computer locks up during hard drive install (twice)

[ejames82]

i tried to get leafpad, because i'm used to it.  it worked.
i tried to get beaver2.  it also worked.  no problem getting the apps.  
that appbrowser works great!  i'm impressed.  nice job with that, guys.

there's also more good news.  i did a "sudo fdisk -l" and saw that the flash drive sda1 is indeed listed.

sorry i am taking so long to make headway here.  ideas are coming to me in bits and pieces.
thanks.

i have another idea.  i'll check back.

[ejames82]

i have the terminal information.

to recap:
these are the commands suggested to me, to run just before i entered the command "cp -p /mnt/hdc/boot/* /mnt/hda1/boot/" that locks up my computer.
i hope this great deal of info doesn't get the mods upset at me.
thanks everybody.

tc@box:~$ sudo mount | grep mnt
/dev/hda1 on /mnt/hda1 type ext3 (rw,relatime,errors=continue,data=ordered)
/dev/hdc on /mnt/hdc type iso9660 (ro)
/dev/sda1 on /mnt/sda1 type vfat (rw,fmask=0000,dmask=0000,allow_utime=0022,code                                                                                       page=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1)
tc@box:~$ sudo grep mnt /etc/fstab
/dev/fd0        /mnt/fd0        auto     noauto,users,exec    0 0 # Added by TC
/dev/hda1       /mnt/hda1       ext3     noauto,users,exec,relatime 0 0 # Added                                                                                        by TC
/dev/hda3       /mnt/hda3       ext3     noauto,users,exec,relatime 0 0 # Added                                                                                        by TC
/dev/hdc        /mnt/hdc        auto     noauto,users,exec    0 0 # Added by TC
/dev/hdd        /mnt/hdd        auto     noauto,users,exec    0 0 # Added by TC
/dev/sda1       /mnt/sda1       vfat     noauto,users,exec,umask=000 0 0 # Added                                                                                        by TC
tc@box:~$ sudo df -a
Filesystem           1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
tmpfs                   462428     24624    437804   5% /
proc                         0         0         0   0% /proc
sysfs                        0         0         0   0% /sys
devpts                       0         0         0   0% /dev/pts
tmpfs                   256904         0    256904   0% /dev/shm
/dev/hda1               101086      5665     90202   6% /mnt/hda1
/dev/hdc                 10368     10368         0 100% /mnt/hdc
/dev/sda1              7837760    854688   6983072  11% /mnt/sda1
/dev/loop0                 140       140         0 100% /tmp/tcloop/Xlibs_suppor                                                                                       t
/dev/loop1                 680       680         0 100% /tmp/tcloop/libxml2
/dev/loop2                1016      1016         0 100% /tmp/tcloop/glib2
/dev/loop3                 416       416         0 100% /tmp/tcloop/pango
/dev/loop4                 772       772         0 100% /tmp/tcloop/graphics-lib                                                                                       s-1
/dev/loop5                  76        76         0 100% /tmp/tcloop/expat2
/dev/loop6                 132       132         0 100% /tmp/tcloop/fontconfig
/dev/loop7                 196       196         0 100% /tmp/tcloop/pixman
/dev/loop8                 268       268         0 100% /tmp/tcloop/cairo
/dev/loop9                  52        52         0 100% /tmp/tcloop/atk
/dev/loop10               3108      3108         0 100% /tmp/tcloop/gtk2
/dev/loop11                360       360         0 100% /tmp/tcloop/ttf-bitstrea                                                                                       m-vera
/dev/loop12                 56        56         0 100% /tmp/tcloop/leafpad
/dev/loop13                 84        84         0 100% /tmp/tcloop/beaver2
tc@box:~$ sudo dmesg
Linux version 2.6.29.1-tinycore (root@box) (gcc version 4.2.2) #1337 SMP Fri Apr                                                                                        10 19:12:39 EEST 2009
KERNEL supported cpus:
  Intel GenuineIntel
  AMD AuthenticAMD
  NSC Geode by NSC
  Cyrix CyrixInstead
  Centaur CentaurHauls
  Transmeta GenuineTMx86
  Transmeta TransmetaCPU
  UMC UMC UMC UMC
PAT WC disabled due to known CPU erratum.
BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
 BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009f800 (usable)
 BIOS-e820: 000000000009f800 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved)
 BIOS-e820: 00000000000c8000 - 00000000000d0000 (reserved)
 BIOS-e820: 00000000000e0000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved)
 BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 000000001fcf0000 (usable)
 BIOS-e820: 000000001fcf0000 - 000000001fcfc000 (ACPI data)
 BIOS-e820: 000000001fcfc000 - 000000001fd00000 (ACPI NVS)
 BIOS-e820: 000000001fd00000 - 000000001fe80000 (usable)
 BIOS-e820: 000000001fe80000 - 0000000020000000 (reserved)
 BIOS-e820: 00000000ffb80000 - 00000000ffc00000 (reserved)
 BIOS-e820: 00000000fff00000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved)
DMI 2.3 present.
last_pfn = 0x1fe80 max_arch_pfn = 0x100000
kernel direct mapping tables up to 1fe80000 @ 7000-c000
RAMDISK: 1f4f9000 - 1fccebab
ACPI: RSDP 000F6670, 0014 (r0 PTLTD )
ACPI: RSDT 1FCF7082, 0030 (r1 PTLTD    RSDT    6040000  LTP        0)
ACPI: FACP 1FCFBF0A, 0074 (r1 INTEL  Whitney   6040000 PTL     F4240)
FADT: X_PM1a_EVT_BLK.bit_width (16) does not match PM1_EVT_LEN (4)
ACPI: DSDT 1FCF70B2, 4E58 (r1  INTEL  Whitney  6040000 MSFT  100000D)
ACPI: FACS 1FCFCFC0, 0040
ACPI: APIC 1FCFBF7E, 005A (r1 PTLTD      APIC    6040000  LTP        0)
ACPI: BOOT 1FCFBFD8, 0028 (r1 PTLTD  $SBFTBL$  6040000  LTP        1)
ACPI: Local APIC address 0xfee00000
0MB HIGHMEM available.
510MB LOWMEM available.
  mapped low ram: 0 - 1fe80000
  low ram: 00000000 - 1fe80000
  bootmap 00002000 - 00005fd0
(9 early reservations) ==> bootmem [0000000000 - 001fe80000]
  #0 [0000000000 - 0000001000]   BIOS data page ==> [0000000000 - 0000001000]
  #1 [0000001000 - 0000002000]    EX TRAMPOLINE ==> [0000001000 - 0000002000]
  #2 [0000006000 - 0000007000]       TRAMPOLINE ==> [0000006000 - 0000007000]
  #3 [0000100000 - 0000528674]    TEXT DATA BSS ==> [0000100000 - 0000528674]
  #4 [001f4f9000 - 001fccebab]          RAMDISK ==> [001f4f9000 - 001fccebab]
  #5 [0000529000 - 000052c000]    INIT_PG_TABLE ==> [0000529000 - 000052c000]
  #6 [000009f800 - 0000100000]    BIOS reserved ==> [000009f800 - 0000100000]
  #7 [0000007000 - 0000008000]          PGTABLE ==> [0000007000 - 0000008000]
  #8 [0000002000 - 0000006000]          BOOTMAP ==> [0000002000 - 0000006000]
Zone PFN ranges:
  DMA      0x00000000 -> 0x00001000
  Normal   0x00001000 -> 0x0001fe80
  HighMem  0x0001fe80 -> 0x0001fe80
Movable zone start PFN for each node
early_node_map[3] active PFN ranges
    0: 0x00000000 -> 0x0000009f
    0: 0x00000100 -> 0x0001fcf0
    0: 0x0001fd00 -> 0x0001fe80
On node 0 totalpages: 130575
free_area_init_node: node 0, pgdat c0450d80, node_mem_map c1000000
  DMA zone: 32 pages used for memmap
  DMA zone: 0 pages reserved
  DMA zone: 3967 pages, LIFO batch:0
  Normal zone: 989 pages used for memmap
  Normal zone: 125587 pages, LIFO batch:31
ACPI: PM-Timer IO Port: 0x1008
ACPI: Local APIC address 0xfee00000
ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x00] lapic_id[0x00] enabled)
ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x00] high edge lint[0x1])
ACPI: IOAPIC (id[0x01] address[0xfec00000] gsi_base[0])
IOAPIC[0]: apic_id 1, version 32, address 0xfec00000, GSI 0-23
ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 0 global_irq 2 high edge)
ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 9 global_irq 9 high level)
ACPI: IRQ0 used by override.
ACPI: IRQ2 used by override.
ACPI: IRQ9 used by override.
Enabling APIC mode:  Flat.  Using 1 I/O APICs
Using ACPI (MADT) for SMP configuration information
SMP: Allowing 1 CPUs, 0 hotplug CPUs
nr_irqs_gsi: 24
PM: Registered nosave memory: 000000000009f000 - 00000000000a0000
PM: Registered nosave memory: 00000000000a0000 - 00000000000c8000
PM: Registered nosave memory: 00000000000c8000 - 00000000000d0000
PM: Registered nosave memory: 00000000000d0000 - 00000000000e0000
PM: Registered nosave memory: 00000000000e0000 - 0000000000100000
PM: Registered nosave memory: 000000001fcf0000 - 000000001fcfc000
PM: Registered nosave memory: 000000001fcfc000 - 000000001fd00000
Allocating PCI resources starting at 30000000 (gap: 20000000:dfb80000)
NR_CPUS:8 nr_cpumask_bits:8 nr_cpu_ids:1 nr_node_ids:1
PERCPU: Allocating 32768 bytes of per cpu data
Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, mobility grouping on.  Total pages: 129554
Kernel command line: initrd=/boot/tinycore.gz quiet max_loop=256 BOOT_IMAGE=/boo                                                                                       t/bzImage
Enabling fast FPU save and restore... done.
Enabling unmasked SIMD FPU exception support... done.
Initializing CPU#0
PID hash table entries: 2048 (order: 11, 8192 bytes)
Fast TSC calibration using PIT
Detected 1295.750 MHz processor.
Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
console [tty0] enabled
Dentry cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 bytes)
Inode-cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
Memory: 505000k/522752k available (2433k kernel code, 16868k reserved, 1088k dat                                                                                       a, 344k init, 0k highmem)
virtual kernel memory layout:
    fixmap  : 0xfff50000 - 0xfffff000   ( 700 kB)
    pkmap   : 0xff800000 - 0xffc00000   (4096 kB)
    vmalloc : 0xe0680000 - 0xff7fe000   ( 497 MB)
    lowmem  : 0xc0000000 - 0xdfe80000   ( 510 MB)
      .init : 0xc0477000 - 0xc04cd000   ( 344 kB)
      .data : 0xc0360468 - 0xc04707b0   (1088 kB)
      .text : 0xc0100000 - 0xc0360468   (2433 kB)
Checking if this processor honours the WP bit even in supervisor mode...Ok.
Calibrating delay loop (skipped), value calculated using timer frequency.. 2592.                                                                                       47 BogoMIPS (lpj=4319166)
Mount-cache hash table entries: 512
CPU: L1 I cache: 16K, L1 D cache: 16K
CPU: L2 cache: 256K
Intel machine check architecture supported.
Intel machine check reporting enabled on CPU#0.
Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
SMP alternatives: switching to UP code
Freeing SMP alternatives: 9k freed
ACPI: Core revision 20081204
..TIMER: vector=0x30 apic1=0 pin1=2 apic2=-1 pin2=-1
CPU0: Intel(R) Celeron(TM) CPU                1300MHz stepping 01
Brought up 1 CPUs
Total of 1 processors activated (2592.47 BogoMIPS).
net_namespace: 944 bytes
NET: Registered protocol family 16
ACPI: bus type pci registered
PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfd9a8, last bus=1
PCI: Using configuration type 1 for base access
bio: create slab <bio-0> at 0
ACPI: EC: Look up EC in DSDT
ACPI: Interpreter enabled
ACPI: (supports S0 S1 S3 S4 S5)
ACPI: Using IOAPIC for interrupt routing
ACPI: No dock devices found.
ACPI: PCI Root Bridge [PCI0] (0000:00)
pci 0000:00:01.0: reg 10 32bit mmio: [0xf8000000-0xfbffffff]
pci 0000:00:01.0: reg 14 32bit mmio: [0xf4000000-0xf407ffff]
pci 0000:00:1f.0: quirk: region 1000-107f claimed by ICH4 ACPI/GPIO/TCO
pci 0000:00:1f.0: quirk: region 1180-11bf claimed by ICH4 GPIO
pci 0000:00:1f.1: reg 20 io port: [0x1080-0x108f]
pci 0000:00:1f.2: reg 20 io port: [0x10a0-0x10bf]
pci 0000:00:1f.3: reg 20 io port: [0x1100-0x110f]
pci 0000:00:1f.5: reg 10 io port: [0x1200-0x12ff]
pci 0000:00:1f.5: reg 14 io port: [0x1300-0x133f]
pci 0000:01:06.0: reg 10 io port: [0x2000-0x20ff]
pci 0000:01:06.0: reg 14 32bit mmio: [0xf4100000-0xf41000ff]
pci 0000:01:06.0: supports D1 D2
pci 0000:01:06.0: PME# supported from D1 D2 D3hot D3cold
pci 0000:01:06.0: PME# disabled
pci 0000:01:0b.0: reg 10 32bit mmio: [0xf4100400-0xf41004ff]
pci 0000:01:0b.0: reg 14 io port: [0x2800-0x2807]
pci 0000:01:0b.0: reg 18 io port: [0x2400-0x24ff]
pci 0000:01:0b.0: supports D2
pci 0000:01:0b.0: PME# supported from D2 D3hot D3cold
pci 0000:01:0b.0: PME# disabled
pci 0000:00:1e.0: transparent bridge
pci 0000:00:1e.0: bridge io port: [0x2000-0x2fff]
pci 0000:00:1e.0: bridge 32bit mmio: [0xf4100000-0xf41fffff]
pci_bus 0000:00: on NUMA node 0
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0._PRT]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.HUB_._PRT]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 9 *10 11 12 14 15)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 *9 10 11 12 14 15)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 9 10 *11 12 14 15)
ACPI: Power Resource [FN01] (on)
SCSI subsystem initialized
libata version 3.00 loaded.
usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
usbcore: registered new device driver usb
PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing
pnp: PnP ACPI init
ACPI: bus type pnp registered
pnp: PnP ACPI: found 15 devices
ACPI: ACPI bus type pnp unregistered
PnPBIOS: Disabled by ACPI PNP
system 00:01: ioport range 0x1000-0x107f has been reserved
system 00:01: ioport range 0x1180-0x11bf has been reserved
system 00:01: ioport range 0x4d0-0x4d1 has been reserved
system 00:01: ioport range 0x600-0x67f has been reserved
system 00:01: ioport range 0xfe00-0xfe0f has been reserved
system 00:01: iomem range 0xff800000-0xffffffff could not be reserved
system 00:01: iomem range 0xfec00000-0xfec00fff has been reserved
system 00:01: iomem range 0xfee00000-0xfee00fff has been reserved
system 00:02: iomem range 0x0-0x9ffff could not be reserved
system 00:02: iomem range 0xe0000-0xfffff could not be reserved
system 00:02: iomem range 0x100000-0x1fffffff could not be reserved
pci 0000:00:1e.0: PCI bridge, secondary bus 0000:01
pci 0000:00:1e.0:   IO window: 0x2000-0x2fff
pci 0000:00:1e.0:   MEM window: 0xf4100000-0xf41fffff
pci 0000:00:1e.0:   PREFETCH window: disabled
pci 0000:00:1e.0: setting latency timer to 64
pci_bus 0000:00: resource 0 io:  [0x00-0xffff]
pci_bus 0000:00: resource 1 mem: [0x000000-0xffffffff]
pci_bus 0000:01: resource 0 io:  [0x2000-0x2fff]
pci_bus 0000:01: resource 1 mem: [0xf4100000-0xf41fffff]
pci_bus 0000:01: resource 2 mem: [0x0-0x0]
pci_bus 0000:01: resource 3 io:  [0x00-0xffff]
pci_bus 0000:01: resource 4 mem: [0x000000-0xffffffff]
NET: Registered protocol family 2
IP route cache hash table entries: 4096 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)
TCP established hash table entries: 16384 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
TCP bind hash table entries: 16384 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
TCP: Hash tables configured (established 16384 bind 16384)
TCP reno registered
NET: Registered protocol family 1
checking if image is initramfs... it is
Switched to high resolution mode on CPU 0
Freeing initrd memory: 8022k freed
Simple Boot Flag at 0x35 set to 0x1
fuse init (API version 7.11)
msgmni has been set to 1002
alg: No test for stdrng (krng)
io scheduler noop registered
io scheduler deadline registered (default)
pci 0000:00:01.0: Boot video device
input: Power Button (FF) as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXPWRBN:00/input/input0
ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF]
input: Power Button (CM) as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0C:00/input/inpu                                                                                       t1
ACPI: Power Button (CM) [PWRB]
fan PNP0C0B:00: registered as cooling_device0
ACPI: Fan [FAN1] (on)
ACPI: Invalid PBLK length [5]
processor ACPI_CPU:00: registered as cooling_device1
ACPI Exception (thermal-0377): AE_OK, No or invalid critical threshold [20081204                                                                                       ]
isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards...
isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
Real Time Clock Driver v1.12b
Non-volatile memory driver v1.3
Serial: 8250/16550 driver, 4 ports, IRQ sharing disabled
serial8250: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
serial8250: ttyS1 at I/O 0x2f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
00:09: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
00:0a: ttyS1 at I/O 0x2f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077
brd: module loaded
loop: loaded (max 256 devices)
PPP generic driver version 2.4.2
PPP Deflate Compression module registered
NET: Registered protocol family 24
tun: Universal TUN/TAP device driver, 1.6
tun: (C) 1999-2004 Max Krasnyansky <maxk@qualcomm.com>
Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver
piix 0000:00:1f.1: IDE controller (0x8086:0x2411 rev 0x02)
PIIX_IDE 0000:00:1f.1: power state changed by ACPI to D0
piix 0000:00:1f.1: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
    ide0: BM-DMA at 0x1080-0x1087
    ide1: BM-DMA at 0x1088-0x108f
Probing IDE interface ide0...
hda: QUANTUM FIREBALLlct15 15, ATA DISK drive
hda: host max PIO4 wanted PIO255(auto-tune) selected PIO4
hda: UDMA/66 mode selected
Probing IDE interface ide1...
hdc: ATAPI iHAP422 9, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
hdd: MEMOREX CD-RW4224, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
hdc: host max PIO4 wanted PIO255(auto-tune) selected PIO4
hdc: UDMA/66 mode selected
hdd: host max PIO4 wanted PIO255(auto-tune) selected PIO4
hdd: MWDMA2 mode selected
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
ide_generic: please use "probe_mask=0x3f" module parameter for probing all legac                                                                                       y ISA IDE ports
ide-gd driver 1.18
hda: max request size: 128KiB
hda: 29336832 sectors (15020 MB) w/418KiB Cache, CHS=29104/16/63
hda: cache flushes not supported
 hda: hda1 hda2 hda3
ide-cd driver 5.00
ide-cd: hdc: ATAPI 48X DVD-ROM DVD-R/RAM CD-R/RW drive, 2048kB Cache
Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
ide-cd: hdd: ATAPI 24X CD-ROM CD-R/RW drive, 1860kB Cache
Driver 'sd' needs updating - please use bus_type methods
ehci_hcd: USB 2.0 'Enhanced' Host Controller (EHCI) Driver
ohci_hcd: USB 1.1 'Open' Host Controller (OHCI) Driver
uhci_hcd: USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1f.2: PCI INT D -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1f.2: setting latency timer to 64
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1f.2: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1f.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1f.2: irq 19, io base 0x000010a0
usb usb1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 1-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
USB Mass Storage support registered.
PNP: PS/2 Controller [PNP0303:KBC0,PNP0f13:MSE0] at 0x60,0x64 irq 1,12
serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
cpuidle: using governor ladder
cpuidle: using governor menu
padlock: VIA PadLock not detected.
padlock: VIA PadLock Hash Engine not detected.
usbcore: registered new interface driver hiddev
usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
usbhid: v2.6:USB HID core driver
ip_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
TCP cubic registered
NET: Registered protocol family 17
NET: Registered protocol family 15
RPC: Registered udp transport module.
RPC: Registered tcp transport module.
Using IPI No-Shortcut mode
Freeing unused kernel memory: 344k freed
input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard as /devices/platform/i8042/serio0/input/inpu                                                                                       t2
usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
usb 1-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 1-2:1.0: USB hub found
hub 1-2:1.0: 4 ports detected
input: ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse as /devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input3
intel_rng: FWH not detected

[batnas]

I don't know where to go now, either

Maybe try to copy the files one at a time?

Also, just to be sure: how big is your hdd?

\\Batnas

[ejames82]

it's a 15gb.  plenty big enough for tinycore.

[batnas]

it's a 15gb.  plenty big enough for tinycore.

Yeah thought so..
How about copying them seperately??

\\Batnas

[ejames82]

batnas,

"How about copying them seperately??"
i would be glad to, if i knew how.  i guess that command copies both the kernel and the initrd files.  copying one at a time would tell specifically which is causing the problem, or that the task or copying both at once is overwhelming.  i only know a little about it, not how to modify or implement.
thanks.

by the way, i also tried another hard drive and it locks up at the same place in the same way.  this hard drive was only 10gb, but i put ubuntu on 10gb's comfortably numerous times.  10gb is enough for tinycore.  this computer has been discriminating without cause.  some distros that would not install on any other computer would install on this one, and some distros that install on every other computer, wouldn't on this one.  like it has a personality.

[batnas]

the command

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cp /mnt/hdc/boot/* /mnt/hda1/boot/
Copies 2 files:

• bzImage
• tinycore.gz

To copy them seperately you should:

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cp /mnt/hdc/boot/bzImage /mnt/hda1/boot/
cp /mnt/hdc/boot/tinycore.gz /mnt/hda1/boot/and maybe with 'sudo'

\\Batnas

[maro]

ejames82: Thanks for providing the output of those commands. When troubleshooting a tend to take a "Never just assume anything, double-check it" kind of approach. Therefore I suggested to provide information that proves that the mounting has worked. In particular since you stated "i'm just a newbie" I wanted to establish this basis. The output you've provided appears to show that there is no problem in that regard.

Now just repeating the same command in the same circumstances will likely lead to the same results. So lets break your problem down into it's various parts. Even though these steps might look primitive I hope it will help you in the end:

• Are the source files readable? You could check this with wc -c /mnt/hdc/boot/bzImage. In the case of TC 2.11.2 this should be
  1994736 /mnt/hdc/boot/bzImage
• Can a directory be created on the destination device? So let's try: sudo mkdir /mnt/hda1/test ; chown tc:staff /mnt/hda1/test
• Can a file be created on the destination device? So let's try date > /mnt/hda1/test/now ; cat /mnt/hda1/test/now
  If this test succeeds as well you could do the "clean-up" with sudo rm -rf /mnt/hda1/test
• I believe you have already created the target directory, but let's see if there is anything else on the destination file system: ls -lRA /mnt/hda1. If still needed create the 'boot' directories (again?) with mkdir -p /mnt/hda1/boot/grub
• Can a single file be copied? Let's just try with the kernel: sudo cp -p /mnt/hdc/boot/bzImage /mnt/hda1/boot

So how far did you get?

[ejames82]

to be democratic, i'll try batnas's suggestion first.  in all honesty, the project was heading in that direction anyway.  if batnas hadn't offered the command, i would have asked him what it was.  i am interested in knowing what happens if i install those files one at a time.

i hope both of you stick around.  your guidance is appreciated by me.
i'll be right back, thanks.

[ejames82]

this command:

cp /mnt/hdc/boot/bzImage /mnt/hda1/boot/

is the one that locks it.  the other with tinycore.gz works.  i tried bzImage first, it locked it.  i tried tinycore.gz first, it worked.  then bzImage second, locked it.   so now we know that the bzImage is locking it.

i appreciate those commands, batnas.

[ejames82]

maro,

i hope i still have you with me.  these are the commands that i run as soon as the computer boots into live-cd environment.  they are all preceded by sudo, otherwise it won't work.  i get no errors during these commands.

rebuildfstab

mount /mnt/hda1

mkdir -p /mnt/hda1/boot/grub

mount /mnt/hdc


i am assuming that you want this command
wc -c /mnt/hdc/boot/bzImage
after the fourth command listed above.  i'll assume that unless you post otherwise.
i'll run the command and see if i can't get that output copied and pasted from the termanal.
thanks.

 

[ejames82]

maro,

i ran the first four commands then ran the command suggested by you

wc -c /mnt/hdc/boot/bzImage

it locked up.
does this verify that it is not readable.  that's strange because i am really fussy now and verify the hash every time before i burn the iso.

i'll go back and look at your last post again.  even though this isn't working, i think it's very interesting.
thanks.

[aus9]

hi

I am a TC newbie so feel free to ignore my suggestions.

1) Your have an fstab showing /dev/hdd....and a dmesg output that shows its an optical drive.... why not try booting that one...and then retrying your copy command but mounting hdd?

So where in the install page it says
mount /mnt/hdc....replace hdc with hdd please

(That might resolve the earlier question on whether its your optical drive playing up)

2) I don't discount a bad burn.....but if your tinycore.gz successfully copied over why not try using the apps icon to install a web browser (in live mode)....arora is small and useful.....and then grab the bzImage off the web?

http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/tinycorelinux/2.x/release/distribution_files/bzImage

Download that to your (live) /home/tc folder and then use

sudo su
mount /mnt/hda1
cp /home/tc/bzImage /mnt/hda1/boot

3) Maybe you could burn another small distro such as the alpha release and see if you get the same error on bzImage?

4) Assuming they are IDE optical drives....if you know how to discharge static electricity from yourself...using a wrist strap or touching the PSU with the back of your hand....try pushing in the power connectors and data cable to both ends ....meaning the motherboard and the optical drive.....in case your computer cables have just come a bit loose over time?

[ejames82]

maro,

here is the terminal output from the commands that you suggested that i run.  being a newbie i wouldn't know what it all means.

tc@box:~$ sudo fdisk -l

Disk /dev/hda: 10.0 GB, 10005037056 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1216 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks  Id System
/dev/hda1   *           1          13      104391  83 Linux
/dev/hda2              14         140     1020127+ 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda3             141        1216     8642970  83 Linux

Disk /dev/sda: 8036 MB, 8036285952 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 977 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks  Id System
/dev/sda1               1         976     7839698   b Win95 FAT32
tc@box:~$ sudo rebuildfstab
tc@box:~$ sudo mount /mnt/hda1
tc@box:~$ sudo mkdir -p /mnt/hda1/boot/grub
tc@box:~$ sudo mount /mnt/hdc
tc@box:~$ sudo mkdir /mnt/hda1/test ; chown tc:staff /mnt/hda1/test
chown: /mnt/hda1/test: Operation not permitted
tc@box:~$ sudo date > /mnt/hda1/test/now ; cat /mnt/hda1/test/now
sh: can't create /mnt/hda1/test/now: Permission denied
cat: can't open '/mnt/hda1/test/now': No such file or directory
tc@box:~$ sudo rm -rf /mnt/hda1/test
tc@box:~$ sudo ls -lRA /mnt/hda1
/mnt/hda1:
total 13
drwxr-xr-x    3 root     root          1024 May 30 23:01 boot
drwx------    2 root     root         12288 May 30 19:05 lost+found

/mnt/hda1/boot:
total 8057
-r--r--r--    1 root     root             0 May 30 23:01 bzImage
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root          1024 May 30 20:20 grub
-r--r--r--    1 root     root       8215467 May 30 23:00 tinycore.gz

/mnt/hda1/boot/grub:
total 0

/mnt/hda1/lost+found:
total 0
tc@box:~$

[ejames82]

aus9,

"I am a TC newbie so feel free to ignore my suggestions."
i don't pass judgement on those grounds.

"1) Your have an fstab showing /dev/hdd....and a dmesg output that shows its an optical drive.... why not try booting that one...and then retrying your copy command but mounting hdd?"
is that somewhere in the same reply as the dmesg command (either 15 or 16)?  in either case, i think i understand what you are trying to say.  run all hdc commands with hdd instead.  maybe i have my cd/dvd decks mixed up.  it seems like when i copied the files, at the very least, i would have got an error message.  but  hey, what can it hurt?  i'll try it, but i don't think i have them mixed up.  i would be GLAD to admit i'm wrong.

i really appreciate the suggestion about the browser and the link.  i must admit that task sounds tough, but like everything else i've done so far, i'll give it my best shot.  maybe i can pull it off.
all your suggestions are good and worthy.  i already checked the cable (the side panel is already off).
thanks.