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dual booting my dell latitude d600 (SOLVED)
  • wolfxwindswolfxwinds March 2011
    So I installed slitaz through the live cd installer
    I used my c: hd from windows, partitioned it so it would have a 10g space to install slitaz on.
    the installer went through and finished fine, asked me if I wanted to restart and I clicked yes
    it ejected the cd, and my computer restarted.. I figured it would load to grub or back into slitaz
    but for some reason it goes directly back to windows 7..

    I'm working on not being a newbie here.. I need help on how to get my computer to allow me to bring up grub when I first turn the pc
    on.. if anyone can give me a detailed step by step to fix this problem.. I'd love you

    all I want is for slitaz to stay persistant I'm sick of trying to do stuff on slitaz and it not working..
    like the package manager.. it never works from live cd.. I can install one package.. the get adobe flash package..
    the rest of them fail to put folders/files onto my actual HD

    help..
  • wolfxwindswolfxwinds March 2011
    I really would love anyones input here..
  • OldGuyOldGuy March 2011
    Do you remember which information you provided during the installation process.?
    Especially if and where to install GRUB!!
  • wolfxwindswolfxwinds March 2011
    yes of course, I installed to hda2, installed grub on hda2, install went fine.. it goes to reboot, ejects disc, shuts down, restarts but loads windows.. still..
  • wolfxwindswolfxwinds March 2011

  • wolfxwindswolfxwinds March 2011
    actually, it said it installed grub to dev/hda
  • wolfxwindswolfxwinds March 2011
    any help is appreciated.. not trying to waste you guys (gals?) time
  • OldGuyOldGuy March 2011
    Sure about /dev/hda ??
    If you installed GRUB to /dev/hda2, you'll get exactly the symptoms you have right now!!

    Just boot from the LiveCD and open a terminal.
    Then enter the following sequence
      su -
      root  <- this should be the root password of the LiveCD
      fdisk /dev/hda
      a
      2
      w
      reboot  <- whitout the CD of course!!

    This should set /dev/hda2 as the boot partition.
    If you then get GRUB, you know you installed GRUB on hda2
    Otherwise, to get back to Win, use the same sequence but wit '1' instead of '2'

    Let us know the outcome.
  • wolfxwindswolfxwinds March 2011
    when I ran fdisk /dev/hda this is what console returned

    The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 4864.
    There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024,
    and could in certain setups cause problems with:
    1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., old versions of LILO)
    2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs
       (e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK)

  • wolfxwindswolfxwinds March 2011

    The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 4864.
    There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024,
    and could in certain setups cause problems with:
    1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., old versions of LILO)
    2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs
       (e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK)

    Command (m for help): a
    Partition number (1-4): 2

    Command (m for help): w
    The partition table has been altered!

    Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table

  • wolfxwindswolfxwinds March 2011
    still rebooting to windows, no grub...
  • wolfxwindswolfxwinds March 2011
    ok well i just tryed it on 1 instead of 2 and it said invalid operating system..
  • wolfxwindswolfxwinds March 2011
    ok.. take that back.. i tryed it on 2.. it failed to load saying invalid operating system
    back on 1 is windows ultimate.
     it also has 3 and 4 as options but both said they are empty

    any clue what to go do now..?
  • wolfxwindswolfxwinds March 2011
    ok so none of them work.. 1 is windows, 2 is invalid operating system, and 3/4 are empty types.
    this is crazy... why is it still not loading grub... grub is in hda... but wont load.. wtf help please =/ old guy? you still around?
  • wolfxwindswolfxwinds March 2011
    so somehow it fucked up my windows 7 installation..
    but good news is that i got it installed to my hda drive... it use to be for windows..
    now its slitaz 3.0 with 39 gigs of space for files..

    anything suggestable for me to use?
  • OldGuyOldGuy March 2011
    Hooooooo, hold the horses!!!

    To go back to Win use the foolowing command sequence from within a terminal session of the LiveCD.
      su -
      root  <- this should be the root password of the LiveCD
      fdisk /dev/hda
      a
      1
      w
      reboot  <- whitout the CD of course!!

    Now Windows shoud start again.

    Can you please post the output of 'fdisk -l' (from LiveCD)


  • slicelslicel March 2011
    Win7 often is on a sata hd, so usually sda, not hda, in grub.

    Win7 often puts a recovery partition in sda1 and the os on sda2, so the 2nd os would go on sda3, not sda2.

    Wolfxwinds, check how your system works.
  • OldGuyOldGuy March 2011
    Valid point, but as wolfxwinds stated, (s)he 'managed' to fumble around with /dev/hda.
    Therefore I'll guess this is what Slitaz 'sees' and what we have to work with.

    Nevertheless the output of 'fdisk -l' should clarify that.
  • wolfxwindswolfxwinds March 2011
    I just deleted my entire installation of windows 7, in all honesty I couldn't stand windows 7.
    Im much happier with a full install slitaz.. one problem now tho
    Every time i try to install from the package manager, it fails to put the files on my hd.
    whats going wrong here?
  • wolfxwindswolfxwinds March 2011
    it installs, but in the show files thing it says its missing lots of files.. this happens on all of my installs
  • wolfxwindswolfxwinds March 2011
    old guy when you get back do you mind helping me, I will download a package and try to install it
    then cut and paste the log file of the installation to show you how it is messing up..

    much thanks again guys
  • ms3811ms3811 March 2011
    @wolfxwinds, just to get a couple basic things right (sorry if I'm asking the obvious), when you download a package and try to install it, are you connected to the Internet?

    Most packages have dependencies, that are automatically downloaded and installed if you are using tazpkg or the package manager. Easiest (and fastest) way to install packages, go to the command prompt and as root:

    #tazpkg get-install packagename

    This will download and install the packages and all necessary dependencies, just make sure your connection to the Internet is active.
  • wolfxwindswolfxwinds March 2011
    I am actively connected to the net, or else it wouldn't download the files.
    and i have auto download dependencies on, and it still will not install any files correctly.
    I get [Failed] on every install.. here ill go install unrar and give you the error read out
  • wolfxwindswolfxwinds March 2011
    root@slitaz:~# tazpkg get-install unrar

    unrar-0.0.1
    Connecting to mirror.slitaz.org (94.23.60.116:80)
    unrar-0.0.1.tazpkg   100% |*******************************| 14848  --:--:-- ETA

    Installation of : unrar-0.0.1
    ================================================================================
    Copying unrar-0.0.1...                                               [ OK ]
    Extracting unrar-0.0.1... 29 blocks
    Extracting the pseudo fs... zcat: fs.cpio.gz: No such file or directory
    rm: cannot remove 'fs.cpio.gz': No such file or directory
    Installing unrar... cp: cannot stat 'fs/*': No such file or directory
                                                                         [ Failed ]
    Removing all tmp files...                                            [ OK ]
    ================================================================================
    unrar (0.0.1) is installed.

  • wolfxwindswolfxwinds March 2011
    unrar doesn't appear in my list of programs.. which sucks cuz I need that and unzip to get the files I have downloaded... (mp3s)
  • OldGuyOldGuy March 2011
    Hi,

     to start at the beginning, can you pls. describe how you install Slitaz and which version / flavour?

    Also, pls. provide the output of "fdisk -l"
  • wolfxwindswolfxwinds March 2011
    I cleared off my c: drive completely 39 gigs open still
    slitaz is installed on hda1, no other OS is installed.
    how do I check ver/flavor for you?

    also, The dual boot thing is no longer a problem.
    but the downloading packages is.
  • OldGuyOldGuy March 2011
    I did see your messages. ;-)

    Which media did you use to install and where did you get it?

    Is 'hda' something you saw during the installation, something you verified with fdisk or just where you think it should be?
  • wolfxwindswolfxwinds March 2011
    its a version with aircrack already built in.. let me reboot and ill tell you the name of it.
    brb
  • wolfxwindswolfxwinds March 2011
    Disk /dev/hda: 40.0 GB, 40007761920 bytes
    255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4864 cylinders
    Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

       Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks  Id System
    /dev/hda1   *           1        4864    39070048+ 83 Linux

  • wolfxwindswolfxwinds March 2011
    once again, it will not install files correctly, doesn't save my bookmarks or any downloads from firefox..
  • wolfxwindswolfxwinds March 2011
    linux 2.6.30.6 -slitaz (i686) cooking
  • Trixar_zaTrixar_za March 2011
    You used SliTaz-aircrack, didn't you?
  • wolfxwindswolfxwinds March 2011
    the one by darksomething yes..
  • wolfxwindswolfxwinds March 2011
    Ok, I got rid of that install and went to the newest version of stable I could find.
    so far so good. got the networking back online.. and im figuring alot of things out on my own 
    and using the text documents on slitaz.. 
  • wolfxwindswolfxwinds March 2011
    Update: No longer have the install problem ;)
  • OldGuyOldGuy March 2011
    Just a summary for future readers of this thread:

    If you want help and/or support you NEED to provide ALL the information right away and NOT bit by bit.

    It is essential that who ever tries to help knows exactly what is going on.
  • slicelslicel March 2011
    I remember darkaudax on the old forum talking about s/he not updating the aircrack flavor.  A webpage lists the latest aircrack flavor as a slitaz 2 cooking flavor with 2.6.30.6 kernel, which is now the slitaz 3 stable kernel.

    Changes to cooking repos can break cooking flavors.

    The aircrack flavor might be able to use the slitaz 3 stable repos by changing settings in the packagae manager gui to point to the stable url.

    http://aircrack-ng.org/doku.php?id=slitaz
  • Trixar_zaTrixar_za March 2011
    Actually, SliTaz 3 comes with aircrack support built in or you can just download a package for it. I've just noticed that anybody that uses slitaz-aircrack tends to have issues with it, because deep-down it's an old SliTaz cooking with an updated kernel, but lacking many of SliTaz 3's features and packages. I generally recommend people just uses the latest stable instead.
  • wolfxwindswolfxwinds March 2011
    I realized that once I installed slitaz 3.0 cooking to my /dev/hda1
    it rebooted, and grub popped up so I knew I got it right this time.
    I also side by side installed mintlinux so far it seems pretty straight
    foward, are their any OS's made for just cracking/hacking by chance?

  • wolfxwindswolfxwinds March 2011
    also, Oldman I need to thank you and appologize for being such an idiot. You are a good guy and I thank you for everything you tryed to do for me, as well as anyone else who tryed to help. Thank you guys
  • wolfxwindswolfxwinds March 2011
    Also, One last question. Is there anyway to get aircrack-ng on slitaz 3.0?
    whats the xterm command to download it?
  • Trixar_zaTrixar_za March 2011
    tazpkg get-install aircrack-ng

    After using su to become root of course ;)
  • wolfxwindswolfxwinds March 2011
    trix, do you happen to know how to put the xterm launch icon back into panel items, I deleted it messing with the panel add/delete and cannot for the life of me find the program in the list to add it back.
  • Trixar_zaTrixar_za March 2011
    Right click those icons, go to "Application Launch Bar" Settings and add xterm from under Utilises.

    If you deleted the Launch Bar, you can get it back by right clicking anywhere on the panel, going to Panel Settings, Panel Applets, clicking the add button and adding it from the list. Then you just have to move it where you want..
  • wolfxwindswolfxwinds March 2011
    awesome, thanks you again.. do you happen to know what the tazpkg get-install is for macchanger?
  • Trixar_zaTrixar_za March 2011
    There is no macchanger package currently in SliTaz Stable's repository, but you could try this version I just convert over from the debian package (with some minor clean up) @ http://trixarian.za.net/downloads/macchanger-1.5.0.tazpkg

    If that doesn't work, then you may need to download and it compile manually.
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