Opps, the HD installs DO work, I just forgot to set the partion active
In v3.8.1 and 3.8 knoppix-installer v0.3-14 completes successfully, but on reboot I get "Hard disk boot sector invalid". Even tried making it use grub and get the same result.
Opps, the HD installs DO work, I just forgot to set the partion active
Is Knoppix the only operating system on your hard drive? 'Cuz flagging a partition as active shouldn't be important to LILO or GrUB.
-- Ed
Here's my configuration:
The ext3 partition had to be flagged active or "Hard disk boot sector invalid" would hang me up every time. Maybe it has something to do with the antiquated BIOS on this old gateway solo 1200 laptop. In fact the touchpad stopped working w/kernel 2.6.11 unless I tacked on these cheatcodes: acpi=off and psmouse.proto=impsCode:Using /dev/hda (parted) print Disk geometry for /dev/hda: 0.000-28615.781 megabytes Disk label type: msdos Minor Start End Type Filesystem Flags 1 0.031 27988.242 primary ext3 boot 2 27988.242 28615.781 primary linux-swap
While trying to iron out these probs I discovered KANOTIX which I liked just that much better for my HD install since its installer walks you through creating a default user account, sets root pass. Nice GUI login screen, uses KDE 3.4 yum!, etc...
That's OK! Kanotix is based on Knoppix, after all, and many people here prefer it (mainly for HD installs). Hell, if I can't sort out the issues I'm having with mencoder at the moment, I'll install it myself!Twisted Evil While trying to iron out these probs I discovered Arrow KANOTIX which I liked just that much better for my HD install since its installer walks you through creating a default user account, sets root pass. Nice GUI login screen, uses KDE 3.4 yum!, etc...
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