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    hmm, it seems I may have to do the install all over again after using GParted to explicitly create an MBR partition table instead of GPT - thought I had that, and only removed existing partitions :( So, on to installation take 4! Damn M$ and its UEFI !grrr #

    Tuesday, 30-Sep-14 18:48:41 UTC from oracle.skilledtests.com
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      @mk nope - it actually was MBR already; flagged sda1 as "boot" and now running installation again... :( #

      Tuesday, 30-Sep-14 19:20:41 UTC from oracle.skilledtests.com
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        @mk this time (with partition flagged as 'boot' and specified Grub to be installed in /dev/sda1 instead of the MBR (/dev/sda) installation finished! And there is a grub.cfg file which wasn't there after the last attempt. So, I'll try booting from the hard disk now... # #

        Tuesday, 30-Sep-14 19:43:45 UTC from oracle.skilledtests.com
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          @mk 'Welcome to GRUB! error: file... not found' grub rescue> (blink blink). So, we're one step further. Let's finish dinner first! :( #

          Tuesday, 30-Sep-14 19:46:09 UTC from oracle.skilledtests.com
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            @mk interesting... grub seems to look for a file in /grub2 but /brub2 doesn't exist, while that file does exist in /boot/grub. Does Grub understand symlinks? Or do I need to edit the grub config? # !grrr #

            Tuesday, 30-Sep-14 20:19:00 UTC from oracle.skilledtests.com
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              @mk no reference to 'grub2' anywhere that I can find; tried making symlink for it, but the result is the same: Grub cannot find a file inside /grub2. Giving up for today: I need to sleep (and get up in time # for visit to dentist)

              Tuesday, 30-Sep-14 21:16:56 UTC from oracle.skilledtests.com