Ubuntu dual boot and grub error 18
- by srboisvert
I've attempted to install 9.04 on an older toshiba laptop with a new 300GB drive and am getting the dreaded Grub error 18 that indicates that grub is looking beyond the bios readable area of the HD and failing.
I just let ubuntu roll with its default selections when installing and ended up with this:
Drive layout
/dev/sda1 -ntfs 128GB -boot
/dev/sda2 -extended 170GB -lba
/dev/sda5 -ntfs 167.59GB
/dev/sda6 -ext3 2.33GB
/dev/sda7 -linux-swap 172MB
I'd like make the system dual bootable without having to reinstall windows (real pain since I would have to go through an obstructionist IT dept). I know I can make windows bootable with a rescue disk and fixmbr but is there something I can do to make it dual bootable using the ubuntu livecd?
Alternately, what should I have done at the partition stage of ubuntu installation to avoid this?