Hey all,
Bit a background on me first, I'm a long time linux advocate but this is the first time in over four years I've gone back to the OS and I gotta say I'm pumped! In any event, due to some professional requirements I need to maintain Windows XP on my system and decided a dual boot was my method of choice - I really won't be using XP all that much, just in situations where my clients use Windows based software that doesn't port well to linux. After running through the versions Kubuntu seemed right for me and a number of my colleagues are using the OS now and have sworn by it.
Alright, so my plan was to install XP and Kubuntu on my 200GB HD with 15 GB for XP, 15GB for Kubuntu, and then the remaining as a Fat 32 partition for common shared space between the two OS (my plan was to simply use this remaining 170GB as my read/write area for both OS's).
I decided to completely reformat my HD, re-installed XP Pro giving it 15GB partition as most of the forums were telling me to install XP first to save some time and headaches. Then I installed Kubuntu using the installers disk partitioner in manual to set up a 15GB partition as the root, 2GB partition as a SWAP (probably don't need that much but whatever
), and then remaining 170GB or so as a FAT32 shared. Everything installed on the Kubuntu side and I did the restart. Once everything sparked back to life GRUB asked me how I wanted to boot (recognizing the XP partition) and I choose the Ubuntu partition and got the "ERROR 17 - unable to load partition" error that bounced me back to the GRUB interface. I tried the Memtestx86 and got the same result, however; when selecting XP everything booted fine for that OS.
I was a little less than impressed when I woke up this morning and couldn't get Kubuntu to load. Remembering back to when I was setting my partitions I did set them as "logical" and not the other option (which I forget what it was) if this helps with any solutions. I've got my computer specs below, but I'm not sure they're needed/will aid in finding a solution to my ERROR 17 woes.
Thanks all
SPECS:
AMD Athlon 64 3000+
1.5GB RAM
200GB HD
ASUS KX8-Delux Mobo (I could be wrong on this, as I'm at work and forget EXACTLY what the Mobo is... either this or KSV-8 Delux... if this is a problem I'll post it when I get home from work).
Bit a background on me first, I'm a long time linux advocate but this is the first time in over four years I've gone back to the OS and I gotta say I'm pumped! In any event, due to some professional requirements I need to maintain Windows XP on my system and decided a dual boot was my method of choice - I really won't be using XP all that much, just in situations where my clients use Windows based software that doesn't port well to linux. After running through the versions Kubuntu seemed right for me and a number of my colleagues are using the OS now and have sworn by it.
Alright, so my plan was to install XP and Kubuntu on my 200GB HD with 15 GB for XP, 15GB for Kubuntu, and then the remaining as a Fat 32 partition for common shared space between the two OS (my plan was to simply use this remaining 170GB as my read/write area for both OS's).
I decided to completely reformat my HD, re-installed XP Pro giving it 15GB partition as most of the forums were telling me to install XP first to save some time and headaches. Then I installed Kubuntu using the installers disk partitioner in manual to set up a 15GB partition as the root, 2GB partition as a SWAP (probably don't need that much but whatever
), and then remaining 170GB or so as a FAT32 shared. Everything installed on the Kubuntu side and I did the restart. Once everything sparked back to life GRUB asked me how I wanted to boot (recognizing the XP partition) and I choose the Ubuntu partition and got the "ERROR 17 - unable to load partition" error that bounced me back to the GRUB interface. I tried the Memtestx86 and got the same result, however; when selecting XP everything booted fine for that OS.I was a little less than impressed when I woke up this morning and couldn't get Kubuntu to load. Remembering back to when I was setting my partitions I did set them as "logical" and not the other option (which I forget what it was) if this helps with any solutions. I've got my computer specs below, but I'm not sure they're needed/will aid in finding a solution to my ERROR 17 woes.
Thanks all
SPECS:
AMD Athlon 64 3000+
1.5GB RAM
200GB HD
ASUS KX8-Delux Mobo (I could be wrong on this, as I'm at work and forget EXACTLY what the Mobo is... either this or KSV-8 Delux... if this is a problem I'll post it when I get home from work).
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