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Re: GRUB error 18 after deb-4.0 install



On Sunday 30 December 2007, 4repro@arcor.de wrote:
> after installing Debian-4.0 with mbr-GRUB(before LILO was in mbr) and
> reboot I've got the messages 'grub stage1.5 error 18' - after than I've
> booted with KNOPPIX and mount the hda1 to added in the
> /boot/grub/menu.1st at the  kernel line 'ramdisk_size=16384' - but after
> debian reboot the same messages.

According to [1], there may be something wrong with the kernel or maybe the 
reference in grub to the kernel:
18: "Invalid or unsupported executable format"
  This error is returned if the kernel image being loaded is not recognized
  as Multiboot or one of the supported native formats (Linux zImage or
  bzImage, FreeBSD, or NetBSD).

Suggest you check that the kernel image is at the location grub thinks it is 
and try reinstalling the kernel.

Cheers,
FJP

[1] http://www.uruk.org/orig-grub/errors.html

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