Mepis 3.4-1 Install Problem
Hi everybody,
I downloaded and tied to install 3.4-1
last night.I have a Compaq 5010US with a Pentium 3,866MGZ processor,with 2 80GB hard drives.I am multibooting different versions of linux,using Boot it NG as the bootloader.The install went fine until it came time to install grub,the only choices were hda & hdb.There were no hda1 or hdb1... partition choices.On the first install,I choose hdb since mepis was on the
second hard drive.I rebooted,but BootIt NG would boot Mepis.On the second install try I chose all the same option,but didn't reboot.I then went to the reinstall x
bootloader in the Mepis OS Center,and tried to install
the bootloaderer to a floppy disk,it didn't work.I also
tried to reinstall grub to the root partition,since that option was available after installing and before a reboot.Has anyone else had this problem?Running in live cd mode everything worked fine.
FrosT5911
Same here. Running multiple
Same here. Running multiple distros on single HD. Using lilo (PCLOS) as bootloader and want to install grub to root partition but no option available.
Tried to install via live CD but only options are floppy or mbr.
GRUB to partition
This is what I recently posted in response to a similar question on MepisLovers forum. Yuo ought to change your partition number and GRUB designation number.
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Actually this is quite straightforward.
From LiveCD, acting as root, open Konsole, cd to /, then type:
find -name grub/i386-pc/stage*
this will pinpoint for you the location of GRUB constituent files - they can be in /usr/lib/... or in /usr/local/share/... or somewhere else, but you must find them in _your_directory_/grub/i386-pc/stage*.
Then mount your partition with SimplyMepis installation:
mount /dev/hda6 _some_mount_point_
If you don't have a mount point for hda6, create it.
Then inspect your installation - cd to the _mount_point_, then cd to boot/, verify that there is boot/grub/ folder.
if the grub/ folder is not there, create it.
Return back, cd to your ~/ folder, then copy the necessary files to /boot/grub/ folder on hda6:
cp _your_directory_/grub/i386-pc/stage* _mount_point_/boot/grub
this will copy all necessary files.
Now umount /dev/hda6. To install GRUB, the device must be unmounted, but physically present.
Now fire up GRUB in dialog mode. Simply type:
grub
and come to the grub prompt.
The installation itself takes 3 lines:
grub> root (hd0,5) # GRUB numbering for hda6
grub> setup (hd0,5)
grub> quit
Essentially this is all. You have now to edit /boot/grub/menu.lst on hda6, and point some other bootloader from MBR to point to hda6.
Best wishes
BNK
Mepis 3.4-1 installs two^^^ THREE out of 3
The install of 3.4-1 went well on my two desktops, but when I tried to install it on my Gateway M675PRR laptop the install died at the 76% mark. So, I rebooted and retried. I noticed that the install, which took a total of about 15 minutes on the desktops, took twice as long to get to the grub stage. But, grub failed. The error message gave instructions about continuing the install and repairing grub later, so I pressed on. Just after the KDE desktop loaded I was preparing to go through the grub reinstall when I noticed a smell of hot electronics. It was then I noticed that the fan wasn't coming on as often nor blowing as hard when it did come on. My laptop was definately overheating. At that instant the screen went totally black except for the mouse arrow, which I could move around the screen. I could feel a lot of heat coming from the center of the keyboard. I hit the off button. When I rebooted the grub prompt appeared. I tried
root hda(hd0,0)
setup(hd0,0)
quit
but XP failed to boot.
No problem I thought, I'll run the XP Recovery CD and restore the MBR with fixmbr. To my surprise fixmbr wasn't on the Recovery CD !!!! I was given the choice of a complete wipe and reinstall of Windows, losing ALL my data and programs, or installing a 2ND COPY of Windows, but I didn't have a spare 5GB to do that. Fortunately, I also had PCMagic 8.0 and when I booted that CD and ran the BM.BAT file I was able to run pqbootnt and reset the MBR on my Windows partition. Obviously it worked since I am using my laptop.
Strangely, I am able to boot SimplyMEPIS 3.4-1-rc1 as a LiveCD and it runs with no heat problems. I do notice that when I configure my internal wireless the blue halo lamp surrounding the wifi button flutters on and off while a connection is being made, and then stays off, even though I remain connected to the web.
Also, MEPIS 3.3 would not configure my sound system appropriately, but at least I could get stereo sound by plugging headphones into my Microphone jack! With 3.4-1 KMix there are some switch settings which allow me to plug my headphones into the headphone jack to get sound, but the main speakers still won't play sound. Xine won't play my movie CDs, but I was able to get Ogle to play them and it did very well.
Addendum:
I decided to give it another try. During the boot up, which I paid no attention to on the first attempt, I noticed that some files on the CD couldn't be read without errors. I checked the md5 sum of the iso file and it was OK, so I burned another CD and tried it. It read fine this time, but there were some errors in detection, so I aborted and retried with the noapci option. THis time the install went beautifully. The fan is now working properly and my laptop is staying cool. The Targus mouse is working fine too. Apparently the orginal CD got damages after the second install.
Because of some addition buttons and comboxes on KMix I am able to shift the earphones to the earphone jack and still get nice stereo sound out of them. My main speakers still won't work with MEPIS.
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GreyGeek