Hi All,
Complete newbie to LINUX. Using an old XP HP 2510p (2 GB RAM). Linux Lite works fine off the live cd so I assume hardware OK. Installed a new SSD (Kingspec 64 GB) and loaded Linux.
Some outputs :
Code:
linux@linux:~$ sudo fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 63.6 GB, 63612911616 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7733 cylinders, total 124243968 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000951f6
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 2048 120098815 60048384 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 120100862 124241919 2070529 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 120100864 124241919 2070528 82 Linux swap / Solaris
linux@linux:~$
linux@linux:~$ cat /etc/fstab
overlayfs / overlayfs rw 0 0
tmpfs /tmp tmpfs nosuid,nodev 0 0
/dev/sda5 swap swap defaults 0 0
linux@linux:~$
linux@linux:~$ sudo blkid
/dev/loop0: TYPE="squashfs"
/dev/sda1: UUID="3adbeca6-9641-4e27-8ce6-6ab4ca22d250" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/sda5: UUID="810b6368-070e-442c-a620-5b292d7314e3" TYPE="swap"
/dev/sr0: LABEL="Linux Lite 2.0 32-bit" TYPE="iso9660"
linux@linux:~$
Was really looking forward to using Linux but without Hard drive boot it is no use. Could this be a BIOS issue ??? I have made the Hard drive 1st on bootup - get a GIMP error but cant do anything(wouldn't know what to do anyway)
All help gratefully accepted.
Rgds
John
John, did you mean a GRUB error? If so what does it say?
Don't give up just yet
Paul
Hi Paul,
Many thanks for taking the time to reply. Yes, you are right I should have said grub not gimp.
the message I get is:
error: attempt to read or write outside of disk 'hd0'
Entering rescue mode
grub rescue>
It's possible that grub just didn't get installed properly during the install. (Happens sometimes. ???) Try following to re-install grub:
* Boot from live Linux Lite DVD/USB
* Open a terminal (Menu -> Accessories -> Terminal)
* Mount the installed system's root partition to the live enviroment
Code:
sudo mount /dev/sda1 /mnt
* Install grub to the MBR (master boot record) of the drive
Code:
sudo grub-install --boot-directory=/mnt/boot/ /dev/sda
* Unmount the root partition
* Close terminal, shutdown computer, remove DVD/USB
* Boot computer again and see if everything now works.
Running on my SSD OK.
Code:
Drives: HDD Total Size: 121.3GB (3.3% used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: APPLE_SSD_SM128 size: 121.3GB
Partition: ID: / size: 8.6G used: 3.3G (40%) fs: ext4 ID: /home size: 103G used: 513M (1%) fs: ext3
Seperate root and home on mine. No swap
Code:
Info: Processes: 155 Uptime: 5:53 Memory: 660.4/3638.0MB Runlevel: 2 Gcc sys: 4.8.2
This is not a dual booter with Windows on it. Just a Linux laptop. So grub went onto /dev/sda mbr.
Being a ssd out of a apple computer was different also.
Code:
harry@biker1:~$ sudo fdisk -l
[sudo] password for harry:
WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/sda'! The util fdisk doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted.
Disk /dev/sda: 121.3 GB, 121332826112 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14751 cylinders, total 236978176 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 236978175 118489087+ ee GPT
harry@biker1:~$ sudo blkid
/dev/sda1: LABEL="/" UUID="24580b54-b3d7-418a-96f2-6bbbf1ccccff" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/sda2: LABEL="/home" UUID="65f560b2-63b4-41e0-9d4e-4597d237493b" TYPE="ext3"
harry@biker1:~$
SOLVED: Not an SSD problem after all - old fashioned BIOS issue - cure=do manual install with small c. 5GB root partition.
Many thanks for all the responses. I tried boot-repair but it did nothing. I seemed to be missing some Linux commands so thought my download of the os was corrupt. So I opted to install Linux Mint instead. Still didn't work.
Cue - long trawl of the interwoggie.
Found a comment that old BIOS instruction sets (2008 laptop) did not like new LINUX file setups and recommended that you do a manual install with root around 2 GB in size. I made mine 5GB and followed the idiot (me) proof instructions here :
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=122276
Hey presto - I am running Linux - wooo hoooo. Once I get a bit more secure I will give Lite a go.