Re: Help with Squeeze on Acer Aspire D250
Hi Everybody! David, after downloading the right boot.img.gz from Debian repository, you should uncompress it and put this image on the usb device: # zcat boot.img.gz > /dev/sdb Where /dev/sdb is the usb stick. Check this running previously: #dmesg Good luck! Analía Lorenzatto. -- 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/662ac5bf-81bb-43e8-b0c7-54be12bee...@u14g2000vbg.googlegroups.com
Re: Help with Squeeze on Acer Aspire D250
On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 7:15 PM, david wildgoose wrote: > On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 11:39 AM, Brian wrote: >> On Sun 30 Jan 2011 at 10:08:45 -0700, david wildgoose wrote: >>> >>> However I have a new problem with the installer. >>> >>> When it comes to installing the GRUB boot loader, it fails with the >>> following error: >>> >>> "Unable to install GRUB in /dev/sda" >>> Executing 'grub-install /dev/sda' failed. >>> This is a fatal error. >>> >>> I have Windows XP on a 70gig NTFS partition and would love to keep it >>> as I need it at work :/ >> >> http://wiki.debian.org/GrubRecover > > I'm sort of at a loss. The guide makes sense but I'm not sure how to > go about getting to the D-I rescue menu. Any ideas? http://www.debian.org/releases/testing/i386/ch08s07.html.en The wiki is unfortunately for grub1/grub-legacy and squeeze uses grub2/grub-pc. In squeeze's rescue mode, once you choose a "device to use as a root file system", you can choose to "execute a shell..." or to "reinstall grub...". If you choose the former, you can use fdisk and grub-probe to ensure that you use the correct device for grub-install. For the latter, you can switch to vt2 and use fdisk to ensure that you use the correct device. -- 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/AANLkTimbC9y2X88WYn+Y5rA=hiiua9q6R-iBjJ8n_RY=@mail.gmail.com
Re: Help with Squeeze on Acer Aspire D250
On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 11:39 AM, Brian wrote: > On Sun 30 Jan 2011 at 10:08:45 -0700, david wildgoose wrote: > >> However I have a new problem with the installer. >> >> When it comes to installing the GRUB boot loader, it fails with the >> following error: >> >> "Unable to install GRUB in /dev/sda" >> Executing 'grub-install /dev/sda' failed. >> This is a fatal error. >> >> I have Windows XP on a 70gig NTFS partition and would love to keep it >> as I need it at work :/ >> >> Any ideas? Thanks so much! > > Don't feel insulted by the first sentence :). > > http://wiki.debian.org/GrubRecover Thanks Brain. No worries I didn't :) I'm sort of at a loss. The guide makes sense but I'm not sure how to go about getting to the D-I rescue menu. Any ideas? > > > -- > 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/20110130183905.GI32679@desktop > > -- David Wildgoose -- 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/aanlktimkqwoisajqovj4ky+bmscpa8reczhcs9dj4...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Help with Squeeze on Acer Aspire D250
On Sun 30 Jan 2011 at 10:08:45 -0700, david wildgoose wrote: > However I have a new problem with the installer. > > When it comes to installing the GRUB boot loader, it fails with the > following error: > > "Unable to install GRUB in /dev/sda" > Executing 'grub-install /dev/sda' failed. > This is a fatal error. > > I have Windows XP on a 70gig NTFS partition and would love to keep it > as I need it at work :/ > > Any ideas? Thanks so much! Don't feel insulted by the first sentence :). http://wiki.debian.org/GrubRecover -- 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/20110130183905.GI32679@desktop
Re: Help with Squeeze on Acer Aspire D250
On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 7:33 AM, Brian wrote: > On Sat 29 Jan 2011 at 21:50:59 -0700, david wildgoose wrote: > >> Below is how I'm setting up the USB install stick: >> >> Downloaded the following files >> http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze/main/installer-i386/20110106/images/hd-media/boot.img.gz >> http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/squeeze_di_rc2/i386/iso-cd/debian-squeeze-di-rc2-i386-netinst.iso >> >> Extracted boot.img.gz using the following command: gzip -dc >> boot.img.gz > /dev/disk1 >> >> Copied the iso image to the USB stick. >> >> Any ideas why the installer is freezing? > > I did something similar only yesterday except using > > zcat boot.img.gz > /dev/sdX > > zcat is equivalent to gzip -d and the image must be written to the disk > not to a partition (e.g. sda1 or sda2) on the disk. > > So I've no concrete idea why the installer is freezing but do have a > suggestion. The netinst.iso is now a hybrid iso > > http://kitenet.net/~joey/blog/entry/Debian_USB_install_from_hybrid_iso/ > > and > > http://blog.einval.com/2011/01/07 > > You could try > > cat debian-squeeze-di-rc2-i386-netinst.iso > /dev/sdX > > > -- > 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/20110130143321.GH32679@desktop > > Thanks for the feedback everyone. I ended up using Unetbootin to create the USB installer stick and that worked. However I have a new problem with the installer. When it comes to installing the GRUB boot loader, it fails with the following error: "Unable to install GRUB in /dev/sda" Executing 'grub-install /dev/sda' failed. This is a fatal error. I have Windows XP on a 70gig NTFS partition and would love to keep it as I need it at work :/ Any ideas? Thanks so much! -- David Wildgoose -- 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/AANLkTinMOoJy4LGY6OAobCQJtA2DEWd=rWCF=esrl...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Help with Squeeze on Acer Aspire D250
On Sat 29 Jan 2011 at 21:50:59 -0700, david wildgoose wrote: > Below is how I'm setting up the USB install stick: > > Downloaded the following files > http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze/main/installer-i386/20110106/images/hd-media/boot.img.gz > http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/squeeze_di_rc2/i386/iso-cd/debian-squeeze-di-rc2-i386-netinst.iso > > Extracted boot.img.gz using the following command: gzip -dc > boot.img.gz > /dev/disk1 > > Copied the iso image to the USB stick. > > Any ideas why the installer is freezing? I did something similar only yesterday except using zcat boot.img.gz > /dev/sdX zcat is equivalent to gzip -d and the image must be written to the disk not to a partition (e.g. sda1 or sda2) on the disk. So I've no concrete idea why the installer is freezing but do have a suggestion. The netinst.iso is now a hybrid iso http://kitenet.net/~joey/blog/entry/Debian_USB_install_from_hybrid_iso/ and http://blog.einval.com/2011/01/07 You could try cat debian-squeeze-di-rc2-i386-netinst.iso > /dev/sdX -- 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/20110130143321.GH32679@desktop
Re: Help with Squeeze on Acer Aspire D250
On Sat, 29 Jan 2011 21:50:59 -0700, david wildgoose wrote: > I've created a USB installer stick and I am trying to install squeeze on > my Acer Aspire D250. > > The system boots off the USB stick and brings me to the Installer boot > menu, but the internal speaker beeps and the system freezes. (...) Maybe the method you followed for creating the USB stick was borked somehow... I remember (from Debian news) that starting with Squeeze ISO images, creation of USB installers is now a easier and can be done directly with the ISO file. Have you tried to create the USB stick in that way? Here it seems to be the detailed steps: http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEeePC/HowTo/InstallUsingStandardInstaller If anything fails, you could also try with "Unetbootin" to create the stick. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- 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/pan.2011.01.30.14.18...@gmail.com
