Re: Bootloader error grub minimal bash "load the kernel first" after installing my live image via calamares installer

2023-08-14 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, please reply to the list in order to keep all readers informed. (It would be ok to Cc my mail address, but it is not necessary.) - Forwarded message from Sakkra Billa - Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2023 09:32:37 +0530 From: Sakkra Billa To: Thomas Schmitt Subject: Re: Bootloader error grub

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2023-08-13 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
- Forwarded message from Sakkra Billa - Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2023 21:35:33 +0530 From: Sakkra Billa To: "Andrew M.A. Cater" Subject: Re: Bootloader error grub minimal bash "load the kernel first" after installing my live image via calamares installer

Re: Bootloader error grub minimal bash "load the kernel first" after installing my live image via calamares installer

2023-08-13 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Sakkra Billa wrote: > I followed the tutorial > from: https://www.willhaley.com/blog/custom-debian-live-environment/ > [www.willhaley.com] to make a live custom debian 12 image. (The xorriso run looks ok.) > In order to > install it on my VM I installed calamares, calamares-settings-debian

Re: Bootloader error grub minimal bash "load the kernel first" after installing my live image via calamares installer

2023-08-13 Thread Andy Smith
Hi, On Sun, Aug 13, 2023 at 06:56:08PM +0530, Sakkra Billa wrote: >when i reboot my VM into the installed environment, it boots into >grub minimal On typing boot it says "load the kernel first". What kind of VM is this? Which provider, if you are unsure. Cheers, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ --

Re: Bootloader error grub minimal bash "load the kernel first" after installing my live image via calamares installer

2023-08-13 Thread Michael Kjörling
On 13 Aug 2023 18:56 +0530, from sakkrabi...@gmail.com (Sakkra Billa): > but when i > reboot my VM into the installed environment, it boots into grub minimal > bash line editing mode. On typing boot it says "load the kernel first". Sounds to me like GRUB can't find grub.cfg, or it is somehow corru

Re: Bootloader error grub minimal bash "load the kernel first" after installing my live image via calamares installer

2023-08-13 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, Aug 13, 2023 at 06:56:08PM +0530, Sakkra Billa wrote: > I followed the tutorial from: > https://www.willhaley.com/blog/custom-debian-live-environment/ to make a > live custom debian 12 image. In order to install it on my VM I installed > calamares, calamares-settings-debian and rsync . The

Bootloader error grub minimal bash "load the kernel first" after installing my live image via calamares installer

2023-08-13 Thread Sakkra Billa
I followed the tutorial from: https://www.willhaley.com/blog/custom-debian-live-environment/ to make a live custom debian 12 image. In order to install it on my VM I installed calamares, calamares-settings-debian and rsync . The live image works perfectly and the installation also finishes without

Re: Debian netinstall systemd-boot (bootloader) support

2020-01-29 Thread Kenneth Parker
stemd-boot. That's why I suggest systemd-boot must be added as bootloader > options on the installer > Thanks! Grub-Rescue (on cd) is an awesome suggestion, for if something goes wrong, when installing systemd-boot after the fact. Kenneth Parker > > On Wed, Jan 29, 2020, 22:51 K

Re: Re: Debian netinstall systemd-boot (bootloader) support

2020-01-29 Thread Fun Society
I'm using it on debian (replacing the grub) but it was frustrating using netinstall ISO, you can't boot live to install the systemd-boot easily, so I find a way to boot my Debian using grub rescue then install the systemd-boot. That's why I suggest systemd-boot must be added as boo

Re: Debian netinstall systemd-boot (bootloader) support

2020-01-29 Thread Kenneth Parker
On Wed, Jan 29, 2020, 2:27 AM Fun Society wrote: > Hi, can you guys add/provide systemd-boot option on the Debian installer? > Because some of the UEFI laptop not supported grub bootloader, The bios > automatically delete boot entry if the name of the grub boot entry not > &quo

Debian netinstall systemd-boot (bootloader) support

2020-01-28 Thread Fun Society
Hi, can you guys add/provide systemd-boot option on the Debian installer? Because some of the UEFI laptop not supported grub bootloader, The bios automatically delete boot entry if the name of the grub boot entry not "Linux" and grub installation by Debian installer is named Debian so t

Windows bootloader (was Re: using a Windows 7 disk image with KVM?)

2018-09-21 Thread Chris
On Fri, 21 Sep 2018 18:49:43 +0500 Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: > I always prefer to do the job with the tools that are native to OS. Me too. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to repair the bootloader when moving a windows 10 partition with gparted (to resize it later). Reinstalling Win

Re: bootloader customization (was: System Dorked -- Help...)

2015-10-26 Thread moxalt
On Sun, 25 Oct 2015 13:52:06 -0400, Felix Miata wrote: > David Baron composed on 2015-10-25 14:53 (UTC+0200): > > > I started with wheezy 64 bit install and grub2. Did not have any clue how > > it worked but it did. When upgraded to Sid, added a kernel and wanted to > > keep the older on around

Re: bootloader customization (was: System Dorked -- Help...)

2015-10-25 Thread Felix Miata
David Baron composed on 2015-10-25 14:53 (UTC+0200): > I started with wheezy 64 bit install and grub2. Did not have any clue how it > worked but it did. > When upgraded to Sid, added a kernel and wanted to keep the older on around > just-in-case, I > had no idea how to do this with Grub2 so I

Re: Debian 7 and Debian 8 and bootloader

2015-04-04 Thread Pascal Hambourg
Bret Busby a écrit : > > It would be on a UEFI/GPT system, so the primary partitions are redundant. > > With Linux, I generally have a / partition, a /swap partition, a /home > partition, and data partitions, with the swap partition being shared > between the Linux installations; as they are not

Re: Debian 7 and Debian 8 and bootloader

2015-04-03 Thread Bret Busby
On 04/04/2015, David Wright wrote: > Quoting Andrew M.A. Cater (amaca...@galactic.demon.co.uk): >> On Sat, Apr 04, 2015 at 01:51:15AM +0800, Bret Busby wrote: >> > Do Debian 7 and Debian 8 (when it is to be released), and a bootloader >> > such as GRUB, allow yet, f

Re: Debian 7 and Debian 8 and bootloader

2015-04-03 Thread David Wright
Quoting Andrew M.A. Cater (amaca...@galactic.demon.co.uk): > On Sat, Apr 04, 2015 at 01:51:15AM +0800, Bret Busby wrote: > > Do Debian 7 and Debian 8 (when it is to be released), and a bootloader > > such as GRUB, allow yet, for more than one version of Debian, to be > > insta

Re: Debian 7 and Debian 8 and bootloader

2015-04-03 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, Apr 04, 2015 at 01:51:15AM +0800, Bret Busby wrote: > Hello. > > Do Debian 7 and Debian 8 (when it is to be released), and a bootloader > such as GRUB, allow yet, for more than one version of Debian, to be > installed on a system, and, to be selectable options for t

Debian 7 and Debian 8 and bootloader

2015-04-03 Thread Bret Busby
Hello. Do Debian 7 and Debian 8 (when it is to be released), and a bootloader such as GRUB, allow yet, for more than one version of Debian, to be installed on a system, and, to be selectable options for the bootloader? -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .. "So once you do

Re: Unable to install bootloader on software raid

2014-12-15 Thread Pascal Hambourg
Sven Hartge a écrit : > Darac Marjal wrote: > >> I think the problem is that, depending on the RAID level, the BIOS won't >> be able to read the disks in order to load GRUB. If you're running >> RAID0, then you're in luck; both drives appear as normal disks and all >> that RAID does is ensure the

Re: Unable to install bootloader on software raid

2014-12-15 Thread Sven Hartge
Darac Marjal wrote: > I think the problem is that, depending on the RAID level, the BIOS won't > be able to read the disks in order to load GRUB. If you're running > RAID0, then you're in luck; both drives appear as normal disks and all > that RAID does is ensure they are kept identical. If you'r

Re: Unable to install bootloader on software raid

2014-12-15 Thread Darac Marjal
o install >the bootloader.  Both Grub and Lilo refused to install. > >If it is not possible to install Grub or Lilo onto a software raid, why is >the option available in Grub? > >I have seen several efforts to solve this problem on the internet, but >

Re: Unable to install bootloader on software raid

2014-12-13 Thread Pascal Hambourg
Johann Spies a écrit : > > In the end I configured my partions to exclude the first 250Mb (/boot) from > the raid and I could install Grub just to have a working system. > > It is not the best solution. Obviously it's not. /boot should be on a RAID (and the bootloader in

Re: Unable to install bootloader on software raid

2014-12-13 Thread Johann Spies
Thanks for your reply, Ron. In the end I configured my partions to exclude the first 250Mb (/boot) from the raid and I could install Grub just to have a working system. It is not the best solution. The installer should work as expected. Regards Johann -- Because experiencing your loyal love i

Re: Unable to install bootloader on software raid

2014-12-13 Thread Ron
On Sat, 13 Dec 2014 11:36:58 +0200 Johann Spies wrote: > What is the way to install Debian onto a software raid? I have installed 7.7.0-64 from the DVD without any problem. So it might be something in Testing ? Did you try to install from a Live-CD/DVD ? ISTR that in that case you must add dm

Unable to install bootloader on software raid

2014-12-13 Thread Johann Spies
After two of my hard disks failed, I decided to use a software raid in future and tried to install Debian Testing on the raid. The configuration of the raid and software installation went well until I tried to install the bootloader. Both Grub and Lilo refused to install. If it is not possible

Re: Installing a bootloader on a Mac Mini without OSX

2014-12-10 Thread Stefan Monnier
>> > I've tried the i386 install (v7.7) CD multiple times and I've tried having >> > it put GRUB on the MBR and on the partition and neither way resulted >> > in a bootable install. >> I think this can be made to work with a bit of twiddling (e.g. using >> lilo or grub-legacy, or maybe tweaking of

Re: Installing a bootloader on a Mac Mini without OSX

2014-12-07 Thread Brian Sammon
On Sun, 07 Dec 2014 15:40:33 -0500 Stefan Monnier wrote: > > I've tried the i386 install (v7.7) CD multiple times and I've tried having > > it put GRUB on the MBR and on the partition and neither way resulted > > in a bootable install. > > I think this can be made to work with a bit of twiddling

Re: Installing a bootloader on a Mac Mini without OSX

2014-12-07 Thread Stefan Monnier
> I've tried the i386 install (v7.7) CD multiple times and I've tried having > it put GRUB on the MBR and on the partition and neither way resulted > in a bootable install. I think this can be made to work with a bit of twiddling (e.g. using lilo or grub-legacy, or maybe tweaking of the partition

Re: Installing a bootloader on a Mac Mini without OSX

2014-12-07 Thread Brian Sammon
On Thu, 4 Dec 2014 13:25:37 -0500 Brian Sammon wrote: > Is there a way to install Debian/Linux on this machine that doesn't involve > > buying or borrowing (or "borrowing") a copy of OSX? Is it easier to install > > linux on a USB disk and run it off of that? Status report: I've tried the i38

debian 6.0.7 amd64 raid0 lvm crypt - bootloader issue

2013-04-09 Thread shmick
Hi all, Having installed debian onto a hardware raid pc setup, using dmraid=true switch, I attempt to repair the failed grub/lilo bootlader install after rebooting into rescue, again with dmraid=true How can I get grub installed? Background info: Partitioning setup according to guided lvm cry

Re: Bootloader

2011-03-29 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Lu, 28 mar 11, 11:04:01, Roman Gelfand wrote: > Is it possible for syslinux to load another syslinux with it's own > configuration file found in another directory? If so, where can I > find sample? If you don't get useful answers in a few days you might want to look for some syslinux mailing

Bootloader

2011-03-28 Thread Roman Gelfand
Is it possible for syslinux to load another syslinux with it's own configuration file found in another directory? If so, where can I find sample? Thanks in advance -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lis

Re: What's not cross-posting... (was Re: Adding a bootloader to a Windows partition image)

2011-03-06 Thread Ron Johnson
On 03/06/2011 02:53 PM, Doug wrote: On 03/06/2011 05:12 AM, Ron Johnson wrote: On 03/06/2011 02:21 AM, Doug wrote: /snip/ since it is frowned on to cross-post, I will tell you that the message was posted 03/06/2011 at 12:28 AM, so you can look for it there. (The earlier post was by Jerry Lapha

Re: Adding a bootloader to a Windows partition image

2011-03-06 Thread Joel Roth
On Sun, Mar 06, 2011 at 02:38:54AM -0500, Doug wrote: > On 03/06/2011 01:05 AM, Joel Roth wrote: > >Hi, > > > >I installed kvm-qemu and enabled virtualization in BIOS. > > > >Now, I have a Windows partition I'd like to fiddle. > >It was produced thusly: > > > > dd if=/dev/sdb1 of=windows_partit

Re: What's not cross-posting... (was Re: Adding a bootloader to a Windows partition image)

2011-03-06 Thread Doug
On 03/06/2011 05:12 AM, Ron Johnson wrote: On 03/06/2011 02:21 AM, Doug wrote: /snip/ since it is frowned on to cross-post, I will tell you that the message was posted 03/06/2011 at 12:28 AM, so you can look for it there. (The earlier post was by Jerry Lapham at 03/05/2011 at 8:14 PM. He decide

Re: What's not cross-posting... (was Re: Adding a bootloader to a Windows partition image)

2011-03-06 Thread Ron Johnson
On 03/06/2011 02:21 AM, Doug wrote: On 03/06/2011 03:07 AM, Ron Johnson wrote: On 03/06/2011 01:38 AM, Doug wrote: [snip] A message I wrote in reply to a question on the Kubuntu list may be of some help. The message is called "Install Win98 on /dev/sda4" and does not actually install Windows to

Re: What's not cross-posting... (was Re: Adding a bootloader to a Windows partition image)

2011-03-06 Thread Doug
On 03/06/2011 03:07 AM, Ron Johnson wrote: On 03/06/2011 01:38 AM, Doug wrote: [snip] A message I wrote in reply to a question on the Kubuntu list may be of some help. The message is called "Install Win98 on /dev/sda4" and does not actually install Windows to /dev/sda4, but to /sdb1. And it's XP

What's not cross-posting... (was Re: Adding a bootloader to a Windows partition image)

2011-03-06 Thread Ron Johnson
On 03/06/2011 01:38 AM, Doug wrote: [snip] A message I wrote in reply to a question on the Kubuntu list may be of some help. The message is called "Install Win98 on /dev/sda4" and does not actually install Windows to /dev/sda4, but to /sdb1. And it's XP, not 98. Anyway, since it is frowned on to

Re: Adding a bootloader to a Windows partition image

2011-03-05 Thread Doug
On 03/06/2011 01:05 AM, Joel Roth wrote: Hi, I installed kvm-qemu and enabled virtualization in BIOS. Now, I have a Windows partition I'd like to fiddle. It was produced thusly: dd if=/dev/sdb1 of=windows_partition Entering this command qemu --enable-kvm windows_partition opens a

Adding a bootloader to a Windows partition image

2011-03-05 Thread Joel Roth
Hi, I installed kvm-qemu and enabled virtualization in BIOS. Now, I have a Windows partition I'd like to fiddle. It was produced thusly: dd if=/dev/sdb1 of=windows_partition Entering this command qemu --enable-kvm windows_partition opens a black window with the "booting" message. Of

Re: Squeeze. Failed to install bootloader in VirtualBox

2010-09-15 Thread Mark Goldshtein
Squeeze into Oracle VirtualBox 3.2.6. Virtual >> >> drive is 8.0 GB persistent, RAM 768 Mb, a virtual drive was partitioned >> >> by Squeeze installer with default settings (/, swap; ext3). Everything >> >> is fine, except for bootloader. There is a failure during

Re: Squeeze. Failed to install bootloader in VirtualBox

2010-09-15 Thread Greg Madden
0 GB persistent, RAM 768 Mb, a virtual drive was partitioned > >> by Squeeze installer with default settings (/, swap; ext3). Everything > >> is fine, except for bootloader. There is a failure during GRUB (GRUB2, > >> lilo) installation process: "GRUB installatio

Re: Squeeze. Failed to install bootloader in VirtualBox

2010-09-15 Thread Camaleón
Tried Squeeze netinstall image on the > same VirtualBox, it is not booting even. How to install Squeeze?? Well, I think you can always install squeeze without a bootloader and install it later (from SDG or from squeeze itself). Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debi

Re: Squeeze. Failed to install bootloader in VirtualBox

2010-09-15 Thread Mark Goldshtein
e installer with default settings (/, swap; ext3). Everything >> is fine, except for bootloader. There is a failure during GRUB (GRUB2, >> lilo) installation process: "GRUB installation failed. The 'grub-pc' >> package failed to install into /target/." >>

Re: Squeeze. Failed to install bootloader in VirtualBox

2010-09-15 Thread Camaleón
fine, except for bootloader. There is a failure during GRUB (GRUB2, > lilo) installation process: "GRUB installation failed. The 'grub-pc' > package failed to install into /target/." > > Also tried to partition a virtual hdd before Squeeze installation. No &

Squeeze. Failed to install bootloader in VirtualBox

2010-09-15 Thread Mark Goldshtein
Hello, list! Here is a try to install Squeeze into Oracle VirtualBox 3.2.6. Virtual drive is 8.0 GB persistent, RAM 768 Mb, a virtual drive was partitioned by Squeeze installer with default settings (/, swap; ext3). Everything is fine, except for bootloader. There is a failure during GRUB (GRUB2

Re: why does a minimal lenny install want to use LILO as the bootloader?

2009-09-09 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Wed, 9 Sep 2009, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > since i saved the output from "dpkg --get-selections" from the > previous install before reformatting the hard drive, i understood > that i could do a bare-bones install, then use "dpkg > --set-selections" to reproduce the package selection and insta

why does a minimal lenny install want to use LILO as the bootloader?

2009-09-09 Thread Robert P. J. Day
since i saved the output from "dpkg --get-selections" from the previous install before reformatting the hard drive, i understood that i could do a bare-bones install, then use "dpkg --set-selections" to reproduce the package selection and install. so, just for fun, i deselected every selectio

Installing an EFI bootloader on a non-bootable Lenny install (Intel Mac)?

2009-04-20 Thread Kevin Ponds
able to set up rEFIt from there). So what I would like to do now is get this system booting, as it already has Lenny installed on it, I think that getting a bootloader that supports EFI installed and imaged into the MBR (or GUID? don't know a whole lot about EFI, I assume the bootloader will so

Re: debootstrap and GRUB bootloader

2008-08-25 Thread Osamu Aoki
I may be wrong but ... On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 04:28:03PM +0200, Urs Thuermann wrote: > I want to build a Debian system using debootstrap and install that on > a Compact Flash card for an x86 embedded system. > > I have created and mounted a fresh file system on a logical volume > which I install

debootstrap and GRUB bootloader

2008-08-15 Thread Urs Thuermann
I want to build a Debian system using debootstrap and install that on a Compact Flash card for an x86 embedded system. I have created and mounted a fresh file system on a logical volume which I install the new Debian system into using debootstrap. That works fine and I can chroot into the new sys

Re: Can not build Grub bootloader

2007-07-06 Thread Carlos Bergero
sources.list to add the src directorys. Cheers, rak rocky escribió: Hey, I'm following the Pocket Linux Guide from www.tldp.org. I'm on the section of build the GRUB bootloader I downloaded the grup 0.95. export CC="gcc -mcpu=i386" does not give any wa

Can not build Grub bootloader

2007-07-03 Thread rocky
Hey, I'm following the Pocket Linux Guide from www.tldp.org. I'm on the section of build the GRUB bootloader I downloaded the grup 0.95. export CC="gcc -mcpu=i386" does not give any warning. But running configure stopped me from going on. $---

Re: GRUB bootloader issue

2005-09-28 Thread Jay Zach
Jeremy Merritt wrote: I need help figuring out what is going on with my Debian / GRUB bootloader. Because of some Windoze issues, I had to re-install XP on my machine. It discarded the grub loader and now you can only boot to XP from hda1. I consulted with another Debian user who said to simply

Re: GRUB bootloader issue

2005-09-28 Thread Alvin Oga
On Wed, 28 Sep 2005, H.S. wrote: > Mike S wrote: > > Did you mount /boot first? > > umm, no, I don't recall so. I jotted down the steps I took and mounting > /boot doesn't appear in those. My method worked properly on a laptop *you* do NOT ( manually ) mount /boot or / or /usr or /var or /tmp

Re: GRUB bootloader issue

2005-09-27 Thread H.S.
eed help figuring out what is going on with my > > Debian / GRUB bootloader. Because of some Windoze > > issues, I had to re-install XP on my machine. It > > discarded the grub loader and now you can only boot to > > XP from hda1. I consulted with another Debi

Re: GRUB bootloader issue

2005-09-26 Thread Mike S
Did you mount /boot first? On 9/26/05, H.S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Jeremy Merritt wrote:> I need help figuring out what is going on with my> Debian / GRUB bootloader. Because of some Windoze > issues, I had to re-install XP on my machine. It> discarded the grub loader and now

Re: GRUB bootloader issue

2005-09-26 Thread H.S.
Jeremy Merritt wrote: > I need help figuring out what is going on with my > Debian / GRUB bootloader. Because of some Windoze > issues, I had to re-install XP on my machine. It > discarded the grub loader and now you can only boot to > XP from hda1. I consulted with another Debian

Re: GRUB bootloader issue

2005-09-26 Thread Andy
On Monday 26 September 2005 2:02, Roby wrote: > Jeremy Merritt wrote: > > I tried that and it seemed to work. When I ran > > 'grub-install /dev/hda5' it reported 'no errors' and > > seemed to execute successfully. However, upon reboot, > > I am back to XP bootup. Is there another step that I > > ne

Re: GRUB bootloader issue

2005-09-26 Thread Andy
On Monday 26 September 2005 2:02, Roby wrote: > Jeremy Merritt wrote: > > I tried that and it seemed to work. When I ran > > 'grub-install /dev/hda5' it reported 'no errors' and > > seemed to execute successfully. However, upon reboot, > > I am back to XP bootup. Is there another step that I > > ne

Re: GRUB bootloader issue

2005-09-26 Thread Roby
Jeremy Merritt wrote: > I tried that and it seemed to work. When I ran > 'grub-install /dev/hda5' it reported 'no errors' and > seemed to execute successfully. However, upon reboot, > I am back to XP bootup. Is there another step that I > need to include? > > Steps so far: > > 1. Boot up with li

Re: GRUB bootloader issue

2005-09-25 Thread Jeremy Merritt
x). --- Alan Ianson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun September 25 2005 04:32 pm, Jeremy Merritt > wrote: > > I need help figuring out what is going on with my > > Debian / GRUB bootloader. Because of some Windoze > > issues, I had to re-install XP on my machine. It

Re: GRUB bootloader issue

2005-09-25 Thread Alan Ianson
On Sun September 25 2005 04:32 pm, Jeremy Merritt wrote: > I need help figuring out what is going on with my > Debian / GRUB bootloader. Because of some Windoze > issues, I had to re-install XP on my machine. It > discarded the grub loader and now you can only boot to > XP from hd

Re: GRUB bootloader issue

2005-09-25 Thread Roby
Jeremy Merritt wrote: > I need help figuring out what is going on with my > Debian / GRUB bootloader. Because of some Windoze > issues, I had to re-install XP on my machine. It > discarded the grub loader and now you can only boot to > XP from hda1. I consulted with another Debian

Re: GRUB bootloader issue

2005-09-25 Thread Malcolm Lalkaka
-- On 9/25/05, Jeremy Merritt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I need help figuring out what is going on with my > Debian / GRUB bootloader. Because of some Windoze > issues, I had to re-install XP on my machine. It > discarded the grub loader and now you can only boot t

GRUB bootloader issue

2005-09-25 Thread Jeremy Merritt
I need help figuring out what is going on with my Debian / GRUB bootloader. Because of some Windoze issues, I had to re-install XP on my machine. It discarded the grub loader and now you can only boot to XP from hda1. I consulted with another Debian user who said to simply run 'grub-install

Re: Bootloader produces garbage - reconstructing MBR

2005-07-03 Thread Alvin Oga
u.org > I need to do a MBR check, repair or restoration. .. > To wipe the MBR clean, I read of doing # fdisk /MBR. wipe it ( fdisk /mbr or dd if=/dev/null of=/dev/sda bs=448 count=1 ) and rerun lilo or grub > Other than making the disk > unbootable from its bootloader, which is alrea

Bootloader produces garbage - reconstructing MBR

2005-07-03 Thread Haines Brown
grub bootloader is in sda MBR, and it is used to boot sda (disk not otherwise used), sdc (my running system) or sdb (an emergency/utility disk). It happened that I could no longer mount my ide cdrom or my scsi cdrom drives, and in investigating this (no ide1 reported in dmesg) I found that I cou

Re: Re. Bootloader for Sarge ("L 99 99 99 99 99...")

2004-09-19 Thread Patrick Albuquerque
On Sat, Sep 18, 2004 at 07:42:53PM -0700, Matthew Jackson wrote: > Ok. I posted earlier about not being able to boot GRUB or LILO on my second > HD from the XP NTLDR. It gave me the error "Unable to load from hard drive. > Please insert System disk and hit enter" I though that was bootpart giving

Re: Bootloader for Sarge - partitions

2004-09-19 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya micha On Sun, 19 Sep 2004, Micha Feigin wrote: > > > > - /boot should NOT be a separate partition > > > > > That NOT true. The right line today is > /boot no longer needs to be a separate partition. okay ... i'll bite ... > It used to be required due to bios limitations on the

Re: Bootloader for Sarge - partitions

2004-09-19 Thread Micha Feigin
On Sat, Sep 18, 2004 at 03:29:59PM -0700, Alvin Oga wrote: > > > On Sat, 18 Sep 2004, Robert Epprecht wrote: > > > Alvin Oga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > - /boot should NOT be a separate partition > > That NOT true. The right line today is /boot no longer needs to be a separate pa

Re: Bootloader for Sarge - partitions

2004-09-18 Thread Alvin Oga
On Sat, 18 Sep 2004, Robert Epprecht wrote: > Alvin Oga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > - /boot should NOT be a separate partition > > Why? Please elaborate. even if you can boot, you do NOT have a root fs .. ( /etc /bin /sbin /lib /dev ... ) you can always use a fd or cd or network to

Re: Bootloader for Sarge - partitions

2004-09-18 Thread Robert Epprecht
Alvin Oga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > - /boot should NOT be a separate partition Why? Please elaborate. Robert Epprecht -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Bootloader for Sarge

2004-09-18 Thread Tom Pfeifer
> Matthew Jackson wrote: > > I just downloaded the weekly build for Sarge and burnt the first iso. > The install goes great but when asked to install GRUB, I decide not to > install to the MBR so it asks me where to install it to. The reason is > I have XP on one hard disk and Linux on the other h

Re: Bootloader for Sarge

2004-09-18 Thread Shaul Karl
> > To: "Matthew Jackson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 4:01 PM > Subject: Re: Bootloader for Sarge > > > >On Fri, Sep 17, 2004 at 01:39:23PM -0700, Matthew Jackson wrote: > >>I just downloaded th

Re: Bootloader for Sarge - partitions

2004-09-17 Thread Alvin Oga
On Sat, 18 Sep 2004, William Ballard wrote: > I know what the reasons are for using seperate partitions, > but I just can't bother. Linux isn't Unix, it's closer to > being Windows than it is Unix. It's a crummy desktop O/S on > commodity Intel whiteboxes. > > Just use one big giant / part an

Re: Bootloader for Sarge

2004-09-17 Thread William Ballard
On Fri, Sep 17, 2004 at 11:32:53PM -0500, Patrick Albuquerque wrote: > > Matthew Jackson wrote: > On it I have partitioned it into these: > >/boot 250mb > >/tmp 750mb > >/var 1gb > >/ 10gb > >/usr 20gb > >swap 1gb > >/home remainder ~40gb > > > I think you might find that /boot is about 10 time

Re: Bootloader for Sarge

2004-09-17 Thread Patrick Albuquerque
> Matthew Jackson wrote: On it I have partitioned it into these: >/boot 250mb >/tmp 750mb >/var 1gb >/ 10gb >/usr 20gb >swap 1gb >/home remainder ~40gb I think you might find that /boot is about 10 times larger than necessary, and / is about 50 to 100 times what you need for a workstation. hth

Re: Bootloader for Sarge

2004-09-17 Thread Patrick Albuquerque
On Fri, Sep 17, 2004 at 04:24:17PM -0500, hugo vanwoerkom wrote: > Do you have 2 hard disks? The 1st must be hda and the second hdb. Why > hdc? Also it ought to be possible by this release of the installer to > use LILO. I always use LILO. FYI, under Linux, for IDE drives, hda = master

Re: Bootloader for Sarge

2004-09-17 Thread Shaul Karl
On Fri, Sep 17, 2004 at 01:39:23PM -0700, Matthew Jackson wrote: > I just downloaded the weekly build for Sarge and burnt the first iso. > The install goes great but when asked to install GRUB, I decide not > to install to the MBR so it asks me where to install it to. The > reason is I have XP on o

Re: Bootloader for Sarge

2004-09-17 Thread hugo vanwoerkom
Matthew Jackson wrote: I just downloaded the weekly build for Sarge and burnt the first iso. The install goes great but when asked to install GRUB, I decide not to install to the MBR so it asks me where to install it to. The reason is I have XP on one hard disk and Linux on the other hard disk.

Bootloader for Sarge

2004-09-17 Thread Matthew Jackson
I just downloaded the weekly build for Sarge and burnt the first iso. The install goes great but when asked to install GRUB, I decide not to install to the MBR so it asks me where to install it to. The reason is I have XP on one hard disk and Linux on the other hard disk. the linux hard disk

bootloader: setting up multiple linux distros to boot

2004-06-06 Thread Sanjay Chigurupati
Hi, I have setup redhat with boot loader in root partition. I had debian with bootloader on mbr. also hav windows xp. I removed debian and plan to install it later, but the lilo bootloader is still there. My question is can I install a 3rd party bootloader like gag with bootloader entry for

Question on GAG bootloader

2004-04-23 Thread Sanjay Chigurupati
Hi, If I use gag bootloader, do I still need to create a /boot partition? TIA, Sanjay -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Changing bootloader and FS question

2003-12-24 Thread Robert Storey
As someone else pointed out, "apt-get install grub" will install the grub package. To install it in the mbr, your run "grub-install /dev/hda" (assuming you are installing it on /dev/hda). However, once you do this, when you go to reboot, you'll simply be presented with a prompt that says: "grub>".

Re: Changing bootloader and FS question

2003-12-23 Thread David Z Maze
Stephen Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > My Debian 3.0 box, newly installed, is running LILO and Ext3. Can I > use 'dselect' to change the bootload to GRUB and FS to Reiser > without making another clean installation. OR is there any other > way?. Not as such. You can use dselect (or aptitude

Re: Changing bootloader and FS question

2003-12-22 Thread Toshiro
On Tuesday 23 December 2003 01:20, Stephen Liu wrote: > Hi folks, > > My Debian 3.0 box, newly installed, is running LILO and Ext3. Can I use > 'dselect' to change the bootload to GRUB and FS to Reiser without making > another clean installation. OR is there any other way?. > Changing LILO for G

Changing bootloader and FS question

2003-12-22 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi folks, My Debian 3.0 box, newly installed, is running LILO and Ext3. Can I use 'dselect' to change the bootload to GRUB and FS to Reiser without making another clean installation. OR is there any other way?. Kindly advise. Thanks in advance. Merry X'mas and B.R. Stephen Liu -- To UNSUBS

Re: grub as bootloader for linux and windows

2002-11-26 Thread mw
( next building a minimal homenetwork with a Dell Inspiron 5000 ) mw schrieb zu Re: grub as bootloader for linux and windows: > --- please reply directly, I'm not on the list --- > ***Sorry:*** my first mail was sent accidently before finished. > > I intendet to do some more

Re: grub as bootloader for linux and windows

2002-11-24 Thread David Z Maze
mw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I chose to have no special /boot-Partition, it's within the / on > hda8. GRUB shoudl deal fine with this case. > Linux = ext2: > 4) home ... 500 ... hda6 = log2 > 5) / (inkl. /boot ) 3000 ... hda7 = log

Re: grub as bootloader for linux and windows

2002-11-24 Thread mw
--- please reply directly, I'm not on the list --- ***Sorry:*** my first mail was sent accidently before finished. I intendet to do some more reading and thinking and fiddling on the whole thing, before bothering you Anyway. I guess that I don't clearly understand partioning. ( A second

grub as bootloader for linux and windows

2002-11-24 Thread mw
--- please reply directly, I'm not on the list --- Hello, I guess i need the help from somebody very familiar with grub. I am going to install Woody and Win2000 with grub as bootloader on a Dell Inspiron 5000 notebook ( P III, 128 MB, 12 GB ). I proceeded so far to partition the HD

Re: Bootloader with USB support

2001-09-07 Thread dman
On Fri, Sep 07, 2001 at 08:46:33AM -0400, Jason Healy wrote: | Here at work I paved my Dell optiplex and put both Windows (cause I have to) | and Debian (cause I want to) on it. | | I need a bootloader that understands USB, so I can pick which OS to boot. | Right now I can't because the com

Bootloader with USB support

2001-09-07 Thread Jason Healy
Here at work I paved my Dell optiplex and put both Windows (cause I have to) and Debian (cause I want to) on it. I need a bootloader that understands USB, so I can pick which OS to boot. Right now I can't because the computer drops USB support after the BIOS, but before the bootloader. Si

Re: HELP: bootloader problems....

2001-08-24 Thread greg
Bruno Boettcher wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 23, 2001 at 09:07:08PM +0200, Bruno Boettcher wrote: > Hello! > > > > now after several successful reboots with grub, and having changed > > nothing at the booloader, now the thing stops at stage 2 with a error no > > 21 BTW i switched to grub, because t

Re: HELP: bootloader problems....

2001-08-24 Thread Bruno Boettcher
On Thu, Aug 23, 2001 at 09:07:08PM +0200, Bruno Boettcher wrote: Hello! > > now after several successful reboots with grub, and having changed > nothing at the booloader, now the thing stops at stage 2 with a error no > 21 BTW i switched to grub, because there was no way to get lilo to > work

HELP: bootloader problems....

2001-08-23 Thread Bruno Boettcher
Hello! me again now after several successful reboots with grub, and having changed nothing at the booloader, now the thing stops at stage 2 with a error no 21 BTW i switched to grub, because there was no way to get lilo to work this is reported as 21 : Selected disk does not exist

Re: GRUB bootloader

2001-05-14 Thread Noah L. Meyerhans
On Mon, May 14, 2001 at 12:00:35PM +0200, Goeman Stefan wrote: > I am using GRUB version 0.5.93.???, is it perhaps possible that this version > of GRUB does not support large drives? > Should I instead use GRUB version 0.5.96.1 as mentioned in the article? I recommend the version from sid. It has

Re: GRUB bootloader

2001-05-14 Thread Moritz Schulte
Goeman Stefan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Hi, [Problems with Grub] > I am using GRUB version 0.5.93.???, is it perhaps possible that this > version of GRUB does not support large drives? Should I instead use > GRUB version 0.5.96.1 as mentioned in the article? I suggest to install a newer vers

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