Hi- I'm trying to get the LiveHD dual-boot (along w/ Windows XP) set up on my computer. However, I'm running into some problems with instructions listed on the P:D wiki. I'd like to forewarn everybody that I am pretty new to Linux in general so I hope I don't seem too incompetant.
As mentioned in the directions, I first copied the "live" folder to the root of my c:\ drive - which is the same drive that my Windows installation is on. This is the only HD I have on this system and the only formatted partition. So I boot from the LiveCD as instructed, login, and then open a terminal. I login into root using "sudo su." So far so good...The next instruction is to make a boot directory undor /media/hda1 . When I typed in "mkdir /media/hda1/boot" I actually got an error message saying that the folder didn't exist. No big deal, I first make the "hda1" folder inside "media" and then make the "boot" folder inside "hda1". Next is where I get problems. When I try to install the GRUB booter by typing "grub-install --root-directory=.....etc" I get an error message saying that command grub-install is missing. I've looked over the directions several times and am pretty sure that I'm doing correctly....but like I said, I don't really know Linux so am not sure what it is that I am actually doing. I guess as a follow-up question, I'd like to know if doing this live HD install is an effective way to have a dual-boot with XP. Would it be better to wipe my HD, create 2 partitions, install XP and Debian, and then install the P:D tools? Of course, I'll be totally in the dark doing that as well... Thanks in advance for your responses, I really appreciate any help you all might be able to provide me with! Morgan
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