Re: Install help on Zonbu
The partion manager says /dev/sda when i create the partions so i don't think it installs to /dev/sdb but i'll try to install from a wmvare image to see if i get the same result
On 9/13/07, Mumia W.. <paduille.4061.mumia.w+nospam@earthlink.net> wrote:
On 09/12/2007 02:34 PM, Mikael Rudberg wrote:
> Thanks for all your feedback guys, so based on your feedback that grub is
> confused i thought i give it a go to prep the USB harddrive with the
> netinstall image instead of running it from the USB stick.
>
> So i did the following (from another Debian)
>
> zcat boot.img.rz > /dev/sda
> mount /dev/sda /mnt
> cp initrd.gz /mnt (from the netinstall)
> umount /mnt
>
> And this time i only booted the machine with the USB HD attached and the
> installer booted and run happily from the USB HD
>
>
> i proceeded with the installation and selected /dev/sda as the partion to
> put grub on
>
> Reboot.... and still the same problem is there (no boot entries). also tried
> the grub commands suggested but when i do root ( <tab> i only get fd0. and
> the finds dosn't work
>
> Then i tried to install grub on
>
> /dev/sda1
>
> dosn't boot at all
>
> making the partition reiserfs instead of ext3
> Grub error 17
> after doing a rescue and grub-install /dev/sda
> Grub error 18
>
>
> So my guess is either
> a) The USB-HD isn't supported ( which seems a bit unlikely as it boots the
> installer )
> b) Some weird restriction exist in the hardware to boot from a USB-HD
> c) Im doing some stupid mistake that I'm not realizing
>
> I can't really come up with anything what to do next if you guys have any
> more suggestions please let me know
>
> Thanks
>
> /Mikael
>
>
It should work. You need to repartition the USB drive and reinstall
Debian onto it. But as you do the install, you need to appreciate the
fact that you'll install Grub to a different device specification than
it will boot from.
That is to say, you'll install both Debian and Grub to /dev/sdb (USB
disk), but when the machine boots, Grub should see /dev/sda (USB disk).
IOW, configure Grub so that it wants to boot from /dev/sda, but install
Grub to /dev/sdb. That's the best I can do to explain it; I doubt this
is possible with Grub, but I think it's possible with Lilo.
Anyway, good luck.
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