> From: Daryl Styrk [mailto:darylst...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 9:54 AM > Subject: Re: Installing on a Compact Flash card. > > Thorny wrote: > > [...] > >> So now I am a bit confused. I am not sure what I am doing wrong. Can > any > >> one advice me on what to try next? Should I try to reinstall with a > /boot > >> partition and a / partition? Is there something I need to do for the CF > >> card? > >> > > > > Did you write a GRUB MBR to the drive, Chris? > > > > > > I'd have a look at Debian's guide to the eee. Your approach seems > similar enough. http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEeePC > > I don't have time to read the entire thing over but I saw this. > > > Now let the installer do its thing until it wants to write the GRUB > bootloader. Stop now. Do not install the GRUB bootloader in the MBR. > > To install the bootloader on your external media you have to give the > name of the device as the installer sees it during installation. > > http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEeePC/HowTo/InstallOnSDcardOrUsbStick
OK, well I tried Thorny's request before I saw this email. I just followed these steps in restoring the MBR. http://www.supergrubdisk.org/wiki/Howto_Fix_Grub#Classical_solution I will now give your link a try. Thanks for the suggestions guys! ~Stack~ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
