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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 https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1343458 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 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 http://www.tuxradar.com/answers/234 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, 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 toGRUB Loading stage1.5. GRUB loading, please wait... Error 18 I've booted from the CD and given the output to these commands: free https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub/+question/80662 -m: Mem: total 181, used 178, free 2, shared 0, buffers 4, cached 57 -/+ buffers/cache: used 116, free 64 Swap: total 1088, used 29, free 1058 sudo fdisk https://marionote.wordpress.com/2010/07/03/grub-error-18-debian-linux-5-05-lenny/ -l: Disk /dev/sda: 163.9 GB, 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19929 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x37273726 Device Boot Start End Blocks grub loading Id System /dev/sda1 * 79 9257 73730317+ c W95 FAT32 (LBA) /dev/sda2 9795 19929 81409387+ 5 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 grub loading error 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 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
model), I got the following Grub error. Grub Stage 1.5 Grub Loading, Please Wait Error 18 My initial configuration was to use an entire HDD (one partition for the mountpoint / and another for swap). According to the web page below, I made a separate /boot partition with 200MB, from the root (/) partition, placing the /boot at the first partition (/dev/hda1) of the HDD. Then, base system installation was completed with GUI installation and Debian was successfully booted. http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-hardware-18/grub-loading-please-wait-error-18-a-343280/ Motherboard: ASUS CUSL2-C (BIOS 1009, which is the latest release) HDD: Hitachi HTS541616J9AT00 (160GB) Incidentally, with this motherboard with Matrox G400 Video card, X window was not configured properly, and I am still researching. Like this:Like Loading... Related Leave a Comment Leave a Comment » No comments yet. RSS feed for comments on this post. TrackBack URI Leave a Reply Cancel reply Enter your comment here... Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: Email (required) (Address never made public) Name (required) Website You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. (LogOut/Change) You are commenting using your Twitter account. (LogOut/Change) You are commenting using your Facebook account. (LogOut/Change) You are commenting using your Google+ account. (LogOut/Change) Cancel Connecting to %s Notify me of new comments via email. PagesAbout Blogroll WordPress.com WordPress.org Categories: Database Access Oracle SQLite Google Android Linux CentOS Debian Linux memo Ubuntu Net Service Software Development Java Sample code Shell Script step-by-step Useful sites XML Uncategorized Windows Search: Archives: December 2012 November 2012 August 2012 December 2011 November 2011 September 2011 August 2011 December 2010 September 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 January 2010 December 2009 Meta: Register Log in RSS Comments RSS XFN WordPress.com Blog at WordPress.com. %d bloggers like this: