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

[Chaitanya]

Just follow the grub installation link that you have mentioned in your post.

Please inform about success or failure

Chaitanya

On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 6:13 AM, Mariano Jara Melagrani/g <
mjaramelagrani at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> I'm trying to install Ubuntu 11.04 on an old box (Celeron with 256 Mb
> RAM and a 40 Gb HD). So I've downloaded the iso image using a bitTorent
> client, checked the md5 hash and burnt it to a cd-rom. Then inserted the
> installation media, booted from it and the installation process began.
>
> It all went well (apparently), until towards the end the following
> message appeared on the screen:
>
> "[!!] Install the GRUB boot loader on a hard disk.
>
> Please insert the disc labeled: 'Ubuntu _Natty Narwhal_ - Release i386
> (20110426)'
> in the drive '/media/cdrom/' and press enter
>
> media change"
>
> The same thing happened last week when I tried to install Xubuntu on the
> same PC, I thought maybe was a bad burnt; so I now decided to try Ubuntu
> but I got the same issue and I don't know how to proceed from here.
>
> Google turned nothing useful when I've searched for "[!!] Install the
> GRUB boot loader on a hard disk".
>
> First hit is a tutorial on how to install GRUB, but I'm not sure if
> installing GRUB is what I should do to fix the issue, I thought GRUB
> install automatically when installing the system. Second hit is an
> unresolved post on Ubuntu Forums from 2006
> (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=113237).
>
> I've also read some Ubuntu Help documentation but couldn't find any
> useful pages.
>
> Should I remove the installation media and try to install GRUB? If so,
> how should I proceed? Never installed GRUB before.
>
> TIA,
>
> Mariano
>
>
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Chaitanya Parekh
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