Grub not working
Benjamin Lutz
benlutz at datacomm.ch
Thu Jul 28 10:46:29 GMT 2005
Valerio daelli wrote:
> I am trying to install grub as a boot loader on my disk.
> I installed it from ports.
> When I try to install it on the MBR I get the error
> [...]
> Error 29: Disk write error
Two guesses:
- You can't write to a disks MBR while it's being used. I've seen
this myself, but I'm not exactly why this is, or how it can be
circumvented (other than booting from another device).
- You have MBR protection ("Virus Protection") in your BIOS enabled.
Cheers
Benjamin
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