“Out of disk” error at GRUB, what is causing this?

[seoernghiepdu]

I tried to installing Kubuntu with both USB boot & CD but i can't install it, don't have any error when set-up but when my laptop complete * reboot, it always notice a error below:

error: out of disk
grub rescue >

or with Kubuntu 11.10, error:

error: not find the file
grub rescue >

And I can't access Kubuntu environment. My laptop chip is Intel Pentium (R) M so I only tried with 11.04 & 11.10 versions. I tried Lubuntu, Xutunbu, Ubuntu, Kubuntu with both USB & CD but it occurred same error. But if i run with trial mode, it run normally. Have any one experienced this problem, please help me. Thank you!

[oshunluvr]

Sounds like you've got grub installed wrong.

[jlittle]

Could be an old BIOS problem with large disks. See http://www.dudek.org/blog/220 (hit 3 on google... )

Well, when grub says "out of disk" there is a good chance it is related to a BIOS problem.

If a BIOS update is not feasible, maybe reserving a smallish boot partition for grub, (which is what I do for other benefits) would avoid the problem.

Regards, John Little