Dual boot grub challengetitle DSL 2.0<br>kernel /bForum: HD Install Topic: Dual boot grub challengetitle DSL 2.0<br>kernel /b started by: kah5683 Posted by kah5683 on Dec. 20 2005,20:03
Hello All!Just discovered dsl....I likes it! Now trying to work out hd install on old win98 machine. I have only mepislite (installed first) and now dsl. Went into menu.lst and tried 2 different versions to boot up dsl, with no luck. First one tried was from idea from this forum: < http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin....ot+grub > this is what I added to menu.lst: title DSL kernel /boot/linux24 root=/dev/hda3 quiet vga=normal noacpi noapm nodma noscsi frugal didn't work..... Found this on dsl wiki: < http://damnsmalllinux.org/wiki/index.php/Installing_Grub > I wound up with this as my total menu.lst: timeout 15 color cyan/blue white/blue foreground ffffff background 0639a1 gfxmenu /boot/grub/message title MEPIS at hda4, kernel 2.6.12-1-586tsc kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.12-1-586tsc root=/dev/hda4 nomce quiet splash=verbose vga=791 initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.12-1-586tsc title MEPIS at hda4, kernel 2.4.29 kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.29 root=/dev/hda4 nomce quiet splash=verbose vga=791 hdd=ide-scsi initrd /boot/initrd.splash title Damn Small Linux root (hd0,2) kernel /boot/isolinux/linux24 root=/dev/hda3 initrd /boot/isolinux/minirt24.gz makeactive boot title MEMTEST kernel /boot/memtest86.bintimeout 15 color cyan/blue white/blue foreground ffffff background 0639a1 gfxmenu /boot/grub/message That didn't work either... Again, I have only mepislite (installed first) and dsl on here. I am accessing menu.lst thru mepislite. The dsl shows up in the boot sequence, but does not engage. hda1= linux swap 500mb hda2= fat 32 partition 1gb hda3= dsl 200mb hda4= mepislite about 6gb TIA Kevin Posted by Your Fuzzy God on Dec. 20 2005,20:54
Are you getting any specific error when trying to boot DSL (i.e. file not found)? Also, the code you have is for a frugal install. If you did not do a frugal install, but did a regular HDD install instead try something more like this:
Posted by kah5683 on Dec. 20 2005,22:52
I did a frugal install.When I have choice to chose 2 mepislite kernels or dsl, I choose dsl, but it doesn't start, goes to another screen giving me the choices again until I choose one that works....mepislite. Posted by cbagger01 on Dec. 21 2005,05:08
I don't think you are supposed to specify a root partition with a frugal installation.I could be wrong, though. Posted by kah5683 on Dec. 21 2005,14:43
No root partition?Ok, then what do I write in there. I am new at this stuff, so please explain in detail. TIA Kevin Posted by cbagger01 on Dec. 21 2005,19:26
No, I mean the "root=/dev/hda3" words, not the words on the grub root line.
Posted by clivesay on Dec. 21 2005,20:23
Here is an example of mine. I'll explain a few things..... I use this configuration for booting DSL because I use the frugal and/or poorman's install methods for multiple images on the same machine. When Knoppix boots it looks for the first KNOPPIX image it finds. So, if I had an image on partition hda7 it would boot that image instead of the one I have defined above on hda8. So, I add 'fromhd=/dev/hda8' to the append line so that the image on hda8 is booted. Say I want to have DSL 1.5 on one partition and 2.0 on another. I have to be careful because these versions have different kernels 1.5 (2.4.26) and 2.0 (2.4.31). I need make sure linux24 and minirt24.gz are pointing to the correct partition. That is why you see the (hd0,7) in the kernel and initrd lines. Hope this helps Chris Posted by kah5683 on Dec. 24 2005,17:40
In this holiday season....any suggestions? TIA Kevin |