[!!] Install the GRUB boot loader on a hard disk

[Mariano Jara Melagrani/g]

On Mon, 2011-05-23 at 10:15 +0800, Goh Lip wrote:
> On 05/23/2011 09:33 AM, Mariano Jara Melagrani/g wrote:
> > Goh Lip, thanks for your input and time, I really appreciate your help.
> >
> > Finally, I did manage to install GRUB, what I did was: I removed the
> > ubuntu-alternate cd and load the Xubuntu-alternate cd. That did the
> > trick (don't ask me why). But then the pc wouldn't boot at all, all
> > there was a blinking dash at the top left corner.
> >
> > So then I tried to install Lubuntu (failed miserably again!).
> >
> 
> 
> Mariano, if you leave that blinking cursor alone for say 50 secs, check 
> if it will boot by itself. If it boots, there is a way to 'handle' 
> (cannot/won't wait to get the right word here) this 'problem'.
> 
> If it doesn't boot, well, I still cannot help you.
> Er, thanks for your thanks.  :)
> 
> Regards - Goh Lip

Goh Lip, I'm afraid I can't do that anymore because I've installed
Slitaz on top of partition sda1, which in turns got formatted. But if it
helps in any way, that blinking cursor must have been for (can't say
exactly) a minute or so.

Cheers, Mariano.