Ubuntu 9.04 Installation

[Rob]

On Sat, 2009-09-05 at 17:46 -0400, Steve Reilly wrote:
> Rob wrote:
> > Ok...here's a brain teaser.
> > 
> > I have tried twice now to install Ubuntu 9.04 to a Win XP box with the
> > following results.
> > 
> > Installation Attempt #1
> > The install appears to proceed normally to an external 500 Gig drive
> > (brand new) with Grub installed to HD0.  Previous installations like
> > this (to an older external drive) with Grub installed to HD0) worked
> > fine.  However, upon reboot after the Ubuntu installation, the system
> > halts on Grub error 15.  Fortunately, we had burned a Super Grub CD a
> > little over a year ago and that allowed me to boot to XP but not to
> > Ubuntu on the external drive.  Thinking it may be something unique to my
> > machine (an IBM/Lenovo), we called them since we have have on-site
> > coverage.  The technician came and installed a new motherboard (don't
> > know how he determined that was a problem but so be it.)  We rebuilt the
> > machine with the factory disks that came with it and I ran XP only for
> > about a week before attempting to install Ubuntu.
> > 
> > Installation Attempt # 1
> > Again, the installation appears to be proceeding normally to the
> > external 500 Gig drive with Grub installed to HD0.  Once again, after
> > installation completes and the machine is rebooted the following is
> > observed:
> > 
> > GRUB Loading Stage 1.5
> > GRUB Loading, please wait
> > Error 2
> > 
> > My only alternative is to was to reboot using the Super Grub CD to run
> > XP.  Would anyone have any ideas what may be going wrong here.  BTW the
> > Ubuntu CD I am using came from Linux Format magazine so it was not
> > downloaded or burned by me and I have no reason to suspect it is faulty.
> > 
> > Thanks in advance.
> > Rob
> > 
> > 
> ive never tried to install on an external disk, only thumbdrives, but
> can your bios support it?  is it set to boot from usb, and not the
> internal drive?
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Steve Reilly

No, it is not set to boot from USB.  That's why Grub is on the internal
drive HD0.  I have had this same configuration many times before.  :(