SATA Install Help

[Duffnuff]

Hey all, I'm trying to install Fiesty Kubuntu on a friends compaq

heres the specs
250g SATA HDD
64bit AMD athlon 3500+
with integrated ATI Raedon 200
with 1G of memory.

one problem is this, when I'm setting up the partitions in the install phase I get an error "End cannot be before the beginning" or vice versa.

But the big problem is this;
After I get through the install phase, GRUB will not install the bootloader. I get an "Grub Installation error, this is a fatal error" is there any way i can manually install grub?

thanks for any advise
DF

[Qqmike]

Re: SATA Install Help

This will tell you how to re-install GRUB:

How To GRUB Methods - Toolkit
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3081671.0

Or, get Super Grub Disk
Super Grub Disk http://supergrub.forjamari.linex.org/

But I’d be concerned first about that partitioning error you get.
Might try GParted to do the partitioning before installing:
GParted: http://gparted.sourceforge.net/
GParted how-to: http://www.howtoforge.com/partitioning_with_gparted

Nothing wrong with SATA, btw. I’ve got 3 SATA HDDs with XP and Linux all over them.

[Duffnuff]

Re: SATA Install Help

Thanks, I will try as soon as I make it to my friends house, until then Ima read up on it