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Hi, i tried installing Arch on my new Dell XPS 7100 but during the grub install i get these errors
grub> device (hd0) /dev/sda
grub> root (hd0,4)
Error 18: Selected cylinder exceeds maximum supported by BIOS
grub> setup (hd0)
Error 12: invalid device requested
grub> quit
However Ubuntu installed well on that PC
any suggestions?
[Solved]
I was able to solve this issue by creating the boot partition as sda0(the first partition on disk), but still i don´t know why
Last edited by kanim (2010-07-23 08:59:13)
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"root (hdo,4)" should be "root (hd0,4)" (ie you typed an "o" rather than a "0").
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thats just an typo over here i didn´t typed anything during that installation its the automated grub install where these errors happen but thx for pointing this out
edit: just found out that fdisk -l says
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary
Partition 1 is the windows 7 system partition
i guess i just reinstall windows on that machine and try it again by manualy partition the disk before
Last edited by kanim (2010-07-20 07:32:43)
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