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| 225848 | 2004-03-29 11:19:00 | laptop Compaq Presario 700, 128 meg, Mobile Amd Duron 1.1 partion info /dev/hda1 ntfs 9994 gig /dev/hda2 linux swap 256 meg /dev/hda4 ext3 6032 gig linux install here (hda4) I set this up in disk druid as /boot /dev/hda3 extended /dev/hda5 vfat recovery partion problem I can boot from a linux boot disk, but no matter how I configure Lilo or grub I cant get either boot loaders to work The install went well once I found a non destructive partioning tool for ntfs ( BootItNg (http://terabyteunlimited.com)) The penguin has great games and utilities ;) |
beama (111) | ||
| 225849 | 2004-03-29 11:28:00 | I presume that /dev/hda3 must be the root partition? What error messages do you get when you try to boot with LILO or GRUB? |
JohnD (509) | ||
| 225850 | 2004-03-29 11:35:00 | Sorry - misread (/dev/hda3 is an extended partition). You cannot have installed without a root (/) partition - so I presume the root partition is /dev/hda3 and /boot is not a separate partition - just a folder in /. |
JohnD (509) | ||
| 225851 | 2004-03-29 11:37:00 | I really should shut up tonight!! I mean: You cannot have installed without a root (/) partition - so I presume the root partition is /dev/hda4 and /boot is not a separate partition - just a folder in /. |
JohnD (509) | ||
| 225852 | 2004-03-29 11:43:00 | no error message just boots to xp | beama (111) | ||
| 225853 | 2004-03-29 11:46:00 | John I think Its A bit late for both of us :) hda4 is root |
beama (111) | ||
| 225854 | 2004-03-29 11:46:00 | I know what those days are like John ;-) Beama> We'll roll with Grub this time okay, try this: As root, type: grub It'll work its magic, and you'll get: GNU GRUB version 0.93 (640K lower / 3072K upper memory) [ Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported. For the first word, TAB lists possible command completions. Anywhere else TAB lists the possible completions of a device/filename. ] grub> Or something to that effect. Next, you want to: root (hd0,2) setup (hd0) quit Next, depending on where your grub.conf file is (/boot/grub or /etc) then you'll need to edit it. It should look something like mine, a little tailored (hopefully) to your scenario): # Which listing to boot as default. 0 is the first, 1 the second etc. default 0 # How many seconds to wait before the default listing is booted. timeout 10 # Nice, fat splash-image to spice things up :) splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz title=Linux # Partition where the kernel image (or operating system) is located root (hd0,3) kernel /boot/kernel-2.4.24 root=/dev/hda4 # The next three lines are only if you dualboot with a Windows system. # In this case, Windows is hosted on /dev/hda6. title=Windows XP rootnoverify (hd0,0) chainloader +1 Give that a try and see how you get on. Cheers Chill. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 225855 | 2004-03-29 11:49:00 | > # In this case, Windows is hosted on /dev/hda6. > title=Windows XP > rootnoverify (hd0,0) > chainloader +1[/b] Should note that I've modified it for /dev/hda1, not hda6... You'll need to change the kernel version to whatever it is... Check the grub.conf first before hacking away at it, it may be fine...! Chill. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 225856 | 2004-03-29 11:53:00 | Chill and John Thanks very much Chill, Ill give that a go tommorrow, Thanks, I ve already had to much excitement and coffee tonite ;\ |
beama (111) | ||
| 225857 | 2004-03-30 09:18:00 | error messages chill and john as root user root (hda0,2) - file system type unknown, partion type 0xf setup (hd0) - error 17: cannot mount selected partion quit (heres one command that did what it was told :) ) so I did mount hda1 - cant find hda1 in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab cd / cd /etc locate fstab vi fstab and yes the mount point is not defined help btw lilo command entered in bash (i think)returned "you may need to enable lba32" message |
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