On Fri, Nov 18, 2005 at 08:24:53PM -0600, Luis Mochan wrote: > On Fri, 18 Nov 2005, Luis Mochan wrote: > > > > In such a situtation I would probably recommend using the "Don't > > > install bootloader" option in D-I main menu, then set things manually > > > later.... > > > > > > You probably need to use the medium priority for your install: "linux > > > DEBCONF_PRIORITY=medium" at boot prompt. > > > > > > We still seem to have an issue there but I highly suspect that you > > > attempt to use a common /boot partition for both installs is the > > > initial reason for the problems. I suspect you asked D-I to *keep* the > > > existing /boot and got a mix of different GRUB versions trying to boot > > > your new system. > > > > I tried to install everything anew in clean partitions. After the base > system installation, upon reboot, grub froze with the message Error 21. I > suspect that the problem might be that all my partitions are in /dev/hdd > and my machine is rather old. Should I expect that installing some > filesystems in /dev/hdb, or if necessary, in /dev/hda (they are > currently full) things might become better? In that case, which > filesystems? My new /boot would be enough? Or should '/' also be in the > second or first disk?
I have never run a system without /boot on the first HD personally, although at least one of the first 2 HDs should work (with grub installed to the MBR of hda of course). Not sure about 3rd or 4th HD though. / can be anywhere if /boot is a seperate partition. Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
