Other Help Topics :: Help Installing DSL on a CF Card
Hi,
I'm having some trouble installing DSL onto a CF Card. I have a Dell Inspiron 7000 Laptop and I've installed DSL onto the HD so I know DSL runs on my laptop. I basically followed the instructions posted under the topic: image for a cf card, but it's not working for me. When I turn on my laptop, it says "Operating system Not Found".
Here's what I've done so far:
- I replaced the laptop's HD with a 4GB CF card installed in an IDE-to-CF adapter.
- Booted DSL from the CD and ran cfdisk: deleted the exiting partitions on the CF card and created a new single linux (type 83) partition. I wrote the partition table to disk and formatted the cf card.
- Next I shut down the system and booted up DSL from a CD with the "install" option, and selected "5. Frugal Lilo Compact Flash Install". - I entered the following at the prompts: -- Enter target partition to hold image: hda1 -- Intall from [L]iveCD .... : l -- List boot options... : <return> -- Choose language... : <return> -- Do you wish to specify a default restore partition? n -- Use default Xvesa settings, Xvesa? : <return> -- Do you wish to specify a different partition for myDSL? n -- Format the target partition /dev/hda1? y
- The install seems to go OK, and it prompts me to remove the CD to reboot. But when it reboots, it says "Operating System Not Found".
- I also tried booting with the options "dsl norestore base" and doing the install from the desktop > tools > installs > Frugal Grub Install, but got the same thing.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.If your CF-card is pretending to be a hard-disk (in IDE slot), then shouldn't you use the install to hard-disk. Instead of install to CF?
I dont know. I have only installed to usb-CF reader. And I used the install to USB-HDD. Worked fine.You should use Frugal install for CF but you need to prepare CF with cfdisk first. This is a sample if you want 2 partitions:- hda1 - ext2 (DSL boot image) ~ 75-100 MB hda2 - ext2 (Backup/Restore, MyDSL and data)
You can format the partitions in aterm as Root:-
Code Sample
mkfs.ext2 /dev/hda1 mkfs.ext2 /dev/hda2
after formatting, reboot and make Frugal Install.
Note: I think the problem was on formatting step. Lilo may make something in boot record. You may try this way: cfdisk ... Fomat ... reboot ... Format ... reboot ... Frugal install. If it is not success, you may start over from cfdisk again.
Good luck Thanks for the suggestion. I tried reformatting from scratch, and tried both lilo and grub, but it's still not booting. When I reboot from the CD, mount the CF card and go to the /mnt/dev/hda1 directory, I have (under the lilo install):
KNOPPIX boot lost+found
Under the boot directory I have:
boot.0300 lilo.conf linux24 map minirt24.gz
I think that the files are there after the install, but it's a problem with the boot strapping. How do I tell what's in the MBR? Is the MBR cleared when I do a cfdisk?
What else should I be looking for to help diagnose this problem? Thanks in advance.I think there is something in boot record because of Lilo. You may try this way:- - Use cfdisk and delete all partitions on /dev/hda ... then Reboot - Re-check partition with cfdisk ... pls make sure it is empty ... then Reboot - Use cfdisk and make new partition ... 1 or 2 partition(s) ... up to you ... then Reboot - Use Aterm as root and mkfs.ext2 /dev/hda1 ... Format partition(s) ... then Reboot - Do GRUB Frugal Install ... then Reboot Good Luck Next Page...
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