installed Hardy on sdb,
> the /boot/grub/menu.lst 
> had the drive identifiers inverted (hd1,1) in place of (hd0,1) and
> vice-versa). 
> The MBR was overwritten and wouldn't boot. I had to use a rescue CD and 
> re-install the original MBR before I could boot.
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Unfortunatley Grub SuperDisk isn't able to "restore" GRUB ...
> 
> I am still crawling but swimming !!! ;-)
> svobi


I also believe it has to do with the hda/sda conflict !
On this system GRUB shall go into MBR ...
... and doing so it fails !

With some installations I missed this GRUB step and after its time 
it continues and crashes with the red screen too !!

I have to retry and then do a manual GRUB into /dev/sda6 !!!

Hope this works !? ;-)

Cheers, svobi
>