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leopheard
August 4th, 2013, 06:48 PM
Hi all,

I would really appreciate some help with my PC booting into Linux.

I have an Acer Aspire T160, 64 bit and made around 2006 I think.

I have tried the 32 and 64 bit versions of Ubuntu, Lubunt, Syabyon, Mint, etc. but all fail to boot and give me 'NOT A SYSTEM DISK...' error when booting up (I have checked an BIOS is booting to the right disk). They all seem to install fine. I've tried Grub2 and boot-repair, both seem to say they've fixed the problem but do nothing. The system originally came with Win XP, which is stored on a separate HDD (unplugged as not to stop that working also).

My last two boot-repair logs are as follows:

http://paste.ubuntu.com/5947218/
http://paste.ubuntu.com/5947274/

What am I doing wrong? Any help would be VERY MUCH appreciated.

leopheard
September 30th, 2013, 02:12 PM
[SOLVED] You will not believe what was the issue and that I am such a dope. It came down to the most basic of problems - jumper settings on the HDD. Moral of story - always try the MOST BASIC solution first.

Bucky Ball
September 30th, 2013, 02:43 PM
Thread moved to Installation & Upgrades.


[SOLVED] always try the MOST BASIC solution first.

+1. ;)