The partitions and file systems were seen ok then the last message if i recall was " cannot find mount point "
there is no floppy on the laptop but I had assumed the installation routine would install LILO how may i setup LILO manually while still running off of the live cd ? regards Henry ----- Original Message ----- From: "joseph mpora" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Linux Users Group Uganda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 11:47 AM Subject: Re: [LUG] Morphix on HD > Henry, > > At what point that the system hang. What is the last message displayed > on the screen. The vmlinux you extracted to your FAT partition. > > I think the reason why it boots straight into windoze is because you > didnt install a bootloader (LILO or Grub) to the MBR when you installed > it. If you have a linux floppy you could do this but you would have to > manually add the windoze boot option in /etc/lilo.conf > > Joseph > > On Tue, 2004-10-26 at 14:05, henry wrote: > > hullo > > someone gave me this live debian cd ( morphix) that makes for a decent > > desktop > > of course I want to load in onto my hard drve > > no problem there cause there is even a lil icon that says " install to hard > > disk" > > I create two had1 and hda3 partitions for ext3 and swap respectively > > problem is after the "successful" install nothing happens > > just boots straight back into the windoze > > so i hit google for solutions and discover i could use loadlin to boot > > after extracting vmlinux onto my FAT partition > > I ran the batch file - loadlin vmlinux root=/dev/hda1 lang=en ro > > things go ok for a while and then the system hangs > > doesnt even get to the prompt > > any suggestions ? > > > > Henry > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > LUG mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
