Grub 1.5! Error 21!! Help!

[error21]

Hey guys right now im using Linux Ubuntu live on cd cuz i cant get my xp home to work or the debian i tried installing or the ubuntu i tried installing on my hard drives.

i have one exeternal 200gb usb 2.0 hard drive and i partitioned it so i can install debian. like i have 4 ntfs partitions but i left around 40gigs of free space for debian. i did a swap of about almost 800mb and a root folder of about 40 gigs ( i did that default thing where it would do it for me). everything goes fine during the installation its just that it wont boot i get this error

GRUB 1.5 lodinng please wait....
ERROR 21

what do i do? thanks guys

[antidrugue]

21 : Selected disk does not exist
This error is returned if the device part of a device- or full file name refers to a disk or BIOS device that is not present or not recognized by the BIOS in the system.

There is an how-to here if you want to run Ubuntu from an external hard drive :
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=80811

[error21]

thanks will try but its not the setup problem i think its the boot where i need to choose which os to initiate it doesnt even show that part and i cant get into xp or debian? but ill try this first thanks

[denx]

thanks will try but its not the setup problem i think its the boot where i need to choose which os to initiate it doesnt even show that part and i cant get into xp or debian? but ill try this first thanks

Hi!

I have exactly the same problem! Have You managed to resolve the error 21 in the external drive?

Please share the solution with me!

Thanks!

denx

[denx]

Hi!

I have exactly the same problem! Have You managed to resolve the error 21 in the external drive?

Please share the solution with me!

Thanks!

denx

I have bad news: I didn't managed to solve the problem. I've set up the linux on the fixed drive intead of the mobile one. If you find a solution please share it witn me!

Good luck for the booting!

Cheers:
denx

[mjgear23]

This may be abit late but if you have your XP disk bootup with it and ...

[devils casper]

I have bad news: I didn't managed to solve the problem. I've set up the linux on the fixed drive intead of the mobile one. If you find a solution please share it witn me!

Good luck for the booting!

Cheers:
denx

Its easy to fix GRUB problems. I would suggest you to start a new thread and explain your problem in detail. We will try our best to sort it out.
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