On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 20:49:07 -0500, Alan Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Which release of Debian did you use? I just tried that approach with > >Sarge and my dad's laptop.. Seemed to get the base system "installed" > okay, > >but I couldn't get grub installed. I tried booting from floppy with the > >drive in the Stylistic anyhow, specifying root=/dev/hda3, but for some > >reason it didn't like that. The error messages were quite cryptic and I > >don't remember them exactly, but it was something to the effect of it > >couldn't find /dev/hda3 (although I'm certiain it's there...). > > I run into this same type of problem with embedded Linux. I make > an image on my laptop, write the image to a compact flash card, and > then move the CF card to a target system. > > If the drive is not called "/dev/hda" on both systems, it can be > confusing. > > You have to be very careful with GRUB (and LILO). In some cases, you > specify the device name as it appears to the development machine. In > other cases, you use the device that the target uses.
My apologies for the later reply, just got back from NYC and wasn't checking list mail ( i know i know, what kind of nerd are you!?!?) I actually did it with rc2 of the debian-installer (sarge) most recently. And I was doing it as the primary drive in a desktop (with an adapter) the last time I did it. The first time was with a laptop and the drive was the primary once again. I only installed it a second time because the first drive I had died <zap>. Have you tried pointing to a different partition? Since you can't get to dmesg, then it would be tough to find out which disk it sees, though the obvious choices would be /dev/h*3 or /dev/s*3. Mine was the same "/dev/hda1" from machine to machine. Sorry, I don't live in the area so I don't get to the meetings (Charlottean atm). Though the next time I am there visiting I will be happy to bring it and make it to a meeting. I have a wrt54g strapped to the back of it in client mode and a wireless pcmcia card in the top. A sort of "wireless analysis" tool atm. And other times is it strapped to a tiny keyboard and serves as my console server. Just depends on the day and the need.... Paul -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
