Hi, Rob Canning said : > >> would be nice to sort this out, > yes this is very high priority - i will start to have a look at it tomorrow.
back from makeart and from the feedback we got there I would say the three most importan priorities are: ntfs - grub setup usb boot on macintel select language on boot laters a > > > scott: as a workaround you can use the live cd to boot the operating > system from the live folder you have dropped into the root of your > windows drive. then you can eject the cd - the cd just acts as a > something to tell the system to find the live folder on your drive. if > you dont have a partition to use as "persistance mode" you can fomat a > usbstick to ext2 with gparted and label it live-rw. reboot your computer > with both usb and cd in drive and your live folder on the windows drive. > i have tested it and it works fine if you find your self with a single > ntfs partition that you cant make space on. temporary fix - > sorry about this bug - us p:ders are a little short on ntfs partitions > to test on ;) > > cheers > > rob > >> so testers are more than welcome, I will too if I get time and access >> to a win box >> >> a >> >> >> I didnt have any luck installing on that computer although Scott Cazan >> said : >> >>> Hello all, >>> >>> I was wondering if someone could help me out with this problem. I'm >>> trying to get a dual boot Windows/Linux install and am following the >>> instructions: >>> >>> sudo su >>> mkdir /media/hda1/boot >>> grub-install --root-directory=/media/sda1 /dev/sda >>> cp /live/image/extra/grub/menu.lst /media/sda1/boot/grub >>> >>> but get an error almost every step of the way (except the first). >>> >>> Here are my steps and errors: >>> I get "cannot create directory '/media/hda1/boot': No such file or >>> directory" so I make the hda1 directory under /media/ then create the >>> boot directory under that to be able to move on. >>> >>> Then "grub-install --root-directory=/media/sda1 /dev/sda" gives me >>> "error: cannot find a device for /media/sda1. error: cannot find a >>> device for /media/sda1/boot/." >>> >>> Alternatively I tried this: >>> Since my hard drive is sda1 (not hda1) I tried creating the boot >>> directory under /media/sda1/ but that doesn't work either. >>> >>> And a last bit of info. My windows C:\ is on an NTFS partition and >>> after copying the live folder into the C:\ root and booting Pure:Dyne >>> I can't get a directory listing on /dev/sda1. I can, however, see that >>> file system under /live/image/. Don't know if that matters. >>> >>> Anyone know whats going on here? I'm just trying to install grub >>> basically. I'm using the latest leek & potato release (tried miso as >>> well). >>> >>> Thanks! >>> Scott >>> >>> --- >>> [email protected] >>> irc.goto10.org #pure:dyne >>> >>> >> | >> |'`'. .''. .. >> | ' .' '. .` '. >> |-----`.----.'------- '------------. | '..' `. ' >> | `..' | >> >> --- >> [email protected] >> irc.goto10.org #pure:dyne >> >> >> > > > > --- > [email protected] > irc.goto10.org #pure:dyne > | |'`'. .''. .. | ' .' '. .` '. |-----`.----.'------- '------------. | '..' `. ' | `..' | --- [email protected] irc.goto10.org #pure:dyne
