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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 use for this email.
A Because Grub has to fit in a small space on the disk, there is https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1343458 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 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 http://www.tuxradar.com/answers/234 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 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 pasystemHardwareSoftwareDesktopServer & SecurityProject & Community Tools What links hereRelated changesSpecial pagesPrintable versionPermanent linkPage informationBrowse properties User Create accountLog in Toggle navigation PageDiscussion https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/GRUB_Error_Reference View source more History GRUB Error Reference From Gentoo Wiki http://askubuntu.com/questions/156474/grub-error-17-and-18-grub-rescue-how-to-boot-again Jump to: navigation, search The objective of this article is to list problems and errors that may occur in certain situations when using the GRUB Legacy bootloader. All these solutions have been acquired through the cooperation of users on the Gentoo grub loading Forums. Contents 1 Starting notes 1.1 Acknowledgements 1.2 Disclaimer warning 2 GRUB loading, please wait... 2.1 Situation 2.2 Solution 3 GRUB Error 12 3.1 Situation 3.2 Solution 4 GRUB error 15 4.1 Situation 4.2 Solution - Initial configuration 4.3 Solution - Booting an entry 5 GRUB error 17 5.1 Situation 5.2 Solution grub loading error 6 GRUB error 18 6.1 Situation 6.2 Solution 7 GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB ... 7.1 Situation 7.2 Solution 8 Probing devices to guess BIOS drives. This may take a long time 8.1 Situation 8.2 Solution 9 When installing GRUB, it just hangs 9.1 Situation 9.2 Solution 10 Uncompressing Linux... Ok, booting the kernel 10.1 Situation 10.2 Solution 11 GRUB just shows a GRUB prompt 11.1 Situation 11.2 Solution 12 Could not find device for /boot/boot: not found or not a block device 12.1 Situation 12.2 Solution 13 The system reboots after hitting return at the GRUB menu 13.1 Situation 13.2 Solution 14 After hitting the Enter (Return) key at the GRUB menu, the screen blanks out 14.1 Situation 14.2 Solution 15 Missing GRUB image 15.1 Situation 15.2 Solution 16 Failing To boot Windows from a second hard drive 16.1 Situation 16.2 Solution 17 GRUB segfaults when trying to install 17.1 Situation 17.2
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