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Date:      Thu, 28 Jul 2005 12:46:15 +0200
From:      Benjamin Lutz <benlutz@datacomm.ch>
To:        Valerio daelli <valerio.daelli@gmail.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Grub not working
Message-ID:  <42E8B777.7010908@datacomm.ch>
In-Reply-To: <27dbfc8c05072723541955ba02@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <27dbfc8c05072723541955ba02@mail.gmail.com>

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Valerio daelli wrote:
> I am trying to install grub as a boot loader on my disk.
> I installed it from ports.
> When I try to install it on the MBR I get the error
> [...]
> Error 29: Disk write error

Two guesses:

- You can't write to a disks MBR while it's being used. I've seen
  this myself, but I'm not exactly why this is, or how it can be
  circumvented (other than booting from another device).

- You have MBR protection ("Virus Protection") in your BIOS enabled.

Cheers
Benjamin

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