hdinstall problem

#Default runlevel ...
id:3:initdefault:

to

#Default runlevel ...
id:4:initdefault:

alas, no joy. same old trouble.

my original was id:5:initdefault:, actually. tried it at 4. set it back to 5 for now.

the startx command, all variations, get the same scrolled screen of trouble, the relevant portions of which may be,

"XIO: fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0" after 0 requests (0 known processed0 with 0 events remaining."

"Fatal server error: no screens found"

Sounds like a problem the XConfig file... there is a flag to override
the values of X... I think (double check with the `man` on it) you
can do something like `X --probeonly` or maybe it's `X --probe`
and the XFree server will attempt to autodetect the configuration
rather then rely on what knoppix autodetected....

so something like:

export DISPLAY=:0
X --probeonly & startkde

should get you up and running.... (do a `man X`)

-Ironstorm

[ofb]

Sounds like a problem the XConfig file... there is a flag to override
the values of X... I think (double check with the `man` on it)

thanks, but either i don't understand or something in the above isn't quite right. i did check the man files and i did try the flags in a few variations with no difference.

what i did not find was an XConfig file itself to examine and possibly edit. does that go under another name?

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moving from detail to general ... obviously some people are using hd-install successfully. since i've tried two iso's and a few methods with always the same result of a CLI that won't fire up the GUI, i have to wonder if the issue is that i'm installing to the second drive.

so direct question: has anyone installed knoppix to hdc successfully?

[newby]

I'm new to Linux, so may be i'm just talking sh*t and it's good to ignore.

Could it be that if you change the harddisk that boot in BIOS, that your boatloader-problem is solved? (sorry my english, just don't know how to say it)

I also think that pentium 1 is just not good enough for a harddisk install with kde 3. Resources with the cd are possible handled in a different way, so it works on cd, but not on your harddisk.


Good luck

[A. Jorge Garcia]

I ran knx-hdinstall and got a full debian install! Very nice.

I did this, however, at the expense of my WINDOZE partition. That's no great loss as I backed-up my personal data and can reinstall WIN98 for the others that use this PC.

My question: is there no way to use knx-hdinstall with cfdisk without trashing your current partitions? I thought that this would be possible. If so, I'd like to perfect this procedure for use at my work without problems....

[ILoveChessAndCompScience]

I ran knx-hdinstall and got a full debian install! Very nice.

I did this, however, at the expense of my WINDOZE partition. That's no great loss as I backed-up my personal data and can reinstall WIN98 for the others that use this PC.

My question: is there no way to use knx-hdinstall with cfdisk without trashing your current partitions? I thought that this would be possible. If so, I'd like to perfect this procedure for use at my work without problems....

Indeed. I totally agree.
<3 ILoveChessAndCompScience!!!!!!

[matukituki]

Just installed 3.3 a few days ago using knx-hdinstaller. No problems were had with keeping existing partitions (one each of Win2k and Ext3), though I did have to edit /etc/lilo.conf in order to manually add windows onto the lilo menu.

Overall, very impressed with the script - recognised everything, including SATA drive and Promise controller.