> "Error 18: Selected cylinder exceeds maximum supported by BIOS". > grub> geometry (hd1) > drive 0x81: C/H/S=1024/16/63, 1032192 sectors > partition 0: type 82 > partition 1: > Error 18: Selected cylinder exceeds ... > > (at boot time)
I imagine that your hard disk is lba and Grub doesn't dettect very accurately that is int fact lba. Well, I'm not quite sure. > memory is bad. One does not have access to any documentation after a > failed install that leads to a grub prompt. What does one say? What is > the syntax? > Hmm. I want to boot some kernel, so have to specify a device > ... > For example, it might add "Use, e.g., (hd3,0)." I will perhaps improve this thing in my Grub version. Thank you for the feedback. > Or there could be a short item in the help menu on device naming. It > would be even better if Grub accepted familiar Linux names like hdb6. > Probably most grub users are Linux users. > > Andries Can you try my Super Grub Disk ( http://adrian15.raulete.net/grub/ ) and tell me if improves your experience with Grub ? You won't have to even know what's a partition name. Having lilo defender users is quite funny. Because no longer ago I was a lilo defender too and Grub device names were confusing and now... I think that Grub is the best thing around. :) adrian15 _______________________________________________ Bug-grub mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub
