I had similar problems with the desktop cd. Using the alternate cd worked like a charm. Grub should be installed to /dev /mapper/xxxVolumep0 or similar. Op 3 mei 2011 18:15 schreef "Yair Sela" <[email protected]> het volgende: > Hello guys, > > After digging our threads and tons of online forums, I've decided to ask for > help/suggestions myself; > > My laptop (Z139GG) has 8GB RAM, 4x64GB SSD drive and i7-640 CPU, running > Windows 7 64bit. > > I have downloaded the 64bit desktop image for Natty (11.04), shrinked my > main partition by 10 GB and rebooted from the LiveCD. > > Installer loaded well (was surprised graphics and even touchpad wotked > straight off) - I have created 2 logical ext4 partitions - 8GB for root, 2 > GB for /home and hit 'Forward' (on the checkbox below I chose /dev/sda for > GRUB). Installer finished copying files and then asked to restart. I > removed the CD, rebooted. and got thrown to grub rescue mode, with an error > of "cannot find ...........". > > I fixed my MBR using Windows 7 setup disk, and rebooted to windows, deleted > the logical partitions the installer created and rebooted again with the > LiveCD. > > This time I created the extended space, and logical drives with GParted > (formatted them ext4 too), and clicked install right after that - this time > installer ran all the way but just at the end (GRUB setup part) gave me an > error saying GRUB could not set itself on /dev/sda. I was given me a combo > with all other partitions shown, but the "OK" button did not respond for > any other option I tried.. > > Bottom line - I've freed up space on my HD, cannot make GRUB work well, > unable to install. > > 1) Have I missed any special steps necessary in order to help GRUB identify > my root partition (considering the fact I've got RAID0 on my SSD drive)? > 2) Should I try running the installer again from the Alternate version? > 3) Is Adam's kernel patch still necessary on 11.04? > 4) Should I install GRUB on my "/" partition and chain it with a different > boot manager? > > Thanks in advance, > > -- > * > ___________________________________ > Yair Sela* > *Computer Science division, TAU > *
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