what a fuc..
Forum: HD Install
Topic: what a fuc..
started by: manwiththewatch
Posted by manwiththewatch on June 18 2005,12:52
so, i downloaded DSL iso file, burned it, rebooted my pc, there goes DSL loge, and, and, and, and.....?
????HOW CAN I INSTALL that damn linux on my hd?
that the quastion!!i don`t want live cd, i just want to install it, that`s all!!!
so, typing "setup" is not working, and pressing enter, it starts fuc..ing live cd!!
so, how can i get to the setup window to run cfdiks, make swap and linux, and install !!!!
damn linux..
Posted by WoofyDugfock on June 18 2005,13:09
Read < the shiny new docs > that Saidin, Tronik and others work so hard on, and then, if needed, search the forum.It's usually best to do that before posting if at all possible. But I (and most on this forum) have asked lots of redundant questions in the past so don't feel insulted. The docs weren't there when I started (~9 months ago) so you're lucky.
Welcome anyway and all the best with it!
Posted by manwiththewatch on June 18 2005,13:11
sudo sucfdisk /dev/hda
not working!
Posted by JO+ on June 18 2005,15:23
are you sure your harddisk is on /dev/hda ? It could be any of hda, hdb, hdc, hdd.Try to find out, which drives/partitions DSL autodetected :
| Quote |
| dsl@box:~$ cat /proc/partitions major minor #blocks name 22 0 78184008 hdc ... 3 0 3173184 hda 3 1 294304 hda1 3 2 1 hda2 .... |
If you have SCSI disks it could be even something like /dev/sda, /dev/sdb...
Posted by Alfred on June 18 2005,20:34
My sure you boot into Linux. You are probably only at the boot prompt.At the "boot:" prompt enter "dsl 2". This will load the kernel in text-on mode. One it has booted and you get a prompt then you can enter "sudo su" and then "cfdisk /dev/hda". From there you enter the partitioning utility cfdisk. Delete your old partitions and create two new ones - a swap partition as hda1 (usually twice the size of your RAM) and the remainder of the disk can be your linux partition. Make sure you enable it as "bootable". In cfdisk you have to select "write" to make the actual changes to the partition table. After you are all done, reboot so that the new partition table is read. enter dsl 2, sudo su, then "dsk-hdinstall"...
Posted by Alfred on June 18 2005,20:36
Reference my post above - make sure you are adding and deleting partitions to the right HD! These changes are permanent. Sorry about the typos.
Posted by manwiththewatch on June 19 2005,18:08
i done all:dsl 2
sudo su
cfdisk (there i make swap and linux parts on my hd, and then i wrote it)
dsl-hdinstall
all were fine, the last thing i was asked was: do you want to run boot loader now (y/...) ??
so, i type "..." (it`s "no, i don`t want to run boot loader now", is`n it??
)... and what next, what should i type next??
ok, i type "exit" then "reboot", and then i return to my sugar sweet Windows XP....
actually few months ago i installed DSL, but i had some problems with lilo, so i deleted it in the same day - it`s another story.
but THE BIG PROBLEM now is - i don`t remember how i got to the setup window (blue and grey colours)!!!!!!!!!!!
maybe i had some old version of DSL.
in that setup window i had options, and all instalation was in that window.
but now i just don`t remember!!!
i done all this dsl 2/ sudo su/ cfdisk.......... typing and
so, any help how can i get to the setup window where i can do all the instalation?? ?? ?? ?? ?