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[Karl F. Larsen]

Jan Erik Kristiansen wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> Recently, i've been trying to install a 64 bit verion of Ubuntu 9.10,
> downloaded from Ubuntu's homepage.
> The problem i'm having now is when i install a normal 32 bit system, it
> works, and when trying to make use of the 64 bit system, it just won't work.
> I'm not the first one to experience this problem, from what i can see when
> googling it.
> This problem identifies itself as "error 15"

	My guess is your 64 bit has a grub problem. Not sure why 
since the 32 bit does not. Google "linux, grub, error 15" and 
you might find some help. By the way your using Grub2 which 
has some special needs.


73 Karl



> Is there any ways to avoid that?
> I'm not a experienced user of linux, but i like to switch between the
> systems once in a while to find the best of both worlds, but this problem is
> driving me crazy...
> My system is a dual core processor with 2 gig ram and 4 HDD, one drive is a
> only ext4 partitions, wich are used to all fresh installations...
> I see there is a guide on how to solve this problem, but i don't understand
> it at all, it only get me more confused than i'm allready am, so i guess i
> will try another 64 bit system for now, to see if it works out.
> 
> That's about all.
> 
> Regards from Norway!
> 
> 


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