Re: grub error 18

2009-09-20 Thread Christopher Chan
Goh Lip wrote: > Chan Chung Hang Christopher wrote: > >>> I take it that you now have no problem booting after the root...setup... >>> from the livecd. >>> >>> >> Yup. >> >> >>> Grub legacy have precisely some problems not only with LBA cylinder but >>> also with newer bios. Ins

Re: grub error 18

2009-09-20 Thread Christopher Chan
p it the same and update it manually. Something > to consider. > Never touched the file. It is blooming embarrassing putting Jaunty on a box for other people to use and then have to deal with this blasted mysterious 'grub error 18' problem. After each and every reboot, I have

Re: grub error 18

2009-09-20 Thread Dane Mutters
It sounds like your menu.lst file in /boot/grub is being overwritten by the maintainer's version of the config file from the updated package. Usually, if you've edited that file even a little, it'll ask whether you want to change it or keep it the same and update it manually. Something to consider

Re: grub error 18

2009-09-20 Thread Goh Lip
Chan Chung Hang Christopher wrote: > Hello all, > > What package takes care of shutting down? > > I have this problem with Jaunty. When I first installed Jaunty, it > booted up without problems. However, after an update was done, it would > always show me a grub error

Re: grub error 18

2009-09-20 Thread Chan Chung Hang Christopher
> I take it that you now have no problem booting after the root...setup... > from the livecd. > Yup. > Grub legacy have precisely some problems not only with LBA cylinder but > also with newer bios. Instead of trying to fix your grub, I suggest you > convert your grub legacy to grub2. After

Re: grub error 18

2009-09-20 Thread Chan Chung Hang Christopher
> I remember reading something about commenting out some line that did > something with grub that would solve this problem. Unfortunately I have > not been able to find that url again and I wondered whether anybody > knows where a command involving grub during shutdown might be located in > th

grub error 18

2009-09-20 Thread Chan Chung Hang Christopher
Hello all, What package takes care of shutting down? I have this problem with Jaunty. When I first installed Jaunty, it booted up without problems. However, after an update was done, it would always show me a grub error 18 screen on the next attempt to boot the machine after a shutdown