Re: testing install grub install loop
On 20100912_193846, Paul Scott wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to install from a testing net-install CD a little over a > year old. I have a hard drive problem and this is all I have to > build a new system. > > I get a screen to choose the devices on which to install grub. No > matter what combination I check the next screen tells me I have not > chosen any devices on which to install grub. Is there a workaround > from this point? > My year old squeeze business-card CD has the same problem. I select the button for going on without installing grub, and the process does some more grub2 processing finding other OS that are on the computer, and then actually writes to the MBR. THEN when I boot the new system, the grub.cfg display does not contain any of the other OS on the computer, only the one that has just been installed. But a running of 'update-grub' and reboot lets me see all the OS on the computer. Hope this works for you. -- Paul E Condon pecon...@mesanetworks.net -- 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/20100913045255.ga2...@big.lan.gnu
Re: testing install grub install loop
On 13/09/10 12:38, Paul Scott wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to install from a testing net-install CD a little over a > year old. I have a hard drive problem and this is all I have to build > a new system. > > I get a screen to choose the devices on which to install grub. No > matter what combination I check the next screen tells me I have not > chosen any devices on which to install grub. Is there a workaround > from this point? > > TIA, > > Paul Scott > > > > At the partitioning/formatting screens did you choose manual?? (you can always try going back from the grub screen). Did you specify a device to be made bootable?? If look at the install messages (Alt+F4) at the grub install page is there anything unusual?? Did you choose GRUB2 or GRUB legacy?? Is this a standard hard drive partitioning scheme (no LVM, RAID or encryption)?? Cheers -- 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/4c8c427a.2070...@gmail.com
testing install grub install loop
Hi, I am trying to install from a testing net-install CD a little over a year old. I have a hard drive problem and this is all I have to build a new system. I get a screen to choose the devices on which to install grub. No matter what combination I check the next screen tells me I have not chosen any devices on which to install grub. Is there a workaround from this point? TIA, Paul Scott -- 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/4c8d8eb6.7000...@ultrasw.com
install loop
hi, in was installing with rescue disk because my system was broken, I am now able to boot with lilo but I always get Debian Configuration and I want to configure the system myself or use existing configuration as much as possible. But debian config. won't let me exit or finish, it goes in loop! how do I remove config from startup? TIA Ari Sigurðsson
