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Help Here Install/Boot/Login "GRUB Error 18" after clean install with OpenSUSE 12.1 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: "GRUB Error 18" after clean install with OpenSUSE 12.1 Thread Tools Show Printable Version Subscribe to this Thread… Display Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode 21-Nov-2011,07:39 #1 Cymerio View Profile View Forum Posts View Blog Entries View Articles Newcomer Join Date Oct 2008 Posts 28 "GRUB Error 18" after clean install with OpenSUSE 12.1 Hi. I'm a long time SUSE user (since 8.0), but now I'm having a problem with a clean install of 12.1. My motherboard is a relatively old GA-K8NF-9. I have only 2 sata drives in the system. I'm going for a dual-boot setup: WinXP + OpenSUSE 12.1. I tried the following layout: 1st primary partition: 30GB (ntfs) for WinXP, then the rest of the drive for an extended one, which contains: 8GB swap, 30GB (ext4) for OpenSUSE 12.1 (/), and the rest (~200GB, ext4) for /home. I first installed WinXP, then OpenSUSE 12.1. I chose to write GRUB to MBR (I also tried not to IIRC). At the end of the install the screen was all scrambled (Nouveau to blame, I suppose), but I managed to Crtl+Alt+F1, log in as root and reboot. Now here is the problem: GRUB says "Error 18" and the system won't boot. I tried the WinXP utility "fixmbr", but it seemed to damage the partition table or something (now I only get the message "GRUB" and the system stops there). My previous system had a similar layout: PATA disk instead of SATA, 10GB WinXP + 2GB swap + 64MB ext2 for /boot + 20GB ext4 for "/" + 40GB ext4 for /home. I don't remember exactly if swap was before or after /boot. Should I try to make a /boot partition next time? Any more suggestions? Reply With Quote 21-Nov-2011,08:37 #2 caf4926 View Profile View Forum Posts View Blog Entries Visit Homepage View Articles Global Moderator Join Date Jun 2008 Location The English Lake District. UK - GMT/BST Posts 37,818 Re: "GRUB Error 18" after clean install with OpenSUSE 12.1 I had to adjust the HD's in the
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 https://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php/468295-quot-GRUB-Error-18-quot-after-clean-install-with-OpenSUSE-12-1 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 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. http://www.tuxradar.com/answers/234 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, 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 inand which SUSE. Vista can be more trouble than older versions. (sorry don't know the hard-drive details) I installed SUSE 10.2 which partitioned the hard drive as part of the http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/SuSE/2009-01/msg00339.html installation so it dual boots. The other operating system is Windows XP. After http://superuser.com/questions/52406/dual-boot-error-grub-said-error-18 not shutting my machine down properly (don't ask) I went to reboot it (normally, without any disk in the drive)it wouldn't go beyond the GRUB loading 1.5 stage, which then returned Error 18. Sounds like your installation DVD is still in the drive. I do. I put in after my machine wouldn't go grub loading beyond the GRUB loading when I turned it on to see if I could do anything about sorting the problem from using the installation DVD such as a RESCUE. http://www.linuxselfhelp.com/gnu/grub/html_chapter/grub_13.html tells the meaning of that message. I have checked out what the Error code refers to but are none the wiser (said I was a newbie). It says: Selected cylinder exceeds maximum supported by BIOS. thanks, grub loading error meredith --- mrmazda@xxxxxx wrote: From: Felix Miata
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