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Grub loading please wait « previous next » Print Pages: [1] Go Down Author Topic: Error 18 Grub loading please wait (Read 4341 times) chef11994 Newbie Posts: 1 Error 18 Grub loading please wait « on: 2009/09/26, 18:06:40 pm » Wow 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. 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 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 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 0.017 seconds with 21 queries.
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Partitioning Question If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. Page 2 of 4 First 1234 Last Jump to page: Results 16 to 30 of 51 Thread: Partitioning Question Tweet Thread Tools Show Printable Version Email this Page… Subscribe to this Thread… Display Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode 01-08-2006,11:22 AM #16 Parcival View Profile View Forum Posts Registered User Join Date Jan 2003 Location Zurich, Switzerland Posts 2,658 @ saikee: Wow, great job! Thanks a lot for your explanations, all of my questions are answered now. And I guess once more it has been proven that a good example explains more than hundreds of pages of theory. @ Todd50: Yes, this is it. Whenever you want a new entry for a new distro you installed, you just click the Add button in that interface. In the Window for the new entry you can either directly point to the kernel image (the way I suggested in my howto without reinstalling GRUB) or enter the simpler commands saikee explained (in case you did install GRUB to the / partition of your new distro). If you prefer to work with a texteditor (for example when there's no GUI available and you are restricted to the shell), you can edit the relevant file in the /grub subfolder of the /boot folder you pictured above. "What can be said at all can be said clearly, and what we cannot talk about we must pass over in silence." Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus by Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) Reply With Quote 01-08-2006,11:22 AM #17 Todd50 View Profile View Forum Posts Registered User Join Date Dec 2005 Posts 22 At What Location Saikee... Thus if you want your hda2 to whatever hda60 to be booted by Grub all you need to do is to edit the /boot/grub/menu.lst of hda1, which you place in the MBR, to repeat the above code except changing the partition references as Is this done in the "Boot Menu" at system start-up or in "/boot/grub/menu.lst" in the first installed OS with an Editor? Reply With Quote 01-08-2006,11:24 AM #18 Todd50 View Profile View Forum Posts Registere