GRUB Loading, Error 18

[Bupkus]

Kenneth wrote:

>--- Bupkus <bupkus2 at cox.net> wrote:
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>>Well, I tried a different computer and after the initial/partial install 
>>(where you boot to the hard drive for the first time) after installing 
>>suse 9.3 I get the following:
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>>Grub Loading stage1.5
>>GRUB loading, please wait
>>Error 18
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>>From list of errors in grub info page:
>18 : Selected cylinder exceeds maximum supported by BIOS
>     This error is returned when a read is attempted at a linear block
>     address beyond the end of the BIOS translated area. This generally
>     happens if your disk is larger than the BIOS can handle (512MB for
>     (E)IDE disks on older machines or larger than 8GB in general).
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>I never had this problem so never worried about it, but this is the reason
>many people create a small partition for /boot, that resides near the front
>of the disk.
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Yes, thanks, I forgot.  However, if you place / as the first partition 
will that do?