** Reply to message from CF <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 23:18:04 -0200
> Stan Goodman wrote: > > > When the first reboot happened, I left the DVD in the drive, which I am > > sure is > > correct. After the reboot, what came up was the installers main screen, > > offering the choice of booting from the Hard Disk, Installation, etc. > > Choosing > > "Installation" brings me back to the beginning of the upgrade process > > (language, accept the conditions, etc.), which I do not think is where I > > want > > to be. In other words, I appear to have lost the thread of the upgrade > > process. > > I hope someone will explain to me why this has happened, and what I can do > > about it. > > It seems that you interrupted the installation process. After the first > reboot, at the menu that appears when the DVD is left in the drive you > should have chosen the option "Boot From The Hard Disk"; then the > installation procedure would continue and you would have made the final > configurations. "Boot from the hard disk" is exactly what I did. > > > Removing the DVD and rebooting causes a black screen to come up, with a > > prompt > > like "grub >". In other words, the upgrade process has decided on its own > > initiative to install GRUB in the Master Boot Sector. This is dirty pool: > > When > > I first installed v10..2, I put GRUB into a very small partition all by > > itself; > > I did this for a very good reason, and I was allowed to do it, and there is > > something very wrong with the upgrader/installer moving it about in this way > > without asking me. I'll fix this, but it should not have happened. > > The installation procedure allows you to customize the Boot Loader > configurations. You may choose where to install it (MBR or HDD) as well > as which one to install (Grub or Lilo). I do not remember being asked this question. I am sure I was not. Given that this was an upgrade (i.e. a situation in which such things as the location of GRUB pre-exists), it's hard to see why the question would even be appropriate. > Hope I could be of any help. So what options are available to me now? To discard what is there and make a New Install? > CF > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Stan Goodman Qiryat Tiv'on Israel Q: How many Microsoft testers does it take to change a light bulb? A (Tester): "We just notice that the room is dark, we don't fix the problem." A (Support guy): "Your lamp socket has a virus." A (Programmer): "None, we just change the standard to be darkness." -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
