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Tiny Core Base => TCB Q&A Forum => Topic started by: Ledo on April 19, 2009, 05:54:40 PM

Title: Install to HD - after reboot it doesn't boot
Post by: Ledo on April 19, 2009, 05:54:40 PM

My first post. I have old laptop and i tried DSL, puppy Linux and other in past but didn't quite do. I found yesterday about Tiny Core. It looks i will be using my old laptop after all.     :) 

I manage to run TC from Live CD and:
-enable networking
-i understand what it is and what it does and i like it

But after successfully working with it from Live CD i decided it's time to install it on HDD.  But now i have a problem with grub. I followed this tutorial exactly as it is more then 3 times:

http://www.tinycorelinux.com/install.html

But after reboot when grub starts it doesn't load TC. It stays in the "console" of the grub. (no errors)

Instruction should mention we have to install grub first to use to:

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cp -p /usr/lib/grub/i386-pc/* /mnt/hda1/boot/grub/

That took me half our to figure out.

So my question is what should i do differently of what install instruction says so my TC boots?

Thanks for answers.

Title: Re: Install to HD - after reboot it doesn't boot
Post by: Ledo on April 19, 2009, 06:26:55 PM

OK i found out what i was doing wrong! menu.lst was in the wrong place. And in tutorial instedad of this (in step 6):

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vi /mnt/hda1/boot/grub/menu.lst

I did it like this:

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vi /mnt/hda1/boot/menu.lst

Foolish mistake by me. And i did it many times!  ???

So great work. And maybee if u feel it is necessary to say in install tutorial and add a line that says grub must be installed so we can copy files in step 6.

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cp -p /usr/lib/grub/i386-pc/* /mnt/hda1/boot/grub/



 

Title: Re: Install to HD - after reboot it doesn't boot
Post by: ^thehatsrule^ on April 19, 2009, 08:11:46 PM

It assumes that the previous steps have been done (ie, that step 1 was completed before step 6).

Title: Re: Install to HD - after reboot it doesn't boot
Post by: Ledo on April 19, 2009, 08:31:53 PM

To be honest now i see it is mentioned in the title and the last sentence in step one.

But i went trough tutorial many times and i don't know how but probably i just assumed step one is for cfdisk only.

So yes everything is there i agree. Now when everything is working i ask myself how is it possible to go through tutorial so many times and do it wrong way so many times. Go figure.  :-\

So this post is solved and everything is working like it should.

Title: Re: Install to HD - after reboot it doesn't boot
Post by: curaga on April 20, 2009, 12:30:06 PM

Hmm, hats, it's true that if one glosses fast over and only looks at the pics, grub is kinda lost there. Could you add a pic about selecting grub? Should make the tutorial more clear for newbies.

Title: Re: Install to HD - after reboot it doesn't boot
Post by: Guy on May 07, 2009, 11:58:59 PM

Here is some information on how to install Tiny Core, which may help those who are learning.

/net-install.html][removed due to policy violation]/net-install.html (http://[removed due to policy violation)