[xubuntu-users] GRUB error 15

[TC]

In the time of Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:53:49 -0700, thus spoke Charlie
Kravetz:

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> On Fri, 3 Feb 2012 16:35:08 +0000 (UTC) TC
> <taradino.cassatt at gmx.com> wrote:
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>> 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.
> 
> - --
> Charlie Kravetz
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Thanks but reinstalling GRUB didn't help.  The problem ended up being the 
lack of an EFI partition.  Once I realized this might be the problem I 
reinstalled with a small EFI partition and everything works well.