> > > >this evening I decided to try Xubuntu again. > > > >no matter what I try, it won't boot after the > >install. > > > >The computer has two 320 GB Seagate drives > > > >It goes all the way through the install process without error, > >but when it finishes and I reboot, it comes up in rescue mode. > > > >Thinking that there might be a problem with SDA I repeated the install > >to SDB, but got the same results. > > > >The motherboard has 4 SATA connectors. In the BIOS it sees the two 320 > >GB drives, but not the 1 TB drive. I don't understand that, because a > >few hours ago with Mint it saw the 1 TB drive just fine. > > > > I should have added that when I boot I get: > > error: no such partition > grub rescue> > > my first guess is that the installer installed GRUB onto one drive, but the BIOS is attempting to boot the other drive. you could try swapping the cables going to them, or unplugging them one at a time til it boots (or doesn't). I agree that it should have worked once you repeated the installation to the other drive.
I have no idea why the 1TB doesn't show up in BIOS, but I'd unplug its cable too, just in case. this way you can at least narrow down the problem. -wes _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
