Re: New Development - Any Ideas???

Jimchip wrote:
On 2006-05-07, Eddie Quist <eddiedquist@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
OK,

I have near reached the end of my rope with Linux. Please don't take this as a rant. I am asking *anyone* if they know how to solve this.

I was reading about partitions today and decided to manually partition the entire disk myself. The link I was reading advised that a 50 MB boot partition may solve a lot of my problems. I first erased all partitions then created the following partitions on the disk:

/boot ext3 50 MB
/swap swap 512 MB
/ ext3 7.2 GB

The link I used for advice is located here: http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect_setup_ubuntu_5.10_p2

The rest of the install went exactly as expected. Now I receive this message:

GRUB loading, please wait...
Error 15

Did you update Grub? What does something like /boot/grub/menu.lst say?

Can anyone explain what this error is and how I can fix it??? This is becoming absolutely ridiculous. I have never in my life ecountered an OS that required this degree of technical skill to successfully install. I have installed all flavours of DOS, Windows (3.1, 95/98/ME, NT, 2000, XP) as well as OS/2 on Netfinity servers at work. I now have a comp sitting on my desk that has a broken OS, no command prompt and no apparent way to repair it. If there is no solution, Canonical will have at least provided me with 10 shiny new ubuntu skeets to blast away with the 12 gauge (whoever said linux was absolutely useless... lol).

You should probably do the third option of your reference, "guided partitioning" until you get a better handle on the process.

Does anyone have any clue on how to fix this? Or is it just that Windows is simply the superior choice for 80% of the home user market? I was seriously interested in linux, but it is quickly becoming apparent that it must be an absolute nightmare to administer for anyone just starting to learn it. I have been at this for 3 days straight an feel like I am chasing my own tail. The box has gone through the following changes since I began this exercise in frustration:

Windows throws everything into a single partition which is something you could do with Linux, too. You chose to "manually" partition...don't blame the OS.

Upgraded PIII 800 MB
New LG DVD ROM
Removed ISA SB AWE 64 audio card
Changed numerous IDE cables
BIOS changes

Even with all the changes and reinstalls, I have not been able to get neither SUSE or Ubuntu 5.10 to load to a desktop. Sadly, it is really starting to seem that every negative thing I have ever heard about linux seems to be true, and that it firmly entrenched in the realm of the "hobbyist" user.

I assume you just have IDE hard drives? Your reference:
http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect_setup_ubuntu_5.10_p2
shows SCSI and the drives coming up /dev/sda

Are yours reading /dev/hda, etc.?

My advice is to do guided partitioning and see what happens. From the specs of your computer, you might want to start with Debian Sarge (Ubuntu is related...sorta):
http://www.debian.org/ports/i386/


Try and absolute plain vanilla install, if that doesn't work can you say with out a shadow of a doubt that the HDD hasn't got a bad spot on it? Have you tried the manufacturer's disk utility disk or a copy of the Ultimate Boot CD to shake down the HDD and make absolutely sure it isn't the actual problem? The Ultimate Boot CD ISO can be found at

http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/download.html

It has many disk utilities that might help you find out if there indeed might be a problem with the HDD itself.

Jim


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