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From: rock on 27 Apr 2010 19:08

> Hey thanks guys for the discussion.
>
> Some of you must be nearly as old as I am!
>
> I started tapping into mainframes in the mid 70's with machine language,
> then got into Commodore Pet with the cassette, then Commodore 32, 64,
> then cp/m with Kaypro, then dos to the graphical Windows stuff!
>
> A long interesting journey.
>
> Anyway, my Linux problem..
>
> Fortunately I am able to get to windows okay with the grub floppy then
> these commands..
>
> root (hd0,0)
> chainload +1
> boot
>
> Just got to work out how to get the multi boot happening..
>
>
> rock


Going thru the motions..

Here in MEPIS CD Partition Manager it shows...

/dev/hda (38.34GiB)
/dev/hdb (186.31 Gib)

hdb1 156.30 GiB
/dev/hdfb1 ntfs /mnt/hbd1
/dev/hdb2 ext 3 /mnt/hdb2


From: B Sellers on 27 Apr 2010 19:25
On 04/27/2010 04:08 PM, rock wrote:
>
>> Hey thanks guys for the discussion.
>>
>> Some of you must be nearly as old as I am!
>>
>> I started tapping into mainframes in the mid 70's with machine language,
>> then got into Commodore Pet with the cassette, then Commodore 32, 64,
>> then cp/m with Kaypro, then dos to the graphical Windows stuff!
>>
>> A long interesting journey.
>>
>> Anyway, my Linux problem..
>>
>> Fortunately I am able to get to windows okay with the grub floppy then
>> these commands..
>>
>> root (hd0,0)
>> chainload +1
>> boot
>>
>> Just got to work out how to get the multi boot happening..
>>
>>
>> rock
>
>
> Going thru the motions..
>
> Here in MEPIS CD Partition Manager it shows...
>
> /dev/hda (38.34GiB)
> /dev/hdb (186.31 Gib)
>
> hdb1 156.30 GiB
> /dev/hdfb1 ntfs /mnt/hbd1
> /dev/hdb2 ext 3 /mnt/hdb2
>
>
Can you make a CD from an ISO?
Google "Super Grub Disk".
Download the iso. It is not very large.
Write the ISO to the blank CD. Remember to use the boot option from your
CD writing program
Reboot with the Super Grub Disk and follow the directions.

later
bliss
From: rock on 27 Apr 2010 22:29
On 28/04/2010 9:25 AM, B Sellers wrote:
> On 04/27/2010 04:08 PM, rock wrote:
>>
>>> Hey thanks guys for the discussion.
>>>
>>> Some of you must be nearly as old as I am!
>>>
>>> I started tapping into mainframes in the mid 70's with machine language,
>>> then got into Commodore Pet with the cassette, then Commodore 32, 64,
>>> then cp/m with Kaypro, then dos to the graphical Windows stuff!
>>>
>>> A long interesting journey.
>>>
>>> Anyway, my Linux problem..
>>>
>>> Fortunately I am able to get to windows okay with the grub floppy then
>>> these commands..
>>>
>>> root (hd0,0)
>>> chainload +1
>>> boot
>>>
>>> Just got to work out how to get the multi boot happening..
>>>
>>>
>>> rock
>>
>>
>> Going thru the motions..
>>
>> Here in MEPIS CD Partition Manager it shows...
>>
>> /dev/hda (38.34GiB)
>> /dev/hdb (186.31 Gib)
>>
>> hdb1 156.30 GiB
>> /dev/hdfb1 ntfs /mnt/hbd1
>> /dev/hdb2 ext 3 /mnt/hdb2
>>
>>
> Can you make a CD from an ISO?
> Google "Super Grub Disk".
> Download the iso. It is not very large.
> Write the ISO to the blank CD. Remember to use the boot option from your
> CD writing program
> Reboot with the Super Grub Disk and follow the directions.
>
> later
> bliss

Hey thanks bliss..

What a good CD!

Only thing is I see the XP loader and I get to XP okay, but it only
mentions..
'Other OS'
and when I choose that. I get an error.
So I have either set up Linux incorrectly or..?

rock


From: B Sellers on 27 Apr 2010 22:56
On 04/27/2010 07:29 PM, rock wrote:
> On 28/04/2010 9:25 AM, B Sellers wrote:
>> On 04/27/2010 04:08 PM, rock wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hey thanks guys for the discussion.
>>>>
>>>> Some of you must be nearly as old as I am!
>>>>
>>>> I started tapping into mainframes in the mid 70's with machine
>>>> language,
>>>> then got into Commodore Pet with the cassette, then Commodore 32, 64,
>>>> then cp/m with Kaypro, then dos to the graphical Windows stuff!
>>>>
>>>> A long interesting journey.
>>>>
>>>> Anyway, my Linux problem..
>>>>
>>>> Fortunately I am able to get to windows okay with the grub floppy then
>>>> these commands..
>>>>
>>>> root (hd0,0)
>>>> chainload +1
>>>> boot
>>>>
>>>> Just got to work out how to get the multi boot happening..
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> rock
>>>
>>>
>>> Going thru the motions..
>>>
>>> Here in MEPIS CD Partition Manager it shows...
>>>
>>> /dev/hda (38.34GiB)
>>> /dev/hdb (186.31 Gib)
>>>
>>> hdb1 156.30 GiB
>>> /dev/hdfb1 ntfs /mnt/hbd1
>>> /dev/hdb2 ext 3 /mnt/hdb2
>>>
>>>
>> Can you make a CD from an ISO?
>> Google "Super Grub Disk".
>> Download the iso. It is not very large.
>> Write the ISO to the blank CD. Remember to use the boot option from your
>> CD writing program
>> Reboot with the Super Grub Disk and follow the directions.
>>
>> later
>> bliss
>
> Hey thanks bliss..
>
> What a good CD!
>
> Only thing is I see the XP loader and I get to XP okay, but it only
> mentions..
> 'Other OS'
> and when I choose that. I get an error.
> So I have either set up Linux incorrectly or..?
>
> rock
>
>

That you have set it up incorrectly is a possibility
Why don't you try that install again. I don't use
Mephis so I cannot advise you on that point but
it seems a rather compact install though I have
done Mandriva in 10 GiB.

You might want to read the documentation
again or indeed ask for help at the Mephis site.

later
bliss
From: rock on 28 Apr 2010 22:04
On 28/04/2010 12:56 PM, B Sellers wrote:
> On 04/27/2010 07:29 PM, rock wrote:
>> On 28/04/2010 9:25 AM, B Sellers wrote:
>>> On 04/27/2010 04:08 PM, rock wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hey thanks guys for the discussion.
>>>>>
>>>>> Some of you must be nearly as old as I am!
>>>>>
>>>>> I started tapping into mainframes in the mid 70's with machine
>>>>> language,
>>>>> then got into Commodore Pet with the cassette, then Commodore 32, 64,
>>>>> then cp/m with Kaypro, then dos to the graphical Windows stuff!
>>>>>
>>>>> A long interesting journey.
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyway, my Linux problem..
>>>>>
>>>>> Fortunately I am able to get to windows okay with the grub floppy then
>>>>> these commands..
>>>>>
>>>>> root (hd0,0)
>>>>> chainload +1
>>>>> boot
>>>>>
>>>>> Just got to work out how to get the multi boot happening..
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> rock
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Going thru the motions..
>>>>
>>>> Here in MEPIS CD Partition Manager it shows...
>>>>
>>>> /dev/hda (38.34GiB)
>>>> /dev/hdb (186.31 Gib)
>>>>
>>>> hdb1 156.30 GiB
>>>> /dev/hdfb1 ntfs /mnt/hbd1
>>>> /dev/hdb2 ext 3 /mnt/hdb2
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Can you make a CD from an ISO?
>>> Google "Super Grub Disk".
>>> Download the iso. It is not very large.
>>> Write the ISO to the blank CD. Remember to use the boot option from your
>>> CD writing program
>>> Reboot with the Super Grub Disk and follow the directions.
>>>
>>> later
>>> bliss
>>
>> Hey thanks bliss..
>>
>> What a good CD!
>>
>> Only thing is I see the XP loader and I get to XP okay, but it only
>> mentions..
>> 'Other OS'
>> and when I choose that. I get an error.
>> So I have either set up Linux incorrectly or..?
>>
>> rock
>>
>>
>
> That you have set it up incorrectly is a possibility
> Why don't you try that install again. I don't use
> Mephis so I cannot advise you on that point but
> it seems a rather compact install though I have
> done Mandriva in 10 GiB.
>
> You might want to read the documentation
> again or indeed ask for help at the Mephis site.
>
> later
> bliss

Yes you are right about reinstall however I am having to learn the linux
commands by doing this and up until now it was fine although I am
leaning towards the reinstall today!!


I have done a few more commands here


mount /dev/hdb2 /mnt/hdb2
ls /mnt/hdb2commands and got a list of files..


[Code][bin dev home lost+found mnt proc
sbin sys usr
boot etc lib media opt root selinux tmp varWhen I did


geometry (hd0)
geometry (hd1)I got.. syntax error near unexpexcted token 'hd0'

What would happen if I attempted a clean install again of MEPIS?

This is taking too long to find and it is a clean install with nothin g
set up so nothing to lose.

Thanks, appreciate the time and help.

oz

:-)

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