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Installing the boot loader (GRUB) failed. Why?

April 26, 2017boot failed GRUB loader

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Installing the boot loader (GRUB) failed. Why?

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Currently there are two known reasons why this can happen: • The version of GRUB currently available for Syllable can not install GRUB correctly on large hard disks. In this case, you must install GRUB manually (see section 3.1 of the installation instructions for more information). • The GRUB configuration file that was generated by the Syllable installer is incorrect. This can happen on machines that have Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks, in which case Syllable can incorrectly identify the drive number that GRUB requires to boot. You may have to edit the GRUB configuration file and change the GRUB drive identifiers, then install GRUB manually (see section 3.1 of the installation instructions for more information). There are sometimes other problems related to GRUB, but these are generally not Syllable specific issues.