Grub installation failed, help please ! SOLVED !!! ;-)

[SYNass IT Ubuntu / Linux]

On Thu, 2008-04-17 at 18:45 +0800, SYNass IT Ubuntu / Linux wrote:
> 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

Finally I got it working again !
It was the hda/sda conflict and with GRUB set into Ubuntu's ROOT
partition manually 
with /dev/hda6 against systems assuming of sda6 !!

Glad I kept swimming but drowning ! ;-D

Cheers, svobi