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Topic: can't install DSL!! :'(, Can't find KNOPPIX filesystem (???)

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unh0ly_freak Offline

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Posted: April 27 2007,23:03

I forget the install I chose, but it was the one that's supposed to install DSL to the hard drive.. it also does this whenever I use the normal install method (just hitting enter). I get this:

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Can't find KNOPPIX filesystem, sorry.
Dropping you to a (very limited) shell.
Press reset button to quit.

Additional builtin commands available:
cat mount umount
insmod rmmod lsmod

knoppix#

I already got my hard drive partitioned for a linux system.. I can't go into detail with that 'cause I partitioned it a while back before I got my old new computer (it's a whole thing.. had to change hard drives and floppy drives, etc..).

But yeah, I can't install DSL 'cause I always get the above.. :/
Does anyone know how I can get passed this and actually install DSL?

Thanks in advance for any replies.

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Posted: April 27 2007,23:18

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I forget the install I chose, but it was the one that's supposed to install DSL to the hard drive

"Frugal" and "hard drive" both install to hard drive.

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I can't go into detail with that 'cause I partitioned it a while back before I got my old new computer

The more details you offer, the more help you're likely to get. Find out what kind of partitioning scheme you used ("fdisk -l /dev/hda" will show the partitions on your hard drive -- assuming your hard drive is hda), which kind of install, etc.

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Posted: April 27 2007,23:36

I couldn't get the command you gave me to work.. so I just booted zboot and checked in the program that I partitioned with. Here's what it says:

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83H Linux native
82H Linux swap

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Posted: April 28 2007,01:18

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Posted: April 28 2007,01:20

That error message should pertain to frugal installations.

For the fdisk command, you'll have to boot the livecd to do that since you don't have a working environment yet.

Also, in the livecd, try mounting your linux native partition (ie via mount tool) and list what's stored in there (ie with `find`).

And just hitting enter will not complete your installation. Afaik you have to specify which partition, etc.

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