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

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: 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

Re: Bootloader produces garbage - reconstructing MBR

2005-07-03 Thread Alvin Oga
On Sun, 3 Jul 2005, Haines Brown wrote: > It happened that I could no longer mount my ide cdrom or my scsi cdrom > drives that is a simple kernel option problem - fix lilo/grub config files - manually installt he modules manuall > I can boot all three disks from a grub boot flo

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.

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 computer d