[wplug] Newbie needs install help after grub 17 error

[Alexandros Papadopoulos]

On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 2:12 PM, Claudia Neely <welshspeaker at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I was all over Ubuntu forums trying to fix a grub error 17. I cfdisk'ed and
> fdisked all over the place.  I deleted partitions and tried to rewrite them
> as forums directed.  Nothing worked. I gave up.

So it was not a matter of BIOS settings as mentioned in
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=442945 ?

> Now I am trying to reinstall.  I have edgy eft, feisty fawn and gutsy; none
> are installing.
>
> In edgy eft rescue mode I get this message over and over:
>
> Failed to create a swap space.  The creation of swap space in partition #5
> of IDE1 master (hda) failed.

Well this is surely a hardware failure. Could your disk be dying? You
might want to try a hard drive diagnostic utility (perhaps Toshiba
provides one with their laptops?).

-A