I am attempting an install on a new box. After completing all steps in the guide (including installing Grub w/ grub-install) I attempt to reboot, and remove the live cd. I get a message "GRUB Hard Disk Error" According to the GNU Grub manual, this means: "The stage2 or stage1.5 is being read from a hard disk, and the attempt to determine the size and geometry of the hard disk failed." As far as I can tell, the hard drive is working properly. It is recognized correctly in the BIOS (IDE1, master drive, and the correct drive make / model, etc), the boot order is correct, and the system has booted correctly into DOS off the hard drive. (I do a quick install of DOS into a very small first partition as part of my hardware testing procedure when I built the box) There is nothing about this error in the Gentoo GRUB Error Collection document that I can find. The forum sticky on Grub errors pointed at this document and suggested filing a bug on any error not covered.... So far I haven't found a cure. I have been going through the forum sticky searching for one, and experimenting with other things as ideas come to me. If I find a cure, I will update this. Thanks, ART I am currently searching for a
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