Laptop HDD on USB interface!Forum: HD Install Topic: Laptop HDD on USB interface! started by: jimihieu Posted by jimihieu on Mar. 24 2006,02:55
hi guysi have a laptop HDD in a case so that it can be used as an external storage through USB i boot up liveCD and partition the HDD well even it is HDD but it still seem as sda device i use install to HDD everything went smooth but when i boot up my laptop and choose boot from external device which will use my USB laptop HDD then it said: "Operating System not found" how to fix this problem please? this hdd original was for storage data 100% no prior OS was installed. i remmber read somewhere about del 1st 512 blocks to make sure MBR is deleted but cant find where again. but i dont think it is the problem anyway.. so please help guys...oh btw im install grub on that hdd.(sda1) thanx Posted by debianar on April 22 2006,11:07
hiwhat is the answer? if u solve it please share us ... Posted by kendall14 on April 22 2006,16:12
If you know of a desktop you can use you could try taking the HDD out of the case, input it as the desktop's only HDD( remove any others), Boot with Live Disc and do a HDD install. Then put it back in the case (and you can put back any HHD(s) in the desktop) and try to boot it. It may work since it seems to me that it does the real setup after boot on HDD installs. (But never even heard of that being tried!!)
Posted by jimihieu on April 23 2006,08:38
hi i forgot to mention that this is a LAPTOP HDD. hmm i dont have a laptop! thanx Posted by Grumpy_Penguin on April 24 2006,18:25
Then you will need an adapter IDE to 2.5 about $5.00 at FRY's or Tiger Direct
Posted by doobit on April 24 2006,20:38
sorry, double post.
Posted by doobit on April 24 2006,20:39
OK, I think the solution is going to be much mor esimple than that. Your hard drive in the case is sda1. That makes sense because in the linux 2.4 kernels USB HDD devices are seen as SCSI. Try to do a USB HDD pendrive install to sda1, and set your BIOS to boot from USB HDD.
Posted by grypokx on May 02 2006,05:28
hi guys!..got the same problem...what i've done so far: I have a PC w/c has a cdrom. so, i removed the hdd from my laptop and place it on a usb external enclusure and hooked it up to my PC. boot up DSL on PC and selected "install to HDD" from the menu. i followed the instructions( i guess ) tell it promted me to reboot. I think i was wrong here: the hdd was partitioned this way...2gig primary, 128 swap, 3 gig logical using partition magic. when the installation promted me w/c hdd i want to install dsl to...i just placed "sda1" w/o thinking...(i assumed that the hdd in the usb enclusure was auto mounted) but it never halted meh if i was wrong or if the partition existed...the installation just continued. so, i guess i was right. when the installation promted that it is finished and i need to reboot, i did not reboot it. instead, i turned the pc off and removed the hdd from the enclosure and placed it back to the laptop. boot up the laptop... it booted w/ lilo as boot loader...but it resulted to a kernel panic.... please help us...... Posted by kerry on May 02 2006,13:52
I think you've got to change lilo since you changed the set up. it is proably pointing to sda1, but now you need it to point to hda1. So try going in to lilo and change root=sda1 to root=hda1. Remember with lilo you have to run lilo in command to activate the new settings.
Posted by grypokx on May 02 2006,17:37
thanks for the reply kerry....i forgot to mention that kernel panic occured before it could reach the x window system(fluxbox)...then it would hang up. so, how do i go in to lilo and change the setup? sorry..im not very good at linux.... |