Closing since this is a known and documented configuration issue with
ancient hardware, not a bug.
** Changed in: grub-installer (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Invalid
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** Changed in: grub-installer (Ubuntu)
Status: Incomplete => Confirmed
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System doesn't start if was not installed to first partition
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/254140
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Sorry for the late reply. I'm in the list of subscribers to this thread
but it seems that the notification mails got trashed by my spam filter.
Unfortunately I haven't got installed Intrepid beta anymore. All I can
do for this moment is to share the output of dmidecode (attached). If I
can grab so
Oh, you have an ancient BIOS.
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
There are plenty of people who do install Ubuntu successfully to non-
first partitions, so your bug description is much too broad as it
stands.
Could you please attach /var/log/installer/syslog and
/var/log/installer/partman to this bug so that we have some basis on
which to investigate this? Than
