[xubuntu-users] GRUB error 15

[Charlie Kravetz]

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On Fri, 3 Feb 2012 16:35:08 +0000 (UTC)
TC <taradino.cassatt at gmx.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I just installed Xubuntu Oneiric on a laptop but I can't boot to it.  I 
> get a GRUB error 15 at stage 1.5.  
> 
> I installed from a USB stick (no CD in laptop) and partitioned my drive 
> like so: 
> 
> /dev/sda1  ext4  /boot
> /dev/sda2  ext4  /
> /dev/sda3  ext4  /home
> /dev/sda4  swap
> 
> At first I thought that maybe it doesn't read from sda1 but from sda2 so 
> I copied files in sda1 to /boot on sda2 but it didn't help.
> 
> Any ideas how to fix it?  Thank you.
> 
> 

I have had this happen a couple of times. I usually have to reinstall
grub2 using the instructions for "Copy LiveCD Files" in 
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2#Methods_of_Reinstalling

I can say this method works, but you really have to read it carefully
and follow the steps given.

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Charlie Kravetz 
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