[num]

when i try to install ubuntu on a clean hard drive that also has been partitioned, it just shows

this

GRUB Loading

Error 17

how can i fix this? the version of ubuntu im installing is 6.06

 

[prunejuice]

At what point during the installation are you getting this error message?

 

[saikee]

Error 17 is "can't mount the selected partition. If this is the first meesage then the installer has told Grub the wrong partition to pick up the kernel.

If a Linux has bugs its installer normally has the lion's share.

We need the output of terminal "fdisk -l" as well as the /boot/grub/menu.lst to advise further.

In the mean time you can gain access to Ubuntu by any Live CD (Task H1 and H2 of the last link of my signature refers)