how to install slitaz on dell c600?

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aquario455

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hello!

I would like to install slitaz-4.0.iso on dell c600, I tried but I can't yet:

- This laptop works very good with ubuntu 10.04.4 lts
- Within Windows I used yumi to make a bootable usb (1 gb)
- I use a floppy disk with plop boot manager to enable boot from usb
- So I can boot the usb, the menu of yumi appears, then I select the "Default" option (menu slitaz)
- the slitaz desktop only shows 2 icons, but I cant see the panels (top and bottom). So I cant make the installation (there is a manual installation using the terminal, but it is a little more complicated)

please, can anybody tell me how can I get the panels? (the top panel has a button to open a window which has the option to begin the installation, and the bottom panel allows me to choose the Applications)

Posted 12 years ago #
christophe

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try

ctrl+alt+del -> root login
type "slim"
does that work ?

You can also try:
from the desktop without the panel, right click to get some menu, you can start a terminal in the submenu
and in the terminal type
$ killall lxpanel
$ lxpanel

does that start the lxpanel as expected ?

Posted 12 years ago #
aquario455

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hi christophe!

when I press CTRL+ALT+DEL nothing happens

when I execute on terminal "killall lxpanel" it says "killall: lxpanel: no process killed"

when I execute on terminal "lxpanel" it says "Floating point exception"

so I cant get the panels yet

see you!

Posted 12 years ago #
christophe

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that sounds like a very weird problem
Question, are you sure your hw is not defaulting here ?
Were you successfully running XP or ubuntu ?

Try something else, i think from the menu you can also disconnect; then try to reconnect.

Something more: check the md5sum of your ISO. This could be a culprit too.
My understanding is that you are booting out of a USB key; eventually, try to boot from another key to make sure your key is not defect.

Posted 12 years ago #
Aleksej

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The better way to see both original SliTaz panels is:
```
lxpanel --profile slitaz &
```
But, I agree with Christophe, mostly possible you have broken files.

Take a look here too: http://forum.slitaz.org/topic/lxpanel-is-not-stable
Posted 12 years ago #
mojo

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This command opens the tazpanel installer:
tazweb http://tazpanel:82/installer.cgi?page=home

If the installer won't launch YUMI didn't clean install slitaz to USB.

Posted 12 years ago #
aquario455

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hi!

christophe: Were you successfully running XP or ubuntu ?

- trust me This laptop runs very good winxpsp2 or ubuntu 10.04.4 lts

christophe: Try something else, i think from the menu you can also disconnect; then try to reconnect.

- I dont understand this. Could you explain that a little more?

christophe: Something more: check the md5sum of your ISO. This could be a culprit too.
My understanding is that you are booting out of a USB key; eventually, try to boot from another key to make sure your key is not defect.

- I guess the iso is ok. I downloaded several times to avoid virus. This usb flash is ok, because it works with other distributions like linux mint, etc. Also I dont use a cd (700 MB) because the size of slitaz is about 30 MB so i think is unnecessary

Aleksej: lxpanel --profile slitaz &

- nothing happens

mojo: tazweb http://tazpanel:82/installer.cgi?page=home

- yes, thank you, this window (tazpanel - installer) has the option "install". Then I am going to install slitaz. I hope everything is ok.

bye, bye!

Posted 12 years ago #
aquario455

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hi!

I have installed slitaz!:

1) As ususal I boot from usb (I have to use diskette with plop boot manager)

2) Gparted: As I told previously, I cant see the panels, so I did right clic on desktop > Favorite applications > Terminal > su > root > gparted (I only created the partition "/dev/hda6" for slitaz, because the others were created previously)

- "/dev/hda1" - "ntfs" - "14.65 GB" - "boot (flag)"
- "/dev/hda2" - "extended" - "22.61 GB"
- "unallocated" - "unallocated" - "1.00 MB"
- "/dev/hda6" - "ext3" - "7.81 GB"
- "unallocated" - "unallocated" - "13.85 GB"
- /dev/hda5" - "linux-swap" - "976 MB"

3) Tazpanel - Installer:

- slitaz source media: "/home/tux/slitaz-4.0.iso"
- hard disk drive: "/dev/hda6" (I dont check "format partition as ext3")
- home partition: (I dont check "use a separate partition for /home...")
- hostname: slitaz
- user: tux
- grub: "enable windows dual-boot"

The installation was completed ok, but when I reboot from HD there is this message:

"error: file not found
grub rescue>"

I have enabled the windows dual-boot, why there is no grub? how to fix this issue?

thanks for pay attention, see you tomorrow! good night!

Posted 12 years ago #
christophe

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Most likely, grub is installed but not configured properly.
(Though it should not happen, this already happened to me at installation time)
Configure it manually

Start from your usb again
then check /boot/grub/menu.lst
(the version which is on you hdd so rather, check /media/disk/boot/grub/menu.lst, with the appropriate mount point prefixed)

On a system here the entry is:

title Slitaz
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.37-slitaz root=/dev/hda2 quiet

do your homework to ensure the appropriate /dev/hdaX is addressed and the grub entry is correctly filled.

Posted 12 years ago #
aquario455

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hi christophe!

1) I use to mount:

#mkdir -p /mnt/hda6
#mount -t ext3 /dev/hda6 /mnt/hda6

2) I edit menu.lst (/mnt/hda6/boot/grub):

#leafpad menu.lst

This is my menu.lst (edited):

=====================================

# /boot/grub/menu.lst: GRUB boot loader configuration.
#

# By default, boot the first entry.
default 0

# Boot automatically after 8 secs.
timeout 8

# Graphical splash image.
splashimage=/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz

# Change the colors.
#color yellow/brown light-green/black

# For booting SliTaz from : /dev/hda6
#
title SliTaz GNU/Linux (cooking) (Kernel vmlinuz-2.6.37-slitaz)
root (hd0,5)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.37-slitaz root=/dev/hda6 quiet

# For booting Windows :
#
title Microsoft Windows
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1

================================================

3) I save the menu.lst

How to unmount that partition that I mounted? (I tried "#umount /mnt/hda6", and it says "invalid argument")

4) when I reboot from HD there is the same problem:

"error: file not found
grub rescue>"

Later I opened /mnt/hda6/boot/grub but there is no the file "splash.xpm.gz" (I tried copying it from the USB live files, but there is the same problem). So I dont know what to do

please can anybody tell me what is wrong? how to fix this issue?

Posted 12 years ago #
domcox

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What is the output of:
# parted -l

Otherwise, try to reinstall GRUB onto the MBR (Master Boot Record) with the following command:
# grub-install --root-directory=/mnt/hda6 /dev/hda

Posted 12 years ago #
aquario455

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hi domcox!

thank you for the answer!

when I reinstalled GRUB onto MBR with the command:

# grub-install --root-directory=/mnt/hda6 /dev/hda

finally I got the grub, so now I can boot from HD, and I can choose "slitaz" or "windows" (both of them work)

- how can I copy the output of this command "# parted -l" (just keyboard, without a mouse)?

- although slitaz is already installed on HD, unfortunately the desktop only shows 2 icons (My Documents, Documentation), there aren't the panels. How can I get the panels?

Thank you very much for helping me!

Posted 12 years ago #
Aleksej

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Hi aquario455,

how can I copy the output of this command "# parted -l" (just keyboard, without a mouse)?

Actually, you do not need it now. But there is a trick:
1. Open terminal. By default terminal opens in the home folder.
2. Type su, password, and parted -l > output.txt
3. Open text file output.txt (from your home folder) with your graphical text editor
4. Press [Ctrl+A] to select all, and [Ctrl+C] to copy selected text
5. Switch to your graphical browser, move focus to textfield (using [Tab]), adjust cursor position, and press [Ctrl+V] to paste copied text
+++
You can look up lxpanel package for errors:
```
# tazpkg repack lxpanel
```
If there are errors in md5 checksum(i.e. some files are broken), then you'll see it. If all right, then you get package in the current directory, you can just remove it.

If you have internet connection, you can try to reinstall lxpanel:
```
# tazpkg recharge
# tazpkg -gi lxpanel --forced
```
Posted 12 years ago #
aquario455

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Hi Aleksej!

The method "su, password, and parted -l > output.txt" works with some commands, but not with the next command:

# tazpkg repack lxpanel

The previous command shows:

cpio: etc/lxpanel/default/panels/panel not created: newer or same age file exists
cpio: etc/lxpanel/default/config not created: newer or same age file exists
can't repack, md5sum error.

# tazpkg recharge

The previous commando shows "Main is up to date"

# tazpkg -gi lxpanel --forced

the previous comman shows: "installation of: lxpanel... lxpanel (0.5.8) is installed", but nothing happens.

when I reboot at first the desktop seems to show the panels but then they disappear inmediately again

what happen with this laptop dell latitude c600?

I wish a solution!

see you! bye!

Posted 12 years ago #
christophe

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As i suggested, there is a good chance that your ISO was broken in the first place,
I would recommend you download the ISO again, check the md5sum for errors
and then reinstall, now that you pretty much master the whole installation process.

Slitaz is small enough that this should not take too long, and you carefully check the MD5SUM for errors, at least we will KNOW we have sorted out that specific issue.

I do not see why you would have specific problems of this kind on a C600 (I have a C400 which runs slitaz v3)

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