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freee
May 2nd, 2011, 04:56 PM
I completely deleted NTFS as having a boring windows doesn't make any sense today, installed it with ext4:

/boot = 200MB
/swap = 1GB
/ = space left

After successful install, the BIOS screen with HP logo remains stuck, it won't boot anything in another words. I can't get the boot loader, nothing as if it awkwardly trying to boot from external data drive. Did my hard drive go poof? or did I miss something during install? How can I get my hd to read? Thanks for taking time to help.

dino99
May 2nd, 2011, 05:00 PM
make a standard config:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=10161428&postcount=2

note: i'm not sure but HP have probably set a hidden partition (tatooed) that is disturbing installation. The solution is to format the hdd with tool available with western digital or seagate. Then redo it as said into the link above.

freee
May 4th, 2011, 09:42 PM
I bow to you!

Fixed everything with partedmagic and got fired it up. What a nice tool!