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Keep on getting Error 15 message when trying to boot Ubuntu 7.10 fresh install

Asked by Stephen5555

I just installed Ubuntu 7.10 onto a machine at home last night, and after an error-free install I tried to boot it up, but kept getting an Error 15 message whilst it was trying to load the GRUB. Could this be related to me installing it onto a 3GB HDD, giving the first partition only 2GB (the stated minimum) and 456MB SWAP partition? If it's not that I can't think of anything else it could be. Also, I couldn't read on the monitor (a very old "backup" monitor) what it said for one field on the manual partition of the drive, mainly I think it was something like what the drive begins with or what it was called or something, I remember I put "/" as that's what it said (I think, as aforementioned, old blurry monitor). Any help?

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Stephen5555 (silversm) said : 		#1

While I'm here....

Anotyher problem I've had is with an onboard SATA controller and 2 80GB HDD connected to it. Although Linux Installer detects the drives, they are not accessible within the OS itself once it's installed. In fact, if it wasn't for the BIOS and some RAID utility on startup and the Linux Installer, you wouldn't know the drives are in the system at all.

Any help with that too?

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Stephen5555 (silversm) said : 		#2

While I'm here....

Anotyher problem I've had is with an onboard SATA controller and 2 80GB HDD connected to it. Although Linux Installer detects the drives, they are not accessible within the OS itself once it's installed. In fact, if it wasn't for the BIOS and some RAID utility on startup and the Linux Installer, you wouldn't know the drives are in the system at all.

Any help with that too?

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Léa GRIS (lea-gris) said : 		#3

This may be an SATA bios setting issue.
Did you search the web for your motherboard or chipset bios settings in Linux?

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Stephen5555 (silversm) said : 		#4

I would, but the system was a freebie from a friend, so I don't know what the motherboard or chipset is. It also does this in windows too. Whereabout should I look to gain this information on the motherboard?

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subliminalfix (na1tr2lp-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#5

your bios should provide at least some hints to the makeup if not actual configuration of your system

if not check into the application>acsesssories>terminal> and type in lshal for a readout

peace =]

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