robroy Posted June 11, 2005 Report Share Posted June 11, 2005 Ok I set up an older comp with 2 hd the master has win 2k and the slave has ubuntu 5.04. When I try to boot the computer it gets to grub loading stage1.5.grub loading, please wait...never gets beyond this pointany ideasTIA Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tictoc5150 Posted June 11, 2005 Report Share Posted June 11, 2005 Hiya robroy,google search: reinstall grub, ubuntu This thread on ubuntu's forums is kinda messy with only one post stating he fixed the issue (second to the last response) but a few mentions of different ways to go about reinstalling grub....not really sure if reinstalling grub will fix the issue but seems possible and also worth a shot if this is just a fresh install without worry of b0rking alot of customized settings.hope it helps Quote Link to post Share on other sites
robroy Posted June 14, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2005 Thanks Tictoc but I gave up trying to fix the problem and am reinstalling both win 2k and ubuntu. Luckily I didn't have anything critical onthe comp so I reformatted to get rid of everything Quote Link to post Share on other sites
naraku9333 Posted June 15, 2005 Report Share Posted June 15, 2005 Thanks Tictoc but I gave up trying to fix the problem and am reinstalling both win 2k and ubuntu. Luckily I didn't have anything critical onthe comp so I reformatted to get rid of everything<{POST_SNAPBACK}>as a windows user we get ingrained in our heads that the cure for most problems is a reinstall.ive reinstalled linux several times when it was unnecessary.more than likely your problem can be fixed by either reinstalling grub (which is fairly easy), or editing grub.conf/menu.lst Quote Link to post Share on other sites
robroy Posted June 16, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2005 turns out my problems were twofoldbad install disk, downloading and burning a new copybad sectors on the hard driveI had tried several times to reinstall grub with the same result and could not get in to edit the menu.lst Quote Link to post Share on other sites
iccaros Posted June 17, 2005 Report Share Posted June 17, 2005 so It works now or are you still haveing problems. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
robroy Posted June 17, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2005 Still having problems with the hard drive, guess i have to go out and get a new oneI fdisk, formatted and scandisk it and scandisk says it is good, even with surface scan. But when I try to load any software it seems to have problems Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hitest Posted June 18, 2005 Report Share Posted June 18, 2005 Still having problems with the hard drive, guess i have to go out and get a new oneI fdisk, formatted and scandisk it and scandisk says it is good, even with surface scan. But when I try to load any software it seems to have problems <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Hi robroy,Did you determine for sure that your software is okay, your md5 checksums are okay? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
robroy Posted June 18, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2005 I finally got win 2k back on one drive, now I am going to redownload and burn the ubuntu cd. I'll let everyone know how it turns out. the original seemed to have burned ok but never let me get to boot up. It seemed to have corrupted the original mbr Quote Link to post Share on other sites
martymas Posted June 20, 2005 Report Share Posted June 20, 2005 hi teamsome days ago i posted on having a dual boot with winxp and ubuntuafter a few miss and hits ive finally got a choice of what ever OS i need either xp or ubuntui was wary about the dial modem but iccarossaid until we meet that hurdle.get ubuntu on first ok i need your advice how do i configured the dial up modem my modem is a dse 56k xh1154 ham pci intel v2i have the modem driver cd if it is any helpi would appreciate any info and help im quite excited about this venture ive had mandrake 9,1 before but i think my cd is corrupted i like linux but im not brainy enough to set it all up thanks in advance, i have many q to ask later reading through robroys post my set up is simliarxp on the master and ubuntu on the slave.i hope this is right marty Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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