Re: Lenny + Dell PE 2970

[Mark Goldshtein <mark.goldshtein@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 11:40 PM, M. Lewis <cajun@> wrote:
>
> Thorny wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:58:32 -0500, M. Lewis posted:
>>
>>> I'm trying to install Lenny on a Dell Power Edge 2970 with little
>>> success.
>>> The problem I'm running into is installing grub. My .iso images check
>>> with
>>> md5sum correctly. With three different DVDs, I get the error:
>>>
>>> Unable to install grub in (hd0)
>>> Executing 'grub-install (hd0)' failed This is a fatal error.
>>>
>>> [...]
>>
>> Lets have a look at your /boot/grub/device.map
>>
>
> I didn't look at that, but now when I try to mount /dev/sda1 it's
> telling me it is an invalid filesystem. Fdisk shows nothing now.
>
> This gets more frustrating as it goes along.

Hey, man! Think positively :)
We are thinking about you!
It is Friday, have a beer :)

Maybe you should look for that partitioning utility on vendor web site?
Maybe the HDD should be pre-partitioned with that util before any OS
installation?

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С Уважением,
Марк Гольдштейн

Sincerely Yours'
Mark Goldshtein