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[Rutger Hendriks <rutgerhendriks@xxxxxxxxx>]

I had similar problems with the desktop cd. Using the alternate cd worked
like a charm.
Grub should be installed to /dev /mapper/xxxVolumep0 or similar.
Op 3 mei 2011 18:15 schreef "Yair Sela" <yairsela@xxxxxxxxx> het volgende:
> Hello guys,
>
> After digging our threads and tons of online forums, I've decided to ask
for
> help/suggestions myself;
>
> My laptop (Z139GG) has 8GB RAM, 4x64GB SSD drive and i7-640 CPU, running
> Windows 7 64bit.
>
> I have downloaded the 64bit desktop image for Natty (11.04), shrinked my
> main partition by 10 GB and rebooted from the LiveCD.
>
> Installer loaded well (was surprised graphics and even touchpad wotked
> straight off) - I have created 2 logical ext4 partitions - 8GB for root, 2
> GB for /home and hit 'Forward' (on the checkbox below I chose /dev/sda for
> GRUB). Installer finished copying files and then asked to restart. I
> removed the CD, rebooted. and got thrown to grub rescue mode, with an
error
> of "cannot find ...........".
>
> I fixed my MBR using Windows 7 setup disk, and rebooted to windows,
deleted
> the logical partitions the installer created and rebooted again with the
> LiveCD.
>
> This time I created the extended space, and logical drives with GParted
> (formatted them ext4 too), and clicked install right after that - this
time
> installer ran all the way but just at the end (GRUB setup part) gave me an
> error saying GRUB could not set itself on /dev/sda. I was given me a combo
> with all other partitions shown, but the "OK" button did not respond for
> any other option I tried..
>
> Bottom line - I've freed up space on my HD, cannot make GRUB work well,
> unable to install.
>
> 1) Have I missed any special steps necessary in order to help GRUB
identify
> my root partition (considering the fact I've got RAID0 on my SSD drive)?
> 2) Should I try running the installer again from the Alternate version?
> 3) Is Adam's kernel patch still necessary on 11.04?
> 4) Should I install GRUB on my "/" partition and chain it with a different
> boot manager?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
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