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installing Slitas on a SD card

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• Started 6 years ago by Red
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   Red
   

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   Hi guys
   I’ve got a question , I'm trying to install Slitaz on a SD card.
   I'm using it now live from a USB stick but I would like to install it so I have persistent changes.
   Problem is I have no hard drive in my laptop.
   I plugged in a SD card and started the installer.
   Everything went fine, but it will not boot, it returns the following message:

   root (hd1,0)
   Error 21 : Selected disk does not exist

   That in itself is funny because at that moment it is starting from that particular disk (it's the only thing in there ) and it shows the Slitaz logo.
   I do have a bigger problem though : I've no idea about code or command lines.
   Is there an easy way to do this, or is this for the pro's.

   Red

   Posted 6 years ago #
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   Ceel
   

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   Hi Red,

   What version of SliTaz? 4.0 (stable), rolling or another one?

   Boot from your LiveUSB.
   Insert the SD card.
   Open PCManFM and go to /boot/grub on your SD.
   Right click on menu.lst; select Edit as Root.
   Enter the root password and change root (hd1,0) in root (hd<strong>0</strong>,0)

   I've no idea about code or command lines.
   Is there an easy way to do this

   You just need time and read some docs :) Maybe you can start with this one http://doc.slitaz.org/en:handbook:commands

   EDIT: And then https://www.tecmint.com/10-useful-free-linux-ebooks-for-newbies-and-administrators/

   Posted 6 years ago #
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   Red
   

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   Hi it's me again

   I did what you told me Ceel, I did change the line as you said.

   Now it returns the message : Booting Slitaz GNU/Linux 5.0 kernel vmlinuz-3.2.53-slitaz
   Error 23 : Error while parsing number

   I'm using Slitaz 5.3-rc3

   Red

   Posted 6 years ago #
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   Ceel
   

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   Ok, GRUB finds the disk now but doesn't find the kernel on the partition.

   Boot from your LiveUSB and insert the SD card.
   Copy/paste the contain of /boot/grub/menu.lst

   Open a terminal and become root. Type
   fdisk -l
   and post the answer.

   Posted 6 years ago #
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   Red
   

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   I'm sorry Ceel but you lost me.
   I did find /boot/grub/menu.lst, but what do you mean by copy/paste, I understand the copying part, but where do I past it ?

   If I paste fdisk -l in the Sakura terminal it returns the following:

   Disk /dev/sda: 8388 MB, 8388608000 bytes
   255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1019 cylinders
   Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
   /dev/sda1 * 1 128 1027136 b Win95 FAT32
   /dev/sda2 129 1019 7156957+ f Win95 Ext'd (LBA)
   /dev/sda5 129 383 2048256 b Win95 FAT32
   /dev/sda6 384 637 2040223+ b Win95 FAT32
   /dev/sda7 638 1019 3068383+ b Win95 FAT32

   Disk /dev/sdb: 1015 MB, 1015808000 bytes
   255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 123 cylinders
   Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
   /dev/sdb1 * 1 124 990976 c Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
   Partition 1 has different physical/logical endings:
   phys=(0, 254, 63) logical=(123, 127, 4)
   tux@slitaz:~$

   The ( live) USB stick has got four partitions ( just for fun )
   The SD card hasn't

   The contents of /boot/grub/menu.lst is the following :

   # /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/sdb1
   #
   title SliTaz GNU/Linux 5.0 (Kernel vmlinuz-3.2.53-slitaz)
   root (hd0,0)
   kernel /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.53-slitaz root=/dev/sdb1 quiet rootdelay=9

   Dutch is my native language, but this is all dubble dutch to me.

   Good luck

   Red

   Posted 6 years ago #
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   Ceel
   

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   I see, I should have thought to this.

   In your menu.lst, change all /dev/sdb1 with /dev/sda1

   Posted 6 years ago #
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   Red
   

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   Yes !

   I made the changes, and it works!
   Thanks Ceel.

   Posted 6 years ago #

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