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jhsu

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Posted: 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?

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Current cheatcodes:
kernel /boot/linux24 root=/dev/hda1 quiet vga=normal noacpi noapm nodma noscsi frugal home=hda3 opt=hda3 restore=hda3 root=hda3

curaga

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Posted: April 24 2007,14:38

Did it give any errors? Which was the last thing you saw it do?

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Posted: 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.

jhsu

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Posted: 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)
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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

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Current cheatcodes:
kernel /boot/linux24 root=/dev/hda1 quiet vga=normal noacpi noapm nodma noscsi frugal home=hda3 opt=hda3 restore=hda3 root=hda3

jhsu

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Posted: 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.

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Current cheatcodes:
kernel /boot/linux24 root=/dev/hda1 quiet vga=normal noacpi noapm nodma noscsi frugal home=hda3 opt=hda3 restore=hda3 root=hda3

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