grub error 18

[Goh Lip]

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. Instead of trying to fix your grub, I suggest you 
>> convert your grub legacy to grub2. After all, karmic will default to grub2.
>> sudo apt-get install grub-pc
>>   
> 
> the weird grub file somehow gives me the impression that grub2 is 
> installed? What grub does the LiveCD for Jaunty use?
> 
> 


Livecd? I don't know without popping in the livecd. you can check by 
going to /boot/grub/  and see if there is menu.lst or grub.cfg, maybe 
both. But it doesn't really matter, right? Livecd grub is always quite 
empty, just to start up the cd. The more important point is your 
installed jaunty partition. If you have meaningful entries in grub.cfg, 
then it is installed. There should also be meaningful entries in 
menu.lst whether grub2 is installed or not.

If you have installed grub2, you can always reinstall if you did not 
follow up on the instructions where it wasn't installed to mbr giving 
rise to your problem. If it wasn't installed, okay, install it.

goh lip