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Posted: Dec. 20 2005,20:03 QUOTE
Hello All!

Just discovered dsl....I likes it!

Now trying to work out hd install on old win98 machine.  I have only mepislite (installed first) and now dsl.  Went into menu.lst and tried 2 different versions to boot up dsl, with no luck.

First one tried was from idea from this forum:

http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin....ot+grub

this is what I added to menu.lst:

title DSL
kernel /boot/linux24 root=/dev/hda3 quiet vga=normal noacpi noapm nodma noscsi frugal

didn't work.....

Found this on dsl wiki:  

http://damnsmalllinux.org/wiki/index.php/Installing_Grub

I wound up with this as my total menu.lst:

timeout 15
color cyan/blue white/blue
foreground ffffff
background 0639a1
gfxmenu /boot/grub/message

title MEPIS at hda4, kernel 2.6.12-1-586tsc
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.12-1-586tsc root=/dev/hda4 nomce quiet splash=verbose vga=791
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.12-1-586tsc

title MEPIS at hda4, kernel 2.4.29
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.29 root=/dev/hda4 nomce quiet splash=verbose vga=791 hdd=ide-scsi
initrd /boot/initrd.splash

title Damn Small Linux
root (hd0,2)
kernel /boot/isolinux/linux24 root=/dev/hda3
initrd /boot/isolinux/minirt24.gz
makeactive
boot

title MEMTEST
kernel /boot/memtest86.bintimeout 15
color cyan/blue white/blue
foreground ffffff
background 0639a1
gfxmenu /boot/grub/message


That didn't work either...

Again, I have only mepislite (installed first) and dsl on here.  I am accessing menu.lst thru mepislite.  The dsl shows up in the boot sequence, but does not engage.

hda1= linux swap 500mb
hda2= fat 32 partition 1gb
hda3= dsl  200mb
hda4= mepislite about 6gb

TIA

Kevin
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Posted: Dec. 20 2005,20:54 QUOTE
Are you getting any specific error when trying to boot DSL (i.e. file not found)?  Also, the code you have is for a frugal install.  If you did not do a frugal install, but did a regular HDD install instead try something more like this:
Code Sample
title Damn Small Linux
root (hd0,2)
kernel /boot/linux24 root=/dev/hda3
makeactive
boot

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Posted: Dec. 20 2005,22:52 QUOTE
I did a frugal install.

When I have choice to chose 2 mepislite kernels or dsl, I choose dsl, but it doesn't start, goes to another screen giving me the choices again until I choose one that works....mepislite.
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Posted: Dec. 21 2005,05:08 QUOTE
I don't think you are supposed to specify a root partition with a frugal installation.

I could be wrong, though.
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Posted: Dec. 21 2005,14:43 QUOTE
No root partition?

Ok, then what do I write in there.  I am new at this stuff, so please explain in detail.

TIA

Kevin
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