-
Dell Inspiron 8100 has Grub Boot Problems
I have an older Dell Inspiron whose CD drive does not work, and whose bios dose not allow booting from a usb device. So, I downloaded the ADRIANE iso to the hard drive (it currently runs xubuntu) and configured grub with this boot entry:
menuentry knoppix {
loopback loop (hd0,1)/home/ADRIANE....iso
linux (loop)/boot/isolinux/linux debug nousb bootfrom=/dev/sda1/home/ADRIANE....iso expert knoppix
initrd (loop)/boot/isolinux/minirt.gz
}
When I boot the computer, Knoppix appears to boot ok --it displays a message that it finds knoppix 6 at /dev/sda1/home/.... It displays a messages that kernel 2.6.39.3 is loaded. Then it displays a message:
sh: can't access tty; job control turned off
It then displays a prompt. The hard disk is mounted at /mnt-iso. I cannot run any programs on the hard disk such as firefox. Even if I type the full path, a message is displayed that the program is not found. A character interface is displayed -- no graphical windows manager. Obviously somethins is wrong. Any ideas?
Thanks much!
Tags for this Thread
Posting Permissions
- You may not post new threads
- You may not post replies
- You may not post attachments
- You may not edit your posts
-
Forum Rules
Vintage Apple Macintosh IIci Computer + Monitor
$300.00
Vintage Apple Power Mac G4 Cube 2000
$300.00
Vintage Apple IIe Computer A2S2128 (Powers On) VGC Ships Fast & Smart
$214.00
Vintage Early Apple II Computer REV 3 #10809 Bundle (Read Description)
$8500.00
Vintage Apple Newton eMate 300 H0208 Laptop Computer 1997 Works
$199.95
VTG Apple Macintosh SE/30 Tested and Working - NO HDD NO SOFTWARE BAD SCREEN
$200.00
Vtg 1994 Macintosh Apple (M2895LL/A) Presentation System - All Parts/Cables Inc
$15.00
Vintage Apple M2115 External Hard Drive, Dive Not Included
$64.99
Apple Macintosh PowerBook 180 Vintage Laptop | Retro Computer
$109.95
Vintage Apple Power Macintosh 6100/66 Computer M1596 Powers On AS-IS
$149.99