"Grub Hard Disk Error", after installing from sarge floppies

From: Joao Clemente (jpcl_at_rnl.ist.utl.pt)
Date: 11/30/04

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    Hi. Just wondering if someone has a clue on how to solve this:
    I installed an old machine (p200 classic, 32Mb RAM, 3.5Gb HD + realtek
    8193 NIC) using sarge installer from floppies (boot+root+net drivers)

    After partitioning, installing the base system and grub loader, the
    installer says it will reboot to continue from the freshly installed
    system...
    ...but when one is suposed to get the GRUB menu, I get simply a
    "GRUB Hard Disk Error" message

    googling revealed problems when using dual-booting, XP or stuff like
    that. I am using a full-disk install over a win95 installation, so no
    dual-boot and no XP before.
    I retried the installation using using default options for partitioning,
      just to be sure I had not messed up with the boot partition.. same error..

    I have no ideia of how to debug this or how to workaround it... One
    tought is to do a woody install 1rst or maybe try to get lilo instead of
    grub... but how?

    Any toughts? 

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