On Wed, 11 May 2011 15:30:22 -0700, Peter Bonucci wrote: > On Wednesday, May 11, 2011 12:04:48 pm Camaleón wrote: >> >> Okay, I've carefully read all of your tests, so let's recap: >> >> - SGD (1.98x) cannot detect the USB drive (¿?) >> - SGD (0.99x) can detect the USB drive >> - GRUB is installed into the MBR of the USB disk >> - The Partition where GRUB is stored is marked as booteable >> >> I still don't know what is preventing the "true" GRUB (the installed >> one) from booting but you can try to boot Debian directly with SDG (the >> version that detects the disk, that is, v. 0.99x) and see what happens. >> > > I agree with your recap. > > When I run SGD 0.9799,
Wait... I missed this. SGD 0.9799 is only "GRUB legacy" aware, which means that can only deal with GRUB legacy installations, AFAIK. Did you installed GRUB 2 or GRUB legacy into the USB hard disk? - If you installed GRUB legacy you have to use SGD 0.97xx to try to boot from there - If you installed GRUB 2 you have to use SDG 1.98xx > I select Boot & Tools / > Boot Master Boot Record (MBR) / > Boot Master Boot Record (MBR) > SGD lists two drives, (hd0), the laptop hard disk and (hd1) the USB > drive. I select (hd1) and SGD displays: "Error 25: Disk Read Error" ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (...) I don't like that error :-/ *** 25 : Disk read error This error is returned if there is a disk read error when trying to probe or read data from a particular disk. *** But you can try with another menu option: "GNU/Linux → Boot GNU Linux" (or Boot GNU Linux directly). Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2011.05.12.11.38...@gmail.com