The installation CD of Ubuntu 6.10 yields the same error involving GRUB that I described in the very first post. The computer is not bootable from hard disk, and Grub hangs after the letters GRUB with a blinking cursor. I had to boot via CD.
-- Grub hangs at reboot after installation https://launchpad.net/bugs/18286 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs