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thanks ! Results 1 to 2 of 2 Thread: grub loading stage 1.5, error 18 Thread Tools Show Printable Version Subscribe to this Thread… Display Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode December 2nd, 2009 #1 hunterkasy View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message Tea Glorious Tea! Join Date Mar 2009 Location Wadena, MN USA Beans 315 DistroUbuntu 15.10 Wily Werewolf grub loading stage 1.5, error 18 I installed xubuntu
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on a machine all went well, when it was time for a reboot to finish the installation I get this error: grub loading stage 1.5 grub loading please wait... Error 18 and it just sits at this screen Adv Reply December 3rd, 2009 #2 namok View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message Just Give Me the Beans! Join Date Oct 2009 Location Poland Beans 51 DistroUbuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx Re: grub loading stage 1.5, error 18 This may be helpful: http://members.iinet.net.au/~herman546/p15.html#18 Adv Reply Quick Navigation Networking & Wireless Top Site Areas Settings Private Messages Subscriptions Who's Online Search Forums Forums Home Forums The Ubuntu Forum Community Ubuntu Official Flavours Support New to Ubuntu General Help Asus Ubuntu Support (CLOSED) Dell Ubuntu Support (CLOSED) Ubuntu One (CLOSED) Installation & Upgrades Hardware Desktop Environments Networking & Wireless Multimedia Software Ubuntu Studio Mythbuntu Ubuntu Specialised Support Ubuntu Phone and Tablet Ubuntu Development Version Security Virtualisation Ubuntu Servers, Cloud and Juju Server Platforms Ubuntu Cloud and Juju Gaming & Leisure Emulators Wine Development & Programming Packaging and Compiling Programs Development CD/DVD Image Testing Ubuntu Application Development Ubuntu Dev Link Forum Programming Talk Repositories & Backports Ubuntu Backports Bug Reports / Support System76 Support Apple Hardware Users Ubuntu Community Discussions Ubuntu, Linux and OS Chat Recurring Discussions Full Circle
because of the advertised back-up from Novell. The installation went according to a couple of reports I have read until the first boot from the hard disk. I have tried every suggested way to install this system and always end up with the same results, namely Grub loading stage 1.5 Grub loading please wait Error 18 with a flashing cursor That is as far as it goes. What this has effectively done is rendered my computer unusable as I cannot now get into Windows and have had to bring an old computer back into use for this email.
A Because Grub has to fit in a small space on the disk, there is no room for helpful error messages, but 'Error 18' translates https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1343458 as 'Selected cylinder exceeds maximum supported by BIOS'. In other words, your BIOS - which initialises hardware - is unable to handle a hard drive this large. Windows is able to boot because the Windows partition is at the start of the distro's disk, within the area handled by the BIOS. This is not a limitation of Linux, which hasn't even started to load, but your hardware. You would see the same problem if you tried to install two versions of Windows, http://www.tuxradar.com/answers/234 say 98 and XP. There are a few ways to deal with this. You could work around the problem by making your Windows partition smaller (it is impossible to say how small without knowing details of your BIOS and hard disk) and telling the SUSE partitioner to create a separate /boot partition. This ensures that the files Grub needs are at the start of the Linux partitions, hopefully within the area handled by the BIOS. Once the bootloader has started, the BIOS limitations are irrelevant. A better option is to check your motherboard manufacturer's website for an update to the BIOS, which could make this problem disappear. A third solution, which isn't ideal but would give instant access to your operating systems, is to boot from the installation CD. The first option on the initial menu is to boot from hard disk, which will take you to the Grub bootloader screen, bypassing the need for the BIOS to boot the disk. To restore the Windows bootloader, booting from the Windows CD in rescue mode and run fdisk /mbr for Windows 9x, or fixmbr for Windows XP. Related solutionsInstalling Mozilla plugins on SUSESoundBlaster Live not working in SUSE LinuxSUSE cannot see other distro filesDual-booting Linux with SUSESamba on SUSESearch the database: Back to the answers home page Follow us on Identi.ca or Twitter Username: Password: Top▲ Linux Formatis part of Future plc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. Visit our corporateGRUB Loading stage1.5. GRUB loading, please wait... Error 18 I've booted from the CD and given the output to these commands: free -m: Mem: total 181, used 178, free 2, https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub/+question/80662 shared 0, buffers 4, cached 57 -/+ buffers/cache: used 116, free 64 Swap: total 1088, used 29, free 1058 sudo fdisk -l: Disk /dev/sda: 163.9 GB, 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19929 cylinders Units https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=83958 = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x37273726 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 79 9257 73730317+ c W95 FAT32 (LBA) /dev/sda2 9795 19929 81409387+ 5 grub loading Extended /dev/sda3 1 13 104391 83 Linux /dev/sda4 14 78 522112+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda5 9795 19861 80863146 83 Linux /dev/sda6 19862 19929 546178+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris Thanks in advance for your help. Question information Language: English Edit question Status: Solved For: Ubuntu grub Edit question Assignee: No assignee Edit question Solved by: Tom Solved: 2009-08-25 Last query: 2009-08-25 Last reply: 2009-08-23 grub loading please Related bugs Link existing bug Related FAQ: None Link to a FAQ Simos Xenitellis (simosx) said on 2009-08-22: #1 "Error 18" is described at http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/GRUB#Error_18 The gist is that the BIOS of your computer is not in a position to access the start of your Linux partition that has the /boot directory. In your case, the relevant partition is probably /dev/sda3 (at position 73GB), a dedicated partition for /boot. Reading the above link, it appears that your computer may have a 8GB limitation. That is, you would need to move /dev/sda3 to come to the start of the hard disk. Can this be done with GParted from the installation disk? You can also check if your manufacturer provides an updated BIOS that does not have a BIOS access limitation. Tom (tom6) said on 2009-08-22: #2 Hi :) Yes Simos is right there. Updating the bios can be daunting and could cause problems if your machine gets stuck halfway through. i would avoid it unless you are either quite experienced with this type of thing or else don't care if the machine gets trashed. It's unusual for it to go that wrong but does sometimes hap