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    Bootloader Install Help

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by CalebSchmerge, Mar 21, 2007.

  1. CalebSchmerge

    CalebSchmerge Woof NBR Reviewer

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    I finally got Kubuntu 7.04 Herd 5 to install onto one of my external hard drives, but when it tried to install GRUB, it failed. If I try to boot from the drive, I get Error 15. Can someone help me get a bootloader installed, so I can get into this setup? Should I just go through the installer again? I tried to get GRUB online, and I can't figure it all out. Thanks.
     
    CalebSchmerge, Mar 21, 2007
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    AuroraS Notebook Virtuoso

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    Hmm... weird. Probably best to scrap it all and try it again, I suppose.
     
    AuroraS, Mar 22, 2007
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    tripinva Notebook Consultant NBR Reviewer

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    How did you partition this drive? Do you think you'd be able to get the contents of the /boot/grub/menu.lst file and post them here?

    EDIT: Does it ask you which OS to boot before failing out like that?

    Error 15 indicates that some file cannot be located, which can mean it's trying to open the wrong partition, or that one or more of the entries in menu.lst is incorrect.

    If I knew those two things, your partition scheme and what's in your menu.lst file now, I could probably help you manually boot up Linux from the GRUB command line and then modify your menu.lst file so it'll boot automatically.

    - Trip
     
    tripinva, Mar 22, 2007
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  4. CalebSchmerge

    CalebSchmerge Woof NBR Reviewer

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    I scraped it last night and got it to work. It just didn't want to put grub on the external disk. no big deal.
     
    CalebSchmerge, Mar 22, 2007
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  5. tripinva

    tripinva Notebook Consultant NBR Reviewer

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    Awesome. Glad you were successful.

    - Trip
     
    tripinva, Mar 22, 2007
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