Re: Installed, yet NO boot
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Originally Posted by gamezealot
Ok, I'm a relatively new linux user. I booted off the knoppix cd and opened terminal... typed su, and then typed the command to start the installer. Everytime it says I dont meet the minimum requirements.... I'm installing Knoppix on my second internal drive. I made a 500mb linux swap partition, and the rest is a linux partition, marked as bootable, about 55 gb worth. So i did the ignorecheck=1 thing and forced the install to start. It went through, got to the point where it was asking for a floppy, I hit no because I dont have one. Then it said installation complete.... I restart and i can only boot to windows..... I boot back up off the cd, and HD shows all these new files, but I cannot boot off the second drive.... any suggestions? did I miss anything? is the floppy part important?
It sounds like the lilo bootloader did not install properly. Boot your knoppix CD with the bootcode 'knoppix root=/dev/hda5 noinitrd ro' (replace hda5 with the correct partition for where you installed knoppix to). This should start your konppix HD installation. Using konqueror, browse to /etc/lilo.conf & open the file. Check that there is a line which says 'boot=/dev/hda', this is the command to put lilo on the MBR. If this is correct, open a terminal & type 'sudo lilo' which should attempt to install lilo on your MBR. Follow up on any error messages or post again if you get any error messages. To edit lilo.conf to correct any errors you will have to be root user.
To edit this file using kate (easier than most text based editors), first type 'sudo passwd' & set a root password then type 'kdesu kate /etc/lilo.conf' to open the editor as root. You should make a bakup copy first 'sudo cp /etc/lilo.conf /etc/lilo.conf.old' willmake a backup copy.