Grub not working

[dave boland]

On Thu, 05 May 2011 10:06 +0800, "Goh Lip" <g.lip at gmx.com> wrote:
> On 05/05/2011 09:49 AM, Goh Lip wrote:
> > If you still have problems, reinstall for the third time,
> > this time making sure you install the grub to "sda"
> 
> 
> 
> I send this separately as I do not want to distract you from the earlier 
> post. I suspect you may still have a problem (blank screen) even with 
> grub2 installed because your grub may not handle the higher resolution 
> it detected. So from my first post, do this before you reinstall...
> 
> > Then uncomment the following line in /etc/default grub
> > from
> > #GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480
> > to
> > GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480
> >
> > Then at terminal,
> > sudo update-grub
> 
> Good luck - Goh Lip

Goh,

Well, I'm at Grub ver 1.99, and the resolution in the Grub file was
changed.  However, the boot screen is still black.  I tried the trick
where I hold the Shift key, then the Esc key, but neither produced any
Grub display.

I would consider installing one more time, but I don't see what to do
different and any likely hood of success.   In addition, I still don't
know how to tell it to check for Windows ME.

The graphics card and monitor are set to 1600x1200 and works well, so I
would think that just about any Grub resolution should work.

It is bed time for me, so perhaps you (and others) can think of
something to do either diagnostically (so I understand the actual
problem) or procedurally before I re-install and end up at the same
place.

Thank you so much for the help so far.  I'm sure the problem can be
solved.

Dave,
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