Installing Linux Slitaz - does not boot after the "successful" installation

nebeneffekt · 12-25-2015, 04:28 AM

Hello

I wanted to install Slitaz (linux version) on my old netbook.
So I indeed installed it (successfully according to the installation-progress).
However after installation Slitaz does not boot and nothing happens.

This is how i have installed Slitaz
1. I partitioned my harddsik appropriately (/ = 10 GB; /home = 200+ GB; linux-swap = 4 GB; /boot = 100 MB)

2. I have chosen then to install the system to / and specified which shall be my /home directory when Slitaz asked. So i did this appropriately in my opinion.

3. I specified during the installation that boot manager should be installed. Once I tried the installation with and once without installing the boot manager. But both times the same problem appears.

4. After the screen informs me that Slitaz was successfully installed, the netbook gets rebooted. I pull out the pendrives as commanded, and then the System does not boot after the BIOS-entry possibilities.

So do I have to install the grub boot-loader? If so, I have completely no idea how to do this and I need a tutorial then. And also where do I get the grub-installer from. Through a live-pendrive-linuxversion?

with kind regards

oldtechaa · 12-25-2015, 07:26 AM

Could you give a more exact description of everything that happens on boot? Like what it does instead of booting? Does it give a "No operating system installed" error or what?

nebeneffekt · 12-25-2015, 08:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by oldtechaa

Could you give a more exact description of everything that happens on boot? Like what it does instead of booting? Does it give a "No operating system installed" error or what?

only this appears:

http://s27.postimg.org/8iat8po03/20151225_152929_1.jpg
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yancek · 12-25-2015, 08:51 AM

You do need to install the bootloader since you have no other operating system on the computer in which case it would not boot. It's been a while since I've used Slitaz but the default for installation would be to /dev/sda which would be the MBR of the first drive. Do you remember if that is what you did or did you change the default. Have you re-set the BIOs to boot first from the hard drive after installing?

nebeneffekt · 12-25-2015, 09:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yancek

You do need to install the bootloader since you have no other operating system on the computer in which case it would not boot. It's been a while since I've used Slitaz but the default for installation would be to /dev/sda which would be the MBR of the first drive. Do you remember if that is what you did or did you change the default. Have you re-set the BIOs to boot first from the hard drive after installing?

yes. I am trying to boot from the harddrive

oldtechaa · 12-25-2015, 11:02 AM

Depending on the BIOS, you might be able to disable all other boot options temporarily and see what it says.

nebeneffekt · 12-25-2015, 11:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by oldtechaa

Depending on the BIOS, you might be able to disable all other boot options temporarily and see what it says.

anyway. i installed now grub manually.
the thing is, grub gets booted correctly.
yet nothing is assigned in the grub menu, meaning i have to assign the partitions.

with

Code:

ls

i receive:

Code:

(hd0) (hd0,msdos4) (hd0,msdos3) (hd0,msdos2) (hd0,msdos1)

(hd0,msdos3) is /
(hd0,msdos4) is /home
(hd0,msdos2) is /boot
(hd0,msdos1) is linux-swap

i tired to assign with:

Code:

set prefix=(hd0,msdos2)/grub
set root=(hd0,msdos3)
insmod linux
insmod normal
normal

i did not receive any error message, but nothing happens after executing these commands neither after reboot.

colorpurple21859 · 12-25-2015, 12:09 PM

try

Code:

configfile (hd0,msdos3)/boot/grub/grub.cfg

or where ever the grub.cfg file is located

rokytnji · 12-25-2015, 12:19 PM

Been awhile since I ran Slitaz

I know I 1st did a md5sum check of my iso before proceeding with the install. Grub install was told to go
to the mbr of my hard drive. Not the root folder in the "/" partition.

Mine was just / and /home and /swap with a Windows 2000 SP4 Pro partition. Just a dual booter IBM A22m (Sold it).

Nothing like your mdos entries you are showing.

Mine were like (hd1,0) for / and (hd1,1) for /home if I remember right and Windows 2000 was (hd0,0)
Something is screwy here with these msdos listed from ls. Maybe someone knows more about what is going since I do not know.

rokytnji · 12-25-2015, 12:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by colorpurple21859

try

Code:

configfile (hd0,msdos3)/boot/grub/grub.cfg

or where ever the grub.cfg file is located

I do not think Slitaz uses a grub2. Hence no grub.cfg.

http://doc.slitaz.org/en:handbook:in...ub-boot-loader

It uses a menu.list like in grub legacy instead.

Might be useful info or not.

http://tuxdiary.com/2014/04/13/boot-...-in-uefi-mode/

ondoho · 12-25-2015, 01:43 PM

nebeneffekt, i have been using slitaz for a short while and quite liked it.
it is not meant to be installed, but can be installed with some extra steps.
they have a good community & wiki, and you should really ask your questions there, because slitaz is a little different from other linux distros.

nebeneffekt · 12-25-2015, 01:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ondoho

nebeneffekt, i have been using slitaz for a short while and quite liked it.
it is not meant to be installed, but can be installed with some extra steps.
they have a good community & wiki, and you should really ask your questions there, because slitaz is a little different from other linux distros.

i understand. and noticed this too until now

well maybe, do you recommend another small-sized Linux version for old laptops/netbooks?

rokytnji · 12-25-2015, 01:56 PM

Specs? A link to your netbook/laptop review would be good. Example:

http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Category:A22m

nebeneffekt · 12-25-2015, 04:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rokytnji

Specs? A link to your netbook/laptop review would be good. Example:

http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Category:A22m

It is a Toshiba NB550D

http://www.cnet.com/uk/products/toshiba-nb550d/

rokytnji · 12-25-2015, 08:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nebeneffekt

It is a Toshiba NB550D

http://www.cnet.com/uk/products/toshiba-nb550d/

It also has just 1GB of RAM. The C-50 is a dual-core chip that AMD describes as an 'accelerated processing unit'. That's because it combines the CPU, memory controller and Radeon HD 6250 graphics core onto a single die.

The CPU lacks hyper-threading capability and is clocked at 1GHz, as opposed to the 1.5GHz of Intel's dual-core Atom N550. Nevertheless, the NB550D still performed better than Toshiba's Atom-N550-equipped NB520. In the PCMark05 benchmark test, it clocked up a score of 1,885, compared to the NB520's result of 1,667.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3vld_tTYXQ

Use this latest release

MX-15_386.iso 24-Dec-2015 08:22 1.1G

http://iso.mxrepo.com/

Be sure and download and use the

MX-15_386.iso.md5 23-Dec-2015 18:50 48

to check the md5sum before running the install medium you will use.

Helpful videos can be found at

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFW...KlXW5uE9opXukQ

I run the lighter version, AntiX 15 but MX-15 is easier for novice users IMO. Since it uses XFCE 4.12 .
With dual core amd processors and 1 gig of ram you will be just fine. Give it spin. I think you will like it just fine.

Just to show how old a machine I am posting from now.

Code:

harry@biker:~
$ inxi -M
Machine:   System: IBM product: 2529E1U v: ThinkPad Z60m
           Mobo: IBM model: 2529E1U
           Bios: IBM v: 77ET64WW (1.24 ) date: 02/27/2007
harry@biker:~
$ inxi -f
CPU:       Single core Intel Celeron M (-UP-) cache: 1024 KB
           speed: 1396 MHz (max)
           CPU Flags: acpi apic bts clflush cmov cx8 de dts fpu fxsr mca mce
           mmx msr mtrr nx pae pbe pge pse sep ss sse sse2 tm tsc vme
harry@biker:~
$