Grub Error - Cannot install onto SATA drive

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#1

Hi all,

I am trying a fresh install of Opensuse onto this setup:

AMD 4400+
4 GIG Ram
SATA Optical DVD drive
36Gig WD Raptor SATA HD
ASUS Motherboard

Anyways, I have tried Opensuse 11.064bit/10.364bit/11.032bit DVD’s and I get the same error, about 3/4 of the way in, during boot manager install, I get a “Grub Error”

What do I need to do to install?

Thanks

Heeter

#2

during the setup for install, when the install summary comes up but before the install starts, have you clicked thru to grub to double check the settings and location?

#3

No I haven’t,

I will go do that right away and see what it says.

BRB

Heeter

#4

This is what is says:

**Booting:
**Boot Loader: Grub
Location: /dev/mapper/nvidia_ababifh(MBR)
Selection: opensuse10.3(default); Failsafe opensuse10.3
Added kernel Parameter: splash=silent

I don’t understand about the partitioning though, it mentions raid nvidia partitions, I don’t need raid, it is a single drive, and my mobo is a ATIchipset (ASUS M2A-VM) with onboard ATI video (X1200)

Heeter

#5

Did you try and change the location?
Check what the partitioner section says about the ID/label of the HD
ie: sda1

#6

Okay, BRB

Heeter

#7

WHOA!!! Thanks a million,

You told me to read the partition section.

I went in there, I actually read the sizes of the nvidia raid partition sizes, then went into edit and deleted all the nvidia raid partitions, and I created new ones by myself,

Never thought I could do this myself.

I created:

/boot 70Megs
swap 2Gigs
/ 13Gigs
/home 20Gigs

Now when I check the checklist, grub says it is installing into /boot sda1

Thanks a million,caf4926

Heeter

#8

Happy it worked out for you

#9

I owe you a beer, dude.

Thanks, It installed nicely now.

Heeter