"SRIKANTH N.S" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:

> My system specs are P III Celeron 900MHz,256 MB RAM, 80 GB HDD on

>From info pages for grub:-

18 : Selected cylinder exceeds maximum supported by BIOS
     This error is returned when a read is attempted at a linear block
     address beyond the end of the BIOS translated area. This generally
     happens if your disk is larger than the BIOS can handle (512MB for
     (E)IDE disks on older machines or larger than 8GB in general).


> that once it is installed in MBR of first HDD that it is not able to
>
> boot OS in second HDD? If so what magic was there earlier that it
>

I do not think ti is a grub problem. It is most probably an issue with
the BIOS. Try flashing bios to a later version. Check the mother board
vendor's site for updates to the bios.



-- 
 Mahesh T. Pai <<>> http://paivakil.blogspot.com/
The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure
and the intelligent are full of doubt.
--Bertrand Russell


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