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computer locks up during hard drive install (twice)
ejames82:
aus9,
it's only been minutes since my last post. just wanted to pop in real quick and say the browser suggestion was excellent. the arora browser is fine. i like it. another nice job by the development folks as well.
thanks. i'll check out the rest of your info.
ejames82:
i actually put the bzImage file on a flash drive as suggested by aus9. if anyone would be so kind to provide me with the command to copy over i would be most grateful. i think the flash drive will show as sda1 and the file will be bzImage.
anyway, i think i am going to get this, unless the computer locks up during the copying process.
thanks to everybody.
maro:
To summarize what you have meanwhile reported: The destination device seems fine (i.e. at least WRT mounting and creation of files and directories), but the kernel file (i.e. 'bzImage') can't be read form the "first" CD-ROM drive.
You have now several options as suggested by aus9. It's hard to say which one is better (but I would first get rid of the zero length kernel file on the hard disk with sudo rm -f /mnt/hda1/boot/bzImage):
* Use the other CD-ROM drive (replacing 'hdd' for 'hdc' in the 'mount' and 'cp' commands), or
* Download the file directly with
sudo wget -P /mnt/hda1/boot http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/tinycorelinux/2.x/release/distribution_files/bzImage
(I don't see the need to use a browser and copying of files from one place to another if you can do it with a single command)
After this has hopefully worked continue with the steps of installing GRUB onto the hard disk. Don't forget that you'll need to download that extension (e.g. via tce-load -wi grub-0.97-splash or the use of the now familiar 'Apps' GUI front end).
curaga:
Note that you can check a cd's md5sum after burn, too:
md5sum /dev/hdc
ejames82:
maro,
"To summarize what you have meanwhile reported: The destination device seems fine"
this hard drive was tested with seatools. another functional drive was tried too, the lockup occured exactly the same way on both drives during the copying of the bzImage and tinycore.gz files. it was later narrowed down to the bzImage that was causing the lockup.
"but the kernel file (i.e. 'bzImage') can't be read form the "first" CD-ROM drive.".
with all that has been going on i failed to mention that the memorex 4224 drive doesn't work properly. some times it will play a disk, but has never worked to boot or install an OS. it is listed as hdd in the dmesg output. i don't know why that cd drive doesn't work. i've tried using it numerous times. my consideration of changing hdc to hdd as per aus9's suggestion was just hoping for a strange fluke or an oversight by me. the iHAP422 is the cd drive running the live tinycore disk and has been doing all the work. it is listed in the dmesg as hdc. to say that the bzImage couldn't be read may be true. all i know is the computer locks up when trying to copy the files from there.
"I would first get rid of the zero length kernel file on the hard disk with sudo rm -f /mnt/hda1/boot/bzImage):"
i did it. no error message.
"Download the file directly with
sudo wget -P /mnt/hda1/boot http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/tinycorelinux/2.x/release/distribution_files/bzImage"
no error message doing this either. it looks like i have the files that have been causing the lockup.
"After this has hopefully worked continue with the steps of installing GRUB onto the hard disk. Don't forget that you'll need to download that extension"
what is "that extension"? i can't recall any extension ever being mentioned. i did continue with the instructions on the installation page, figuring this would be covered. please explain this more.
"(e.g. via tce-load -wi grub-0.97-splash"
do i need to run this command? i was not sure.
"or the use of the now familiar 'Apps' GUI front end)."
to do what? what am i going there to get? by the way, this is a great program.
as i stated, i did continue with the instructions on the installations page.
i had a problem with this command:
tc@box:~$ sudo cp -p /usr/lib/grub/i386-pc/* /mnt/hda1/boot/grub/
cp: can't stat '/usr/lib/grub/i386-pc/*': No such file or directory
thanks.
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