Dsl Grub Hard Disk Error
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are good to goBrianAwPhuchi thought i had mounted it, but clearly i was being dumb and had not done so.any hoo, i've now changed my grub boot loader menu.lst file to the following>kernel /boot/linux24 fromhd=/dev/hda1 quiet vga=789 noacpi noapm nodma noscsi frugal home=hda3 opt=hda3 dsl mydsl=hda3 restore=hda3>initrd /boot/minirt24.gzeverything seemed to go ok, so i tested the persistence by downloading and installing xchat via mydsl. installed it, copied it to my /mnt/hda3/home/dsl file and rebooted.on restart the xchat icon is gone http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-software-2/'grub-hard-disk-error'-config-or-bios-problem-691203/ aswell as the /home/dsl file in hda3?could you let me know if you can see any glaring errors plsps hda1=image 256MBhda2=swap 128MBhda3=rest of hd ~2.8GBscratch that, i haven't lost the home/dsl file but the installed apps are not persistent...:pApplications do not remain installed in a frugal or liveCD setup, although any configuration files created in /home/dsl by the apps will http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/f/topic-3-26-8732-10.html be backed up and restored. You'll need to put the mydsl package in the root of hda3 so it can be reinstalled the next time you start up.Hello and thanks for this wiki.I follow and got a "Missing operating system" at reboot.After the installation I edit my menu.lst and my device.map.Did I forgot something. Thanks. EDIT : all works now. I reinstall grub with a good device.map + all *stage* file from another grub installation. Then I re-install my grub and ajust my menu.listI did the following to get rid of a "GRUB Hard Disk Error". I need to boot a system that has the CF as the Secondary drive (/dev/hdc). On the DSL system, the CF/PCMCIA slot is /dev/hde.If you right-click and do a Frugal Grub Install to /dev/hde. (If you take this flash and boot it in the target, you get the error in the title "GRUB Hard Disk Error" at boot up.)Remount the CF eg on /mnt/hde1Edit the file /mnt/hde1/boot/grub/device.map so that has one line (you could probably put others, but I didn't try):(hd0) /dev/
a reboot.I get a http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/f/topic-3-5-12263-0.html Grub - Error 15: file not foundthe menu.lst file contains:Code Sample # This sets the default entry to boot. # Remember that GRUB counts from 0, so 1 is the second entry.default 0 # This sets the length of time in seconds that grub will wait for hard disk the user to select an OS# before it boots the default on. I reccommend at least 15 seconds.timeout 15# Enter the entry for DSL here. Something like this.title DSLkernel /boot/linux24 root=/dev/hda1 quiet vga=normal noacpi noapm nodma noscsi frugal title DSL fb800x600kernel /boot/linux24 root=/dev/hda1 quiet vga=788 noacpi noapm nodma grub hard disk noscsi frugal title DSL fb1024x768kernel /boot/linux24 root=/dev/hda1 quiet vga=791 noacpi noapm nodma noscsi frugal title DSL fb1280x1024kernel /boot/linux24 root=/dev/hda1 quiet vga=794 noacpi noapm nodma noscsi frugal #title DSL with toram, mydsl, restore, hostname, and passwords#kernel /boot/linux24 root=/dev/hda1 quiet vga=normal noacpi noapm noscsi frugal dma toram mydsl=hda5 restore=hda5 host=DSL1 secure#title DSL with XFree86#kernel /boot/linux24 root=/dev/hda1 quiet vga=normal noacpi noapm noscsi frugal dma toram mydsl=hda5/xfree restore=hda6 host=DSL1 secure#title DSL with mydsl, restore, persistentancy, hostname, and passwords#kernel /boot/linux24 root=/dev/hda1 quiet vga=normal noacpi noapm noscsi frugal dma toram mydsl=hda3 restore=hda3 home=hda3 opt=hda3 host=DSL1 secure#title DSL Runlevel 2#kernel /boot/linux24 root=/dev/hda1 quiet vga=normal noacpi noapm noscsi nodma frugal 2 base norestore#title Windows#root (hd0,0)#chainloader +1#makeactive#bootand the device.map contain:Code Sample (hd0) /dev/hda(hd1) /dev/hdb(hd2) /dev/hdc(hd3) /dev/hdd(hd4) /dev/hde(hd5) /dev/hdfHow do I fix this Error 15?menu.lst should be like this:-Code Sample title DSL fb1024x768kernel /boot/linux24 root=/dev/hda1 quiet vga=791 noacpi noapm nodma noscsi