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Posted: Jan. 23 2007,03:49 QUOTE

I've done a HDD install two weeks ago (been waiting for an email saying I could post to the forums ;(), I got half-way through and was told it would reboot ..... it rebooted, but I can't find DSL on hdb11 in the Grub menu. I have tried
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title   Damn Small Linux, kernel 2.4.26
root    (hd1,10)
kernel  /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.26 root=/dev/hdb11 ro ramdisk_size=100000
initrd  /boot/initrd-img
savedefault
boot

title   Damn Small Linux
root (hd1,10)kernel 2.4.26
initrd /mnt/hd/boot/grub/device.map
savedefault
boot
to no avail.
 Can you post a valid grub entry for my  "/boot/grub/menu.lst" so's I can finish the install. This will be my only Linux distro besides an ancient Beatrix install (2004) that has been running for a few years. ..... it can no longer be updated becuz the owner is in a nursing home in Atlanta and is no longer  involved with the distro. I have PC-BSD on hda (I'm testing BSD) and Beatrix on hdb7. All other Linux distro's have crashed (all Debian Derivs, Libranet/Debian Sarge/Debian Woody/Xandros/ Simply Mepis 2004/Knoppix/etc.) thanks to *buntu's and Mepis/*buntu 6.0. I would like to install a Debian Deriv as my main Linux distro which has no connection to *buntu's and I have chosen DSL. I can find no others that will update/upgrade directly from Debian, and I am not fond of Gnome (Sarge was the killer for me). Thanks for your time.
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Posted: Jan. 23 2007,04:01 QUOTE

Are you using a custom kernel and initrd?
The kernel in DSL is linux24, and the initrd is minirt24.gz
These are both located in /boot/isolinux if you downloaded the standard ISO.


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Posted: Jan. 23 2007,18:31 QUOTE

Or see the wiki: http://damnsmalllinux.org/wiki....st_time
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Posted: Jan. 24 2007,03:58 QUOTE

Quote (mikshaw @ Jan. 22 2007,23:01)
Are you using a custom kernel and initrd?
The kernel in DSL is linux24, and the initrd is minirt24.gz
These are both located in /boot/isolinux if you downloaded the standard ISO.

mikshaw I really didn't understand your posts until I read the Wiki linked below in the next post. Thanks for your help ..... (saved a bunch of iggerant questions ;))
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Posted: Jan. 24 2007,05:00 QUOTE

[quote=^thehatsrule^,Jan. 23 2007,13:31][/quote]
Or see the wiki: http://damnsmalllinux.org/wiki....st_time


Thanks, between you and mikshaw, I was able to go to my grub menu.lst and add the DSL entry .... now to see if it works :lol: Bbkseun! IM2Slick

EDIT: neither one of those worked :angry:  :angry:
I put them in my /boot/grub/menu.lst which is n the Beatrix distro (for updating), They both show up on the grub splash screen, but I get an error 15 for both of them .... any more ideas?

This is what they look like (from the  menu.lst)
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## ## End Default Options ##

title           Beatrix, kernel
root            (hd1,6)
kernel          /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdb7 ro ramdisk_size=100000 lang=de apm$initrd
initrd          /boot/initrd.img-2.6.7        
savedefault
boot

title           Beatrix, kernel 2.6.7
root            (hd1,6)
kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.7 root=/dev/hdb7 ro ramdisk_size=100000 lang=$initrd        
initrd          /boot/initrd.img-2.6.7
savedefault
boot


### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST

title DSL
root (hd1,10)
kernel /boot/linux24 root=/dev/hda11
makeactive
boottitle       Damn Small Linux, kernel 2.4.26

title DSL
root (hd1,10)
kernel /boot/isolinux/linux24 root=/dev/hda11
initrd /boot/isolinux/minirt24.gz
makeactive
boot



#This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/hda1
title   PC-BSD 1.2
root     (hd0,0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader     +1



THX

EDIT: Thanks for noticing the initrd stuff mikshaw!
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