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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
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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 [c]root (hd1,0)[/c] in [c]root (hd<strong>0</strong>,0)[/c]
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/
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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
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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
[c]fdisk -l[/c]
and post the answer.
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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
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I see, I should have thought to this.
In your menu.lst, change all [c]/dev/sdb1[/c] with [c]/dev/sda1[/c]
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Yes !
I made the changes, and it works!
Thanks Ceel.
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