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ubuntu only loading from cd

Asked by ben

Ubuntu 8.04 Desktop edition 'installs' and loads perfectly on my laptop (AMD Athlon 1.0GHz) - though it will only load from the cd and when I close down the system and reboot, I get a message saying hard drive boot record failed.
I would like to install Ubuntu 8.04 on my laptop to be run from the HDD where it will be the sole OS and believe I have done everything the installer program asks (I insterted the cd made from downloaded ISO, booted the computer, went throught the installation steps and was left with a functioning system...that only read and ran from the cd).

What am I doing wrong? Any help would be very greatfully appreciated as it looks to be an excellent system!

Many thanks

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Christophe Painchaud (dash-ionblast) said : 		#1

Hello,

I think it will help to know exactly your hardware (exact laptop brand, model and serial number).

Also, describing us what options you input for Disk partitionning and bootloader ....

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ben (benmyles) said : 		#2

Hello,

Thank you for your kind help to fix my problem but I have actually worked it out myself! The problem was with the bootloader and Ubuntu works fine now!

Thank you very much