GRUB Error 18

JackDante · 05-03-2010, 07:33 AM

Hiho, hopefully I have chosen the right Category.

Here's my problem:

My Server runs "fine", then I type init 6 for rebooting or some cron job initiates Init 6 and my system stops in grub at:

GRUB loading stage1.5.

Error 18

After another Ctrl+Alt+Del the system boots as if anything happened.

this is why I doubt that it's an issue of too big HDD or BIOS.

My system is Debian 2.6.18 Etch

Any help available?

Thx JD

rweaver · 05-03-2010, 03:47 PM

Does this occur anytime it reboots or only if you type init 6, how about reboot or shutdown -r now? What is the motherboard and hard drive on the system? Have you tried updating your bios (may be a bios bug.)

JackDante · 05-12-2010, 06:36 AM

Hm,

BIOS is up to date.

Init 6 works most of the time, sometimes it ends wit the above error.

I solved my main problem (hanging mail server) by removing cron job...

Thanks
JD