On Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 06:41:03PM +0200, abdelkader belahcene wrote: > Hi, > I bought a toshiba (duo-core 1gb memory) laptop with vista, > > I want to install debian, first problem If I use the recovery wind > disk, All the disk is erased , even If I created partition ?? > > Second problem more complicated, I install debian in free space, > The windows is recognized as system as usual, so I installed the multi > boot (grub) > > I was suprised when I restart the computer, it gives just a line stage > 1, please wait for the loading.;;;; , I waited, waited but it > stopped there ?? it sounds like grub didn't get properly installed or perhaps your drive is unrecognisable to grub somehow. boot the debian installer in rescue-mode and attempt to reinstall grub. poke around and make sure you can see all the various parts of grub in the /boot/grub directory to make sure its in there. You'll likely need *_stage1_5 files as well as the usual stage1 and stage2. A
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