Charles Turner wrote: > Hi all- > > I have a new Core 2 Duo Mac Mini, and have been trying to install > Debian Lenny on an external FireWire disk via the i386 netinst CD of > 01sept2007. > > I waded through the older install documentation around the web that > seems geared to earlier machines, have what I think is a satisfactory > disk partition (ie MBR), but now I'm hung at boot with Grub giving me a > "Hard Disk Error". My reading of this error is that it involves a disk > geometry problem. > > I've now checked the geometry prior to installing Grub via netinst and > sfdisk reports: > > Kernel's idea (-g): 28615 64 32 > Disk geometry (-G): 3648 255 63 > > After grub's installed, the "geometry" command: > > geometry (hd1) > > returns 3648 255 63, but I still get my "Hard Disk Error" on boot. > > Any thoughts on how to resolve this? I'd be happy to supply more info; > I know I've been brief here... > > Thanks! Charles Turner > >
I installed Debian on a USB key without GRUB and without touching the HDD on my Macbook Pro. You can read the instructions here http://ghaint.no-ip.org/~k2/debian/mbp-usb.html if you want to try that method. Good luck, /KS -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
