DSL not loaded at computer start
Forum: HD Install
Topic: DSL not loaded at computer start
started by: wiill
Posted by wiill on July 30 2007,20:03
I tried to install DSL on a a really crapy computer.- 133Mhz Pentium 200
- ~65Mb RAM
- 756Mb HD
It doesn't have windoze anymore.
I selected a Frugal Grub install and when I start my computer DSL is doesn't loaded a all.
By the way I fallowed letter by letter the instruction on the wiki and it work find with the CD.
Posted by lucky13 on July 30 2007,23:46
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| I tried to install DSL on a a really crapy computer. |
That computer doesn't sound too crappy to me.
You need to provide more information if you want to get it running. What happened when you booted, etc.?
Posted by wiill on July 31 2007,12:46
So my computer start and the bios load everything and blablabla...afther it show Grub and it don't do anything.
Posted by lucky13 on July 31 2007,14:41
Did you edit menu.lst for GRUB to accomodate your needs?
Posted by gothelin on Aug. 01 2007,12:51
Does it just show the word "Grub" and a blinking cursor? You might have the same issue that I did. My problem was solved by installing Grub manually. The information on what to do can be found in the 3rd response on < this thread >. 
Posted by wiill on Aug. 05 2007,12:36
| Quote (gothelin @ Aug. 01 2007,08:51) |
| Does it just show the word "Grub" and a blinking cursor? You might have the same issue that I did. My problem was solved by installing Grub manually. The information on what to do can be found in the 3rd response on < this thread >. |
How do I do that
Posted by wiill on Aug. 05 2007,15:12
| Quote (lucky13 @ July 31 2007,10:41) |
| Did you edit menu.lst for GRUB to accomodate your needs? |
It did not work
Posted by lucky13 on Aug. 05 2007,20:05
Why not? What did you do?
Posted by wiill on Aug. 05 2007,20:42
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| title DSL root (hd0,1) kernel /boot/isolinux/linux24 root=/dev/hda2 initrd /boot/isolinux/minirt24.gz makeactive boot |
I added those lines and remove the other.
I found them on the wiki
Just a question by the way : what does the swap partition do?
Posted by lucky13 on Aug. 05 2007,23:10
You said frugal. Which menu.lst did you edit? Was it /cdrom/boot/grub/menu.lst?| Quote |
| Just a question by the way : what does the swap partition do? |
< http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swap_space >
Posted by wiill on Aug. 06 2007,13:08
| Quote (lucky13 @ Aug. 05 2007,19:10) |
| You said frugal. Which menu.lst did you edit? Was it /cdrom/boot/grub/menu.lst? |
No : /boot/grub/menu.lst