[Bug 279307] Re: grub fails to boot on computers having a 28-bit lba and an hard disk larger than 128 GB

[Bryan Quigley]

Has been fixed in grub2 for a while now, closing.

** Changed in: grub (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Invalid

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Title:
  grub fails to boot on computers having a 28-bit lba and an hard disk
  larger than 128 GB

Status in “grub” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: grub

  When you have a computer whose motherboard has only 28-bit lba
  support, if you use an hard disk of more than 128 GB and GRUB tries to
  read a sector whose sector number is higher than the highest sector
  number you would have using a 128 GB hard disk (which is common if a
  partition is found on the terminal sectors of the HD), GRUB fails to
  boot and report an error 18 "Selected cylinder exceeds maximum
  supported by BIOS". LILO solves this by using an "lba32" option,
  however GRUB doesn't have such an option, and the solutions to these
  problem are difficult to find and apply even for an experienced user.

  Ubuntu release: Kubuntu 7.10

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