On Friday, May 13, 2011 08:25:43 am Camaleón wrote: <snip> > If I were you, I'll proceed as follows: > > - Remove the laptop stock hard disk (just to prevent rewriting the MBR of > the wrng device) > > - And then try a complete reinstall of GRUB (whatever version you prefer, > you can first give a try to GRUB2 -boot the Debian installation CD and > repair the bootloader- or install GRUB legacy from SDG -v.0.97xx-). > > If none of the attemps succeed and you still cannot boot your Debian > installation, consider using Plop¹, another nice multi-system booter that > does not depend on the BIOS settings/capabilities and seems to support > GRUB/GRUB2 bootloaders. > > Finally, if all of the above fails, well, consider using the "WD My > Passport Essential" USB disk as a paperweight... errr, I mean, as a > backup storage unit O:-) > > ¹http://www.plop.at/en/bootmanager.html#features > > P.S. It won't neither hurt that you look for any available firmware > upgrade for you USB device or even for the BIOS of your computer. Also, > contacting WD on this matter can make you lose a bit of time but it can't > make any bad :-) After all of the previous work, I decided that GRUB wasn't going to work. I tried Plop and it didn't work either.
I decided to use a separate USB device for the /boot partition and reinstall Debian. The "WD My Passport Essential" USB disk now holds a complete Debian installation and I can run it without problems. Camaleón, thank you for all of the help. Peter -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201105161327.02465.peter.bonu...@verizon.net