Greetings Everyone,
Being sick of Windows XP and fed up with it freezing up my new computer on daily bases I decided to switch to Ubuntu that "just works". I have downloaded the Ubuntu 7.04 and burnt it onto CD. I decided to install it on one of my three internal HDD (320 GB WDigital SATAII) . The first thing that I lost was a mouse. That happened 15 sec after a sort of Welcome screen with an install icon appeared on my monitor’s screen. As my keyboard was still working I proceeded with installation of my Linux without a use of the mouse, thinking that it was just a small driver problem. Anyway, the installation was successful although I used keyboard only and I had to restart the system. Of course anyone can guess what had happened next. I got that terrible message :
GRUB loading Stage 1.5
Grub loading, please wait....
Error 21_
At very first minute, when it happened I went browsing for forums on the other computer and thanks to MR Saikee’s advice I at least restored Windows boot by running fdisk/mbr from FreeDOS. But returning to Ubuntu was impossible.
Now since I found a number of forums, what really scares the hell out of me, is that I don’t understand a word you people are saying about Booting Tips, Installation, and about a hundred other things.
But it gets better!
For the foolproof and an OS that “just works” – Ubuntu seems to have awfully a lot of users having nothing but problems with it. Because I am a total dummy in regards to Linux and I ain’t no computer expert either it makes me very frightened. How do I get all the knowledge about installing, booting and configuring Ubuntu? Is there a book or a website with those step by step instructions?
I need to come back to Windows every now and then (I use CAD and haven’t got a Linux version), but with those boot problems I stumble and can’t do a thing about it beside keep restoring a MBR.
All that tech jargon on forums doesn’t help. Thank you for any advice, tips and instructions you can give me.
My Comp Configuration (just in case):
Intel Core 2 duo CPU 2.4GHz
7300GS nVIDIA 256mb graphics
4GB RAM
on ASUS P5N-32 SLI Premium Motherboard

with regards,
Alexander