I tried installing Debian Sarge -- build 17 Apr 2004 on my Toshiba A20. Debian-installer-version: ======================================== 17 Apr 2004
$ md5sum sarge-i386-netinst.iso e31d760ea6421d5985f9e7f86c6e1287 sarge-i386-netinst.iso (md5sum is okay) ======================================== Install Date (Attempt): ======================================== 18 Apr 2004 ======================================== Method: ======================================== netinst (CD) ======================================== Hardware: ======================================== Satellite A20 -- A20-31Q: 2.53GHz (PSA20C-0231Q) http://www.toshiba.ca/web/specifications.grp?lg=en§ion=1&group=1&product=1912&part=1772 ======================================== Base System Installation Checklist: ======================================== Initial boot worked: [O] Configure network HW: [O] Config network: [O] Detect CD: [O] Load installer modules: [O] Detect hard drives: [O] Partition hard drives: [O] Create file systems: [O] Mount partitions: [O] Install base system: [O] Install boot loader: [?] Reboot: [E] [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it ======================================== Comments: ======================================== The partitioning tool is nice--great improvement over how it was done a few months ago. Things went pretty smoothly... except for the boot loader. I'm having some trouble with the boot loader--trying to setup a dual boot system -- Microcrap Windows XP & Debian. (patterned after -- http://www.bic.kyoto-u.ac.jp/proteome/rwan/debian.html ) My partitioning scheme is as follows: ----- hda1 primary 9.0 GB NTFS /mnt/winxp hda2 primary 1.5 GB FAT32 /mnt/transfer hda3 primary 32.9 MB ext3 /boot hda5 logical 205.5 MB reiserfs / hda6 logical 551.0 MB (swap) swap hda7 logical 4.2 GB reiserfs /usr hda8 logical 2.5 GB reiserfs /var hda9 logical 822.4 MB reiserfs /tmp hda10 logical 10.5 GB reiserfs /home hda11 logical 10.6 GB reiserfs /mnt/media ----- hda1 -- "boot" was turned OFF hda3 -- "boot" was turned ON I skipped GRUB -- I'm a LILO guy. LILO installation target: /dev/hda3 : new Debian partition I went with hda3 based on the following advice: "Do not install to MBR, you'll mess everything up." http://lucidforest.net/~humanpeople/linux.html On reboot I got "Missing operating system" ----- I then mucked around for ages in "lilo.conf" using Knoppix3.3 as a sort of rescue CD. ASIDE: I don't know how to use the install CD as a rescue disk--if that is possible... I had the impression that is possible but didn't find anything in the menu on boot with the install CD. Any case, I fell into bunch of pitfalls, but I did modify lilo--after... 1. mounting root # mount /dev/hda5 /mnt/hda5 and /boot # mount /dev/hda3 /mnt/hda3 2. Somehow managing to get write privilages on /etc 3. I then copied lilo.conf into /etc (in the knoppix directory--as that it is where 'lilo' looks) -- the "-C" option in lilo wasn't working for me 4. Modified "lilo.conf" 5. Copied the files from /mnt/hda3 to /mnt/hda5/boot-- so lilo can check the files in /boot (as far as I can determine it doesn't modify any of them) 6. Ran lilo # lilo -r /mnt/hda5 lilo seemed happy -- save for a warning ----something "CHANGE AUTOMATIC assumed" in reference to the 'other' label I added for Windoze. rebooted -- still out of luck... once again got "Missing operating system" Things I added to lilo.conf -- based on stuff I read... ----- lba32 other=/dev/hda1 label=Windows change ----- How important is "lba32"? Is there something obvious I could be missing? Configuring LILO post install seems to be a big headache... is there an easy way to modify it post-install? Thanks, Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
