[nmglug] grub error 18

[Jason Schaefer]

Ed

Thanks. I now have gnu/linux booting (I used 'update-grub' to create 
menu.lst then changed hd0,0 to hd0,1). I am trying to get windows to boot.

title Windows
root (hd0,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1

This does not work. Any ideas?

Thanks
-J

Ed Brown wrote:

>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
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>-Ed
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>On Mon, 2004-05-24 at 15:51, Jason Schaefer wrote:
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>>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)
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>>It can't run 'e2fs_stage1_5' or 'install' and gives me "Error 18: 
>>Selected Cylinder exceeds maximum supported by BIOS
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>>Again, lilo booted both OS's without a problem.
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>>Anyone have any work-arounds for this?
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>>-Jason
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