Re: Error 21

[Katipo <Katipo@westnet.com.au>]

Andrei Popescu wrote:

>"Marion School, Joe Fisher" <marionschool54@yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>I'm a total noob with linux. I"m trying to install Debian to use as a fileserver in a Windows environment. Mepis works fine, but for some reason everytime I put on Mepis the KDE desktop crashes.
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>>  Debian was recommended as Rock solid. However, after I get through installing it, and remove the media I get a message "Grub loading please wait.....Error 21"
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>>  That's it, no other input is allowed. Error 21 just blinks on the screen.
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>>  Any suggestions? I googled for Error 21, most of the hits were in other languages, but of the ones I could read, they referred to installing games. 
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>I tried "grub error 21" (without the quotes) and got a lot of links, the
>second one was from mepis.org and was about a dual-boot setup. Is that
>what you're looking for?
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No.
I've got it with an install before, but it's because I did something wrong.
I can't remember what exactly, but it was something minor like
attempting to remove the disc too quickly for reboot.
I just had to do the install again, be patient, and it worked.
It didn't happen on a complicated install, just a standard all-on-one
one hard disc, end-user box.
Grub just didn't seem to 'take' for some reason.
Regards,