Is this what I should see in the grub folder ?

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Is this what I should see in the grub folder ?

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Started 10 years ago by hitsware
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hitsware

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(the periods continue a long ways mixed with some symbols)

/* XPM */
static char * grub_splash_xpm[] = {
"640 480 15 1",
" c None",
". c #331B0B",
"+ c #3A1C0A",
"@ c #44200B",
"# c #52270C",
"$ c #632E0C",
"% c #6F310E",
"& c #79370F",
"* c #8D4011",
"= c #9F4813",
"- c #AB4C10",
"; c #B85214",
"> c #C2570E",
", c #CB5B16",
"' c #D66115",
"................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................",

Posted 10 years ago #

mojo

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I see file corruption on your end.
You should see this:
ls -la /boot/grub

total 452
drw-------    2 root     root          4096 Jan 20 02:18 .
drw-------    3 root     root          4096 Jan 20 02:17 ..
-rw-------    1 root     root           197 Jan 20 02:18 default
-rw-------    1 root     root            15 Jan 20 02:18 device.map
-rw-------    1 root     root         11736 Jan 20 02:18 e2fs_stage1_5
-rw-------    1 root     root         10788 Jan 20 02:18 fat_stage1_5
-rw-------    1 root     root         10036 Jan 20 02:18 ffs_stage1_5
-rw-------    1 root     root          9972 Jan 20 02:18 iso9660_stage1_5
-rw-------    1 root     root         11488 Jan 20 02:18 jfs_stage1_5
-rw-------    1 root     root           474 Jan 20 02:18 menu.lst
-rw-------    1 root     root         10104 Jan 20 02:18 minix_stage1_5
-rw-------    1 root     root         14516 Jan 20 02:18 ntfs_stage1_5
-rw-------    1 root     root         12488 Jan 20 02:18 reiserfs_stage1_5
-rw-------    1 root     root         65367 Jan 20 02:18 splash.xpm.gz
-rw-------    1 root     root           512 Jan 20 02:18 stage1
-rw-------    1 root     root        214078 Jan 20 02:18 stage2
-rw-------    1 root     root         10312 Jan 20 02:18 ufs2_stage1_5
-rw-------    1 root     root          9684 Jan 20 02:18 vstafs_stage1_5
-rw-------    1 root     root         12732 Jan 20 02:18 xfs_stage1_5

Posted 10 years ago #

hitsware

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Should I see that opening from windows ?
I lost the ability to boot to Slitaz.
I bought 2 new usb sticks.
Used LiLi to install Slitaz 4.0
Booted perfectly on older (5 years) Pentium system
Wouldn't boot on newer (1 year) Atom system
After trying this and that with both sticks (Atom is my target system)
Now I get boot error on Pentium
and endless periods going down screen on Atom (redoing install as first one)
I've had similar many times before (Slitaz and other distros)
It's like the sticks go bunk, but they're too new for that.
???????????????

Posted 10 years ago #
mojo

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Should I see that opening from windows?

You installed slitaz to the stick using LiLi running on windows.
Windows wrote the files and should read and list them properly.
The easiest way to start with slitaz is to use a dedicated computer without windows.
Mixing windows and linux is more trouble than pure linux.
Test flash drive in windows with ChkFlsh.
It may destroy any data on the drive so copy it off before the test.

Posted 10 years ago #
hitsware

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Eeeeerrrrrrrgggggg .....
I'll try CD and hope for better luck.
If I simply burn Slatz 4.0 iso to CD
it should boot up on Atom system ?
Then use install app to install to SSD ?

Posted 10 years ago #
hitsware

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O.K.
I have installed Slitaz 4.0 on HD of Atom system from CD
(using install tool) ........... All is well !
BUT !
When I install to USB from same CD (again with install tool)
all appears OK but PC fails to boot from it.
Ignores it and goes on to HD .
??????????
GRUB on both HD and USB says "Default"

Posted 10 years ago #
Ceel

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Start from HD
Insert your USB stick
Open a terminal; become root and post result of fdisk -l

Did you configure your bios to boot from USB?

Posted 10 years ago #
hitsware

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Thank You.....Yes BIOS set to boot USB first (I do it all the time)
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Posted 10 years ago #
Ceel

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OK; wanted to be sure the USB stick had the boot flag.

You said that PC fails to boot from USB; no message? (like More than one active partiton or something else...)
Of course, you've installed GRUB on your USB stick; post the contain of /boot/grub/menu.lst of the stick.

Posted 10 years ago #
hitsware

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No message ....... It's like it is not there
I depended on the installer tool for GRUB
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Posted 10 years ago #
hitsware

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On a second (older) PC it at least tries to boot. I get :

Booting Slitaz GNU(Linux)(cooking)(Kernal vmlinuz-2.6.37-slitaz)
filesystem type is ntfs, partition type 0x07
kernal /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.37-slitaz root= /dev/sdb1 quiet
Error 15: file not found
Press any key to continue..._

Posted 10 years ago #
Ceel

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Hi hitsware,

Your menu.lst is correct. I thought as your computer starts on HD, GRUB was not or bad installed on the MBR of the stick. But if GRUB starts on an older PC...

Error 15: file not found

GRUB doesn't find /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.37-slitaz
On an old PC, probably the HD is hda and not sda. In this case your stick is sda and not sdb anymore.
Replace in menu.lst root (hd1,0) by root (hd0,0) and try to boot again on the old PC.

Posted 10 years ago #
hitsware

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Thank You Ceel for the time ..... :)

I get same message

Right .... The usb slots are different on this PC
I can map them ... ??
What does the h numbers have to do with it ?
Shouldn't everything be on the usb ?
I want it to act like a HD ....

Posted 10 years ago #
Ceel

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What does the h numbers have to do with it ?

Forget it; it was my biggest stupidity of the day, it's time I eat something...
GRUB identifies all disks as "hd" so regardless the type of the HD, ide or sata, it will always be hd0 and the USB... hd1. It doesn't change anything, it was really stupid!

Well. GRUB starts, that's the good thing. It doesn't find /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.37-slitaz because
- vmlinuz-2.6.37-slitaz doesn't exist but if you install SliTaz with TazPanel, I don't see why it wouldn't exist
- the stick is not recognize as the second disk
If you can run the live CD on the older PC try the command fdisk -l so we can see what are the disks on it

Posted 10 years ago #
totoetsasoeur

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Just a thought: what about yours usb system file format? Is it ext2/3 or fat32?

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