Why does the frugal HD install mysteriously quit?Forum: HD Install Topic: Why does the frugal HD install mysteriously quit? started by: jhsu Posted by jhsu on April 24 2007,04:27
OK, I used cfdisk to set up the following partitions:1. hda1: primary partition, 55MB, beginning of drive, bootable, type 83 2. hda2: primary partition, 512 MB (because I have 256 MB RAM), end of drive, type 82 3. hda3: primary partition, rest of drive, type 83 Then I rebooted and used the Frugal GRUB Install. I picked hda1 as the target partition to hold the image. I installed from live CD and formatted the partition when asked. Then the install did a bunch of stuff and then QUIT. So I never got to enter the cheat codes for the boot options, specify the default restore partition, etc. Where did I go wrong? Why didn't the installation work like it was supposed to? Posted by curaga on April 24 2007,14:38
Did it give any errors? Which was the last thing you saw it do?
Posted by ^thehatsrule^ on April 24 2007,15:31
I don't think he had any errors. Afaik only the frugal_lilo script prompts you for boot options, since grub's menu.lst is easily editable.
Posted by jhsu on April 25 2007,01:23
OK, I'm giving it one more go and documenting things as I go along. I got rid of the old partitions, rebooted, and just created new partitions. cfdisk shows:cfdisk 2.11z Disk Drive: /dev/hda Size: 20416757760 bytes, 20.4 GB Heads: 255 Sectors per Track: 63 Cylinders: 2482 Name Flags Part Type FS Type [Label] Size (MB) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ hda1 Boot Primary Linux ext2 57.58 hda3 Primary Linux ext2 19847.61 hda2 Primary Linux swap 509.97 [Bootable] [ Delete ] [ Help ] [Maximize] [ Print ] [ Quit ] [ Type ] [ Units ] [ Write ] Toggle bootable flag of the current partition Posted by jhsu on April 25 2007,02:34
DSL Compressed Image Install/Upgrade.No responsibility for data loss or hardware damage! A linux partition large enough to hold the image file must be created prior to installation. Enter the target partition to hold image (EXAMPLE: hda2): hda1 Install from: [L]iveCD or Frugal Install [P]endrive Local [I]so File Fetching latest iso from [W]eb From Poormans via [B]ootfloppy Choose (l/p/i/w/b): l For INSTALL answer y to format, for UPGRADE answer n. Format the target partition /dev/hda1 (y/..)? y Last chance to exit before destroying all data on /dev/hda1 Continue (y/..)? y Formatting /dev/hda1 mke2fs 1.34-WIP (21-May-2003) Filesystem label= OS type: Linux Block size=1024 (log=0) Fragment size=1024 (log=0) 14056 inodes, 56196 blocks 2809 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user First data block=1 7 block groups 8192 blocks per group, 8192 fragments per group 2008 inodes per group Superblock backups stored on blocks: 8193, 24577, 40961 Writing inode tables: done Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done This filesystem will be automatically checked every 37 mounts or 180 days, whichever comes first. Use tune2fs -c or -i to override. Setting up system image on /mnt/hda1 Setting up grub Installation finished. No error reported. This is the contents of the device map /mnt/hda1/boot/grub/device.map. Check if this is correct or not. If any of the lines is incorrect, fix it and re-run the script `grub-install'. (hd0) /dev/hda (hd1) /dev/hdb (hd2) /dev/hdc (hd3) /dev/hdd (hd4) /dev/hde (hd5) /dev/hdf Grub Installation Completed. Press Enter key. AT THIS POINT, THE WINDOW CLOSES. Posted by ^thehatsrule^ on April 25 2007,04:32
So there is no problem - the window is supposed to close after you press enter.
Posted by jhsu on April 25 2007,12:51
So if there are no errors, why did one of the documents on DSL have additional steps in the frugal install like entering cheat codes for boot options, designating a default restore partition, and designating a partition for myDSL applications? Were these extra steps part of earlier versions of DSL that have since been eliminated? How do I go through these extra steps that the frugal install procedure has eliminated?
Posted by roberts on April 25 2007,14:48
You were already given the answer:
The documentation you are looking at is for frugal lilo and NOT frugal grub. That documentation was created when we only had frugal lilo and it was then called frugal_install.sh. I had not yet added grub to DSL nor I had I even created frugal grub installation program. The frugal grub installation has in its menu.lst many examples for options and is very easy to edit. I suggest that you take a look at it. These are different programs and therefore you cannot expect the documentation to apply to both. |