Hello,
I have problem with installation SliTas v.3.0 on my old laptop (toshiba satelite pro 4600. 10GB HDD, 512MB RAM)
I can't use CDROM becuse its broken
What i do:
1'st i create two paritions, for data and swap
then:
$ mkswap /dev/sdb1
$ mkfs.ext2 /dev/sdb2
$ mkdir /media/iso
$ mount -o loop slitaz-3.0.iso /media/iso/
$ mkdir /media/hdd
$ mount /dev/sdb2 /media/hdd/
$ mkdir /media/hdd/boot
$ cp -a /media/iso/boot/vmlinuz* /media/hdd/boot/
$ cp -a /media/iso/boot/rootfs* /media/hdd/
$ lzma d rootfs.gz -o | cpio -id
lzma: błędna opcja -- 'o'
lzma: Try `lzma --help' for more information.
cpio: niespodziewany koniec archiwum
$ lzma -d rootfs.gz -fc | cpio -id
$ grub-install --root-directory=/media/hdd /dev/sdb
$ nano /media/hdd/boot/grub/menu.lst
title SliTaz GNU/Linux 3.0 (Kernel 2.6.34-slitaz)
root(hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.34-slitaz root=/dev/hda1 vga=normal
$ umount /dev/sdb2
Then i put HDD on my laptop, start and i have GRUB CLI (like this: http://aaron-kelley.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/grub.png )
and i cant start distro.
I use Fedora, and IDE adapter
THX 4 your help.