Error after install reboot / start up

[Tarsys]

I keep getting this error after I install:

GRUB Loading stage 1.5

GRUB loading, please wait...
Error 18.

I installed from clean / boot disk. Install whent well, no problems. After this, it asks for reboot and when it does I get this error message.

I've followed other posts on formating manualy the ./ , /home, and page file... all whent ok until i reboot... what is up with this.?

I used to have the previous ver. and all was fine.

I installed to a 250 Gigs hard drive, and set up the ./ for 15 gigs., the /home for 20 gigs., and the paging file to 700 megs.

Any suggestions?

:confused:

[Pumalite]

http://users.bigpond.net.au/hermanzone/p15.htm#18
You might need to make small /boot partition

[Tarsys]

Man O man that is one complicated thing you refered me to...

I am trying reinstalling and creating a /boot part. along with a /home and standard ./ part... will see then.

[Tarsys]

well, I've gotten nowhere with that... it still give me an error 18 after I reboot from install.. which whent very well, until reboot.. so CMOS is not recogniZing my 250 Gig drive, ok.. I created a ./ partition, a ./boot part, and a ./home partition... plus the page file... I made sure to tell Gpart to set my ./boot partition at the start of the drive... I think that's what I was supposed to do ??? right??

Hey guys, help me out here... just a crazy Canuk trying to get laid.. loops.. I mean get installed here...
:popcorn:

[Pumalite]

Did you try updating your BIOS?

[john test]

Sounds like HD is erroring out. Should be a Memory test and a HDD test/Format on the LIve CD. I would format the HDD and if it flies, then go back and do the partitioning.

[Tarsys]

So what you are suggesting is :

-boot from CD, load up partitioner and wipe all existing partitions, then format as one large drive first, then do as I did before? IE: create ./, ./boot, ./home, ./page file???

How big should each be??

Can you be a little more specific..?

Thanks. :confused:

[Tarsys]

I have the newest up date for this board's bios.. from 2002. the board is originaly from Y2000. It used to have Win2000pro and worked fine. I am using it as a mail, and Legend of the Green dragon server... I just wanted to try this xubuntu system as Win2000 is getting old and problematic.

[Tarsys]

i am losing patience here..

ok, i've wiped everything from the drive and reformated..

made the /boot partition, /home part., / partition, and a swap.

installed clean ok, asked to reboot... as before...

now when I start up for the first time, i get an error 22 instead of error 18..

it says on screen:

GRUB loading stage 1.5

GRUB loading, please wait...
Error 22

... and hangs.

The Cd image was tested and is good..

I have a 750 Mhz proc.
256 meg. ram
250 Gig drive (one)
nothing special other than the CD rom.

Please help!! Or else, I'll revert to Windows! (and I'd prefer not to!)

:lolflag:

[Pumalite]

I'd say use Xubuntu Alternate CD. (256 of RAM):
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/8.04.1/release/