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ejames82:
i am trying to install tinycore to a hard drive.
i partitioned with gparted, and went through the commands without a problem.
once i get to this command:

cp -p /mnt/hdc/boot/* /mnt/hda1/boot/

it locks up.  it has done this twice.
any ideas about what i could be doing wrong?

is there any other workaround or diagnosis that can be done?
i'm just a newbie.
thanks.

maro:
Are you sure that your command is suitable for the devices on your system? I assume you have the CD-ROM (i.e. '/dev/hdc') and your freshly prepared hard disk partition (i.e. '/dev/hda1') properly mounted (to 'mnt/hdc' and 'mnt/hda1' respectively).

Nevertheless to start with troubleshooting here are a couple of commands. If you would provide us with the respective results, we might be able to help:
    mount | grep mnt
    grep mnt /etc/fstab
    fdisk -l

batnas:
Or you could try

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ejames82:
maro and batnas,

i left the computer on overnight on the slim chance that this morning the files would be copied over, and the computer would no longer be locked up.  i was unlucky.  it was still locked up.

i guess what i am going to have to do is start over.  i have no other choice but to hard kill, that i can think of.

the "sudo fdisk -l" command i don't think will help much.  it just verifies the partitions, size, file types, bootable flag, the names of the partitions, (did i leave anything out) and that everything on the hard drive looks like it should.  i'm reasonably experienced at using gparted now.  i don't think any mistake has been made by me with gparted.
for verification purposes, i will gladly get you this info, but i am 99% certain that the fault won't be found there.

i don't think there is any internet connection by the tiny core live environment, so every type of info transfer has to be done in a primitive way.  basically i am looking at taking digital pictures with my camera and hosting them on imageshack.  i doubt i would be able to post the pics here as attachments.  this will take time.

i am not sure when to run the commands either, i will run them right before the "copy" command where the lockup occurs.

another idea i just had is to try another hard drive.

thanks for the replies.  i'll be back.

batnas:
well,

All our commands tell you your mounted devices...
tun it before the copy

Are there any problems with the hdd?
try
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\\Batnas

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