GRUB Error
First the good news: I did the Kubuntu 7.10 install and everything went as it should from the live CD.
Then I restarted... Now the bad news: I got all of 5 seconds into the boot and it said "Loading GRUB 1.5" Then "Error 2" -- and there my computer sits. I am typing this while running it from the live CD I had posted earlier about the possiblity of my GEFORCE 8600GT vid card possibly causing problems, and perhaps this is the case, but any recommendations? Thank you. |
Try to install again
When you try installed Kubuntu, Were there any error messages? If weren't, try to install again. Format again, and if the result is error like what happen before you install it, try another live cd, maybe when you get the cd(downloaded or bought from shop), there some importance files were gone...
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I also have two HDs -- each one is 80G, don't know if that makes a difference...
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How did you manage your hard disk?
So, how did you manage your harddisk? Are you has installed another OS in your PC?
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From a terminal session (liveCD) enter this and post the output
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sudo fdisk -l |
Okay, I will try that when I get home.
This is an out-of-the-box computer with a formatted HD -- no OS other than Kubuntu. |
Here is my hardware set-up:
AMD X2 6000 AM2 CPU RETAIL 2 160GB SATA-II 3GB/S 8MB 7200RPM HD 1G DDR2 PC6400 MEMORY CM HYPER TX2 GAMING CPU COOLING FAN BLACK LG 20X DVDRW BLACK SONY 16X DVD 12-IN-ONE INTERNAL CARD READER RAID-0 STRIPING ASUS M2N-E SLI AM2 NFORCE 500 COOLERMASTER 600WATT EXTREME POWER CREATIVE LABS AUDIGY SE BULK GEFORCE 8600GT 512MB PCI-E |
Don't see a floppy listed there. Check in your BIOS settings to see that floppy disabled if it doesn't have one. If the BIOS is telling GRUB there's a floppy when there ain't, GRUB may give that error.
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Right, no floppy.
Research is leading me in the direction of BIOS so I think you are on to something. Thx. |
I checked the BIOS, the floppy is disabled. I tried messing around with the IDE, and disabling UDMA, but nothing works. So, I did the fdisk command and we see this:
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If the system installed o.k. (can you read the hard-disk filesystem from the liveCD ???) it's probably just a matter of re-installing grub. Try this from a terminal Code:
sudo grub If that doesn't work, you're probably up for a re-install. |
I tried what you suggested -- the commands worked fine, but upon reboot, same "Error 2". I then reinstalled. Same "Error 2". I can't understand what the problem might be on a brand new system...:scratch:
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One problem I see is that in BIOS, it's not even recognizing the Master or Slave drive -- lists them as "none".
I imagine this would cause a problem in booting. |
That's OK (master/slave). Those would be IDE drives. You have the newer SATA drives. Does the BOOT section in the BIOS order your hard drive with the right one first? (If the BIOS BOOT section orders the drives.)
Could you post your /boot/grub/menu.lst? In the liveCD system you could mount the linux partition somewhere and get the menu.lst file. The fdisk output shows only one drive is being used so far and that it has two partitions, the linux partition and an extended partition with a swap partition of several gigabytes. Linux can use more than one swap to advantage but a swap space on the other drive would give the biggest performance boost AND with 1G of memory a swap partition larger than 1G is usually not effective. |
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