On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 12:39:56AM +0100, peter green wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >I run the windows based installer but after reboot grub won't boot and > >shown his prompt. > > > >After a little investigation I discovered grub was asked to look for image > >files to load from a "debian" directory in the Windows disk but they were > >in "Debian" directory instead. > >This probably happened because there was already a "Debian" directory on > >that disk created by me for some reasons in the past. The windows based > >installer program then copied image files to that directory without being > >aware it was already existing but was having a different case in his name. > > > >To solve the problem I booted into Windows then renamed the "Debian" > >directory to "debian" using the Windows file manager, then I rebooted the > >system the installation process started and completed successfully. > > > It seems like the proper way to fix this is to find out from windows > what the file is actually called (including case) and use that > information when writing the grub config. Maybe GetLongPathName will do > what is required.
Sounds fine, although I'd prefer if you can use NSIS for that, since accessing win32 API from the script is quite ugly. -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
