[nmglug] grub error 18

[Ed Brown]

Also Jason, in case you're new to grub, installing grub this way will
give you a grub boot prompt when you reboot, but you'll probably want to
create a menu, so you can easily choose between windows and linux,
without entering the necessary parameters every time you boot.

If you don't have the documentation locally, check out:
http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/html_node/Configuration.html#Configuration

-Ed





On Mon, 2004-05-24 at 15:51, Jason Schaefer wrote:
> I am installing grub on an old dell dimension that had lilo.
> It has a windows partition (hda1) and debian (hda2)
> I typed:
> grub> root (hd0,1)
> grub> setup (hd1)
> 
> It can't run 'e2fs_stage1_5' or 'install' and gives me "Error 18: 
> Selected Cylinder exceeds maximum supported by BIOS
> 
> Again, lilo booted both OS's without a problem.
> 
> Anyone have any work-arounds for this?
> 
> -Jason
> 
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