[Deaf-lug] Re: ubuntu heron grub error 15

[Fintan Gaughan]

after reading ubuntu forums before seeing this seem to be the case,
your right and i am doing this as we speak :-)

this is the first time this had happened to me,so you learn somthing
new everyday



Fintan

2008/4/27 JGJones <mailinglist at gwallgofi.com>:
> Ahh the infamous Grub Error 18...
>
>  It's rather easy to fix no worries - it's mainly caused by you creating
>  a partition that is too big for a old PC to read (they like to have a
>  small boot partition). You don't get this error with newer PC's.
>
>  All you need to do is to create a small boot partition (20Mb is fine) at
>  the start of disk and put /boot in there.
>
>  That's it. And you do not need a Windows tool for this (I'll recommend
>  against it). You can use a normal Live CD - Ubuntu Live CD is fine and
>  use a partition manager to shuffle partitions around..
>
>  But frankly since if it's a fresh installation - just start again...
>
>  Wipe out all partitions and make a new boot partition at start of disk
>  as above and install /boot into that.
>
>  Like I said, it only affect older computers. I had this error on a old
>  Sony VAIO desktop PC - it have a 15Mb /boot partition at start and it's
>  fine now.
>
>  Cheers
>
>  John Savv...err...I mean Joseph Gwynne-Jones
>
>
>
>
>  On Sun, 2008-04-27 at 17:30 +0100, Fintan Gaughan wrote:
>  > sorry its grub error 18
>  >
>  > soulution here
>  >
>  > http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/GRUB#Error_18
>  >
>  > wtf?
>  >
>  > Fintan
>  >
>  > 2008/4/27 Fintan Gaughan <fgaughan at gmail.com>:
>  > > Liked ubuntu  that much that i decided to install on main computer (
>  > >  got 3 computers)
>  > >
>  > >  Although i had no probs duel booting i wiped main hard drive to
>  > >  install ubuntu only to get grub error 15.
>  > >
>  > >  Did a serch on google only to find that to down load windows software
>  > >  to fix the MBR or summat like that.
>  > >  fixed this issue when i was duel booting but now having the same prob
>  > >  when i am not duel booting why cant i just install ubuntu on main 1
>  > >  hard drive?
>  > >
>  > >  strange that, any ideas to what to do?
>  > >  I have either spen the time reading on google which if i can get the
>  > >  time or somone give me pointers to halve the time :-)
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >  Fintan
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
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