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Article #955Re: Ubuntu Hardy - no bootloader
From: Sandgroper
Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:15
Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:15
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"Doug Laidlaw" <doug@dougshost.invalid> wrote in message news:ottor5-11r.ln1@dougshost.douglaidlaw.net... >I have tried to install Ubuntu Hardy original from both a CD and a DVD, and > Xubuntu from CD. In all cases, the installer crashes before the > bootloader > is created, and I am sent to the LiveCD desktop. Grub packages are > installed, but there is no /boot/grub directory. Attempts to create the > directory and its contents fail. I seem not to be alone with this > problem, > but it plainly doesn't affect everybody. All that I could find on the Web > were forlorn cries for help. The docos don't get so basic. > Yeah , I have heard some people giving up on Hardy and going back to the previous version. Have you tried doing a Custom partition install and then creating the partitions for boot , swap and / (root) ? -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naked DSL ? No thanks , I like to wear clothes when I use my computer Sandgroper ------------------------------------ Remove KNICKERS to Email woodbudgie@KNICKERSgmail.com
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X-Google-Thread: 102983,a8a48f0cd5b18bf2 X-Google-Attributes: gid102983,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!g2news1.google.com!news4.google.com!news2.google.com!npeer02.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!newshub.sdsu.edu!newsfeed.news2me.com!nntp1.phx1.gblx.net!nntp.gblx.net!nntp.gblx.net!nntp4.phx1!newsfeed.iinet.net.au!newsfeed.iinet.net.au!per-qv1-newsstorage1.iinet.net.au!per-qv1-newsstorage1.iinet.net.au!per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au!not-for-mail From: "Sandgroper" <woodbudgie@KNICKERSgmail.com> Newsgroups: aus.computers.linux References: <ottor5-11r.ln1@dougshost.douglaidlaw.net> Subject: Re: Ubuntu Hardy - no bootloader Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 17:15:28 +0800 Organization: Emu Bitter Country Club ( Wembley ) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3138 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3350 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original Lines: 33 Message-ID: <48e9d71d$0$22595$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: 124.169.88.3 X-Trace: 1223284509 per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au 22595 124.169.88.3