Booting From [NTFS] Partition

**twiistedkaos** · 05-22-2005, 06:01 PM

I used this tutorial: http://www.knoppix.net/wiki/Win_Partition
But it doesn't seem to work, I keep getting this error:
Error 18: Can't mount from ISO (or somethign like that)
in the menu.lst file is says put the iso here: # Copy the also the 700MB knoppix ISO file into c:\boot\knoppix.37\ directory
but in the tutorial it says put it here: c:\boot\knoppix.36\. I have Knoppix 3.8.2. So I put the ISO in all 3 folders just in case, so the iso is in c:\boot\knoppix.37\ and c:\boot\knoppix.36\ and c:\boot\knoppix.381\. So, I restart my comp, run GRUB, then choose the Knoppix 3.8.1 ISO option, and I get that error, so I tried all of the otions and still get the error.
Any ideas?

**ruymbeke** · 05-25-2005, 08:29 AM

Originally Posted by twiistedkaos

I used this tutorial: http://www.knoppix.net/wiki/Win_Partition
But it doesn't seem to work, I keep getting this error:
Error 18: Can't mount from ISO (or somethign like that)
in the menu.lst file is says put the iso here: # Copy the also the 700MB knoppix ISO file into c:\boot\knoppix.37\ directory
but in the tutorial it says put it here: c:\boot\knoppix.36\. I have Knoppix 3.8.2. So I put the ISO in all 3 folders just in case, so the iso is in c:\boot\knoppix.37\ and c:\boot\knoppix.36\ and c:\boot\knoppix.381\. So, I restart my comp, run GRUB, then choose the Knoppix 3.8.1 ISO option, and I get that error, so I tried all of the otions and still get the error.
Any ideas?

Well, first you should check that grub is starting: do you get the grub menu ?
If not, there is something wrong with your boot.ini or grldr file in the root of your boot drive.
If yes then you shoul have something like this somewhere in your c:\boot\grub\menu.lst:

title Knoppix 3.8.2 kernel 2.6 from NTFS hda1 ISO
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/knoppix.382/linux ramdisk_size=100000 init=/etc/init lang=us apm=power-off vga=794 nomce quiet bootfrom=/dev/hda1/boot/knoppix.382/*.iso noprompt dma screen=1280x1024 (all in a single line)
initrd (hd0,0)/boot/knoppix.382/minirt_ntfs.gz
boot

and obviously you should have a directory c:\boot\knoppix.382 in which you have the 3 files: minirt_ntfs.gz, linux, and KNOPPIX_V3.8.2-2005-05-05-EN.iso. You can get the 2 first files from this link: http://s119307663.onlinehome.us/Knoppix382.zip
CF this forum: http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtop...=asc&start=200
Hope this will help. Cheers, Gilles

**twiistedkaos** · 05-27-2005, 01:18 AM

i'll try that.And yes,grub is running.

edit:
Nope, I still get this error:

Code:

Booting 'Knoppix 3.8.2 Kernel 2.3 NFTS hda1 iso

kernel (hd0,0)/boot/knoppix.382/linux ect...

Error 19: Cannot Mout selected partition

Press any key to reboot

**ruymbeke** · 05-27-2005, 08:24 AM

Originally Posted by twiistedkaos

i'll try that.And yes,grub is running.
edit:
Nope, I still get this error:

Code:

Booting 'Knoppix 3.8.2 Kernel 2.3 NFTS hda1 iso
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/knoppix.382/linux ect...
Error 19: Cannot Mout selected partition
Press any key to reboot

Grub and Linux in general are very sensitive to the case of the filenames and directories names. So I would double check that the path used to store the iso file is matching the path in the kernel command line: bootfrom=/dev/hda1/boot/knoppix.382/*.iso ==> c:\boot\knoppix.382\KNOPPIX_V3.8.2-2005-05-05-EN.iso If you are using a sata drive, linux may use an other device name: /dev/sda1 instead of /dev/hda1. So I would run knoppix from the cd, mount the ntfs partition and use the df command to figure out what is the device used for your ntfs partition and update the kernel command line if required. Hope this help. Good luck, Gilles

**twiistedkaos** · 05-27-2005, 11:11 PM

Ok, i'm on livecd right now. On my desktop I have two HD Partitions, sda1, and sda2, sda2 has the: sda2/BOOT/knoppix.382/knoppix.iso, so in the menu thing would I change it to: c:\BOOT\knoppix.382\knoppix.iso ? or to /dev/sda2/boot/knoppix.382/knoppix.iso

**twiistedkaos** · 05-27-2005, 11:22 PM

ok, I tried c:\BOOT\knoppix.382\knoppix.iso, /dev/sda2/BOOT/knoppix.382/knoppix.iso, and /dev/sda1/BOOT/knoppix.382/knoppix.iso any more suggestions?

**ruymbeke** · 05-28-2005, 05:50 AM

Originally Posted by twiistedkaos

Ok, i'm on livecd right now. On my desktop I have two HD Partitions, sda1, and sda2, sda2 has the: sda2/BOOT/knoppix.382/knoppix.iso, so in the menu thing would I change it to: c:\BOOT\knoppix.382\knoppix.iso ? or to /dev/sda2/boot/knoppix.382/knoppix.iso

YES. Try: "bootfrom=/dev/sda2/BOOT/knoppix.382/knoppix.iso" Please, let me know... Cheers, Gilles

**twiistedkaos** · 05-28-2005, 01:23 PM

I tried this:

Code:

title Knoppix sda2
kernel (hd0,0)/BOOT/knoppix.382/linux ramdisk_size=100000 init=/etc/init lang=us apm=power-off vga=794 nomce quiet bootfrom=/dev/sda2/BOOT/knoppix.382/knoppix.iso config=scan home=scan noprompt dma screen=1280x1024
initrd (hd0,0)/BOOT/knoppix.382/minirt_ntfs.gz
boot

but it didn't work.