Hi everyone. Any ideas how I can sort out a GRUB problem? I have just loaded up SuSE 10 on a PC. However, after installation and reboot (in readiness for passwords to entered etc) I get Error 18. Now, I understand this to be to do with limits being exceeded on the hard drive. I thought this was only supposed to happen with drives of about 8gb on older PC's? This is an oldish PC but not that old. It is running a Pentium 3 of around 800 or 900mhz with 128mb of RAM (this is to be increased to around 750mb) The hard drive is a lowly 6.4gb. Any ideas? I have run system repair from the DVD by the way but it still comes up with Error 18 -- ============================================== I am only human, please forgive me if I make a mistake it is not deliberate. ============================================== Xmas may be over but, PLEASE DON'T drink and drive you'll make it to the next one that way. Kevan Farmer Linux user #373362 Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7HR
Hi everyone. Any ideas how I can sort out a GRUB problem? I have just loaded up SuSE 10 on a PC. However, after installation and reboot (in readiness for passwords to entered etc) I get Error 18. Now, I understand this to be to do with limits being exceeded on the hard drive. I thought this was only supposed to happen with drives of about 8gb on older PC's? This is an oldish PC but not that old. It is running a Pentium 3 of around 800 or 900mhz with 128mb of RAM (this is to be increased to around 750mb) The hard drive is a lowly 6.4gb You can also get this error with an old BIOS, if you try to boot beyond 1024 cylinders. Make a small /boot partition fully within the first 1024 cylinders, or shrink the root partition so it is no larger than that, and the problem should disappear. Where you are now in the installation
On 20/02/06 16:35, Kevanf1 wrote: process, it might be simplest just to reinstall with the above in mind.
On Monday 20 February 2006 17:35, Kevanf1 wrote:
Hi everyone. Any ideas how I can sort out a GRUB problem?
Hi Kevan, First, it really helps when you specify your hardware when asking questions like this... makes and models of mainboard and hard drive, at a minimum. These are important details for this kind of problem. Speaking of which, Google is extremely helpful for finding answers to generic Linux problems. The first 'hit' I got when I searched for "grub error 18" was this: http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/GRUB Lots of great info and links related to this problem. hth & regards, Carl
On Monday 20 February 2006 17:35, Kevanf1 wrote:
Hi everyone. Any ideas how I can sort out a GRUB problem? I have just loaded up SuSE 10 on a PC. However, after installation and reboot (in readiness for passwords to entered etc) I get Error 18. Now, I understand this to be to do with limits being exceeded on the hard drive. I thought this was only supposed to happen with drives of about 8gb on older PC's? This is an oldish PC but not that old. It is running a Pentium 3 of around 800 or 900mhz with 128mb of RAM (this is to be increased to around 750mb) The hard drive is a lowly 6.4gb.
Any ideas? I have run system repair from the DVD by the way but it still comes up with Error 18
From what I read, if you can move the boot partition to within the first 1023 cyls, it might cure the problem. Did you put the boot cyl last?
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Monday 2006-02-20 at 22:35 -0000, Kevanf1 wrote:
Hi everyone. Any ideas how I can sort out a GRUB problem? I have just loaded up SuSE 10 on a PC. However, after installation and reboot (in readiness for passwords to entered etc) I get Error 18. Now, I understand this to be to do with limits being exceeded on the hard drive. I thought this was only supposed to happen with drives of about 8gb on older PC's? This is an oldish PC but not that old.
According to some docs from Seagate, there are several limitations: | Some systems BIOS have capacity limitations. Types that have | been identified are: | | a 2.11GB or 4095 cylinder limitation | a 3.26GB or 6322 cylinder limitation | a 4.22GB or 8192 cylinder limitation | a 8.45GB Standard INT13 limitation (CHS[1024x256x63]x512) | a 33.8GB or 66,060,287 LBAs limitation | a 137.4GB or 268,435,455 LBAs limitation (28-bit limit) - -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFD+nmUtTMYHG2NR9URAnDuAJ0dwLwzsreQkhC4Okcno2HyhwTVpACeOh5p WMQ5Y65eEEcqtpMnZzjdJHU= =PG4V -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Firstly, thank you for the suggestions, I shall be working on the PC this morning. Secondly, I do apologise for not giving more information. It was nearly 11:00pm and I was tired. I had been working on it on and off since early afternoon. I did try Google first but with a slightly wider search. Again, blame it on tiredness (and this stinking cold I have). The install is a standard install - I let SuSE get on with it and use the defaults. I suspect shrinking the root partition may well help so it looks like I may be best off re-installing. No problem especially as I now have another 512mb of RAM to put in the PC. That should speed things up a little :-) I hope... Ok, down to work. I will give the suggestions a go and report back. Again, many thanks. -- ============================================== I am only human, please forgive me if I make a mistake it is not deliberate. ============================================== Xmas may be over but, PLEASE DON'T drink and drive you'll make it to the next one that way. Kevan Farmer Linux user #373362 Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7HR
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Tuesday 2006-02-21 at 09:37 -0000, Kevanf1 wrote:
I suspect shrinking the root partition may well help so it looks like I may be best off re-installing.
Or simply use a separate ext2 /boot partition, near the begining of the disk. - -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFD/EjqtTMYHG2NR9URAiTPAJ9NKwC8IOaQray+XcRuTrzMshcTNwCbBK5R rr4bIY8S/AhHI1OUsOXSEz4= =MhRg -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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