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not seen what happened), I couldn't boot anymore. Grub simply said Error 17, and nothing else. After several Error 17 failures, the error changed to Error 18 - and this is the error it shows now. What have I tried? I tried several Linux LIVE CD's and DVD's I have: Ubuntu 8.04, Kubuntu 10.04, Ubuntu 10.04, Ubuntu 11.10, Fedora 11, etc. - none of them is able to start, in all modes and options I tried (I have not manually edited the commands, but tried the provided options). I can't use the Live CD OS, and I can't install them either. This is important: it is ok to erase all HD contents! It is ok to format, repartition, lose all HD data - no problem. In most of the Ubuntu flavours, including the 8.04 CD, the initialization stucks, showing repeatedly the following error messages: ata3.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0 ata3.00: BMDMA stat 0x25 ata3.00: cmd 25/00:08:e5:a5:50/00:00:12:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 1024 in ata3.00: status: { DRDY ERR } ata3.00: error: { UNC } I also have tried the Windows XP installation CD. The recover command-line fails: fixmbr, fixboot, format - nothing works. If I try diskpart the partitioning tool tells me the HD is "unreachable" and if I try to conti
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loading please wait « on: 2009/09/26, 18:06:40 pm » Wow I knew super grub android grub loading error 17 existed but I just created a disk inserted it into the unit in question that had just given me an error grub error 17 windows 10 18 after ubuntu install. It booted to windows and my question now is I guess its safe to insert gparted and delete ubuntu and figure something else out.But salvation and not having to reload windows. http://askubuntu.com/questions/156474/grub-error-17-and-18-grub-rescue-how-to-boot-again You bet I will donate. Logged adrian15 Administrator Hero Member Posts: 833 Please test Rescatux and report back feedback... Re: Error 18 Grub loading please wait « Reply #1 on: 2009/09/28, 16:51:04 pm » Quote from: chef11994 on 2009/09/26, 18:06:40 pmWow I knew super grub existed but I just created a disk inserted it into the unit in question that had just given me an error 18 after ubuntu install.I http://www.supergrubdisk.org/forum/index.php?topic=370.0 understand that you tried to boot SGD after a failed ubuntu install (error 18).Quote from: chef11994 on 2009/09/26, 18:06:40 pm It booted to windows and my question now is I guess its safe to insert gparted and delete ubuntu and figure something else out.But salvation and not having to reload windows.You can either try to reinstall Ubuntu (If you do not delete Windows partition it is ok) with a /boot partition (Check: http://www.supergrubdisk.org/w/index.php5?title=GrubError18 )Or you can postpone Ubuntu installation and set up your computer so that it boots Windows automatically (Check: http://www.supergrubdisk.org/w/index.php5?title=UninstallGRUB ). After recovering your Windows boot you should be able to delete or reconvert your Linux partitions to NTFS, FAT32 or (winfs if it had been developed) .Quote from: chef11994 on 2009/09/26, 18:06:40 pm You bet I will donate.Thank you! adrian15 Logged If you have liked this piece of advice please consider donating to the Super Grub Disk project. Print Pages: [1] Go Up « previous next » Forum freezed. Use the mailing list till I unfreeze it » Super Grub(2) Disk Support Boards » Super Grub(2) Disk (English) » Error 18 Grub loading please wait SMF 2.0.9 | SMF © 2014, Simple Machines XHTML RSS WAP2 Page created in 0.063 seconds with 21 queries.
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Help Here Install/Boot/Login Problems with GRUB Error 18 Welcome! If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ. You will have to register before you can post in the forums. (Be aware the forums do not accept user names with a dash "-") Also, logging in lets you avoid the CAPTCHA verification when searching . Select Articles, Forum, or Blog. Posting in the Forums implies acceptance of the Terms and Conditions. Results 1 to 4 of 4 Thread: Problems with GRUB Error 18 Thread Tools Show Printable Version Subscribe to this Thread… Display Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode 02-Jul-2008,23:23 #1 potosino11 NNTP User Problems with GRUB Error 18 I've used different linux distributions and ive never had a dual or multi boot problem with any of them with windows xp or vista except for the opensuse 11.0 DVD install. Ever since I installed it, every time i boot up my machine (VPR Matrix, P4 2.40 Ghz, 1GB RAM, nvidia 7300GT 512MB)the error GRUB Error 18 shows up. So each time that happens, i cant do anything, so i just did a clean install with windows. All i did with opensuse 11.0 was run the dvd install and everything installed normally. It booted into opensuse 11.0 KDE 4 and everything was great, until i turned my machine off... then the GRUB Error 18. ive tried different things but nothings working and im wasting my time. Desired boot:Windows XP Pro, Ubuntu Studio 8.04, Opensuse 11.0 someone plz help im still kind of new to linux Reply With Quote 03-Jul-2008,01:58 #2 Ecky View Profile View Forum Posts View Blog Entries View Articles Parent Penguin Join Date Jun 2008 Posts 695 Re: Problems with GRUB Error 18 Explanation of grub error 18: http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/GRUB#Error_18 The generally used fix seems to be creating a small partition at the beginning of your drive and mounting it as /boot It should be possible to have both your ubuntu and suse boot files on the same partition, as long as you edit the grub entries accordingly Something like this should work On /boot make directories for suse and ubuntu (/boot/suse and /boot/ubuntu), each directory would have the files normally found in /boot for that particular distro In your grub entry for suse then you would need to have something like: kernel /boot/suse/vmlinuz [followed by your usual options] initrd /boot/suse/initrd (ubuntu's would be similar to: kernel /boot/ubuntu/vmlinuz [followed by your usual options] initrd /boot/ubuntu/initrd ) There are other scenarios like putting one distro's boot files in a folder in