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grub2 package

Cannot Install GRUB2

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Hi,
    Can you help me please? I have been running my self ragged trying to do a fresh install of xubuntu 11.10 on a computer. I keep getting this error message when I try to mount: "mount: can't find /dev/sda1 in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab" using this code: 'sudo mount /dev/sda1/mnt'. I have tried everything I can by searching the ubuntu site and by reading forums?

I am trying to do a complete installation onto a 40G PATA drive. The computer has 2 Gb of RAM and the CPU is 2000MHz (Its kind of an older one, but it is working). I have no other software on the HDD, its new.

When I do sudo fdish -l , this is what I get (less the start and end info)

Boot Device Id System
/dev/sda1 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 82 Linus swap/Solaris

Please help me I have been trying for a while and now I'm just getting frustrated. I really want Linux/Ubuntu to work for me I think its amazing (from the read and the reviews). But no one said it would be so difficult to install.
Thanks.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

That's more power than any of my systems. Its more than enough needed for Ubuntu and even Windows.
www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/09/live-usb-sticking-grub-2-video/

Will get the boot loader installed to the drive for you. You shouldn't be using raw device names in fstab, you should use UUIDs.

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