GRUB/Install Problem

Fragadelic · Post by **Fragadelic** » Sun Dec 10, 2006 10:09 pm

What kind of drive are you trying to install it on? PATA or SATA

Where are you letting it install grub to? MBR(hd0) or Partition (hd0,0,etc)

Fragadelic · Post by **Fragadelic** » Sun Dec 10, 2006 10:11 pm

Also, what motherboard and bios revision is it?

How big is the drive?

Error 18 means it is larger than the bios supports typically.

Fragadelic · Post by **Fragadelic** » Sun Dec 10, 2006 10:25 pm

Is the bios set to automatically recognize the drive? If it is, try setting it manually and then reinstall Mint.

Fragadelic · Post by **Fragadelic** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 1:18 am

Glad you got it working.

Linux itself is more versatile than many motherboard bios' and grub/lilo which is why it let you partition and install but grub/lilo require the bios to properly report it.