HD Install :: mkliloboot

I boot DSL using floppy and usb flash drive. I imaged bootusb.img on floppy and copied knoppix folder of the CD to the usb flsh drive.
I also partitioned hdd. I tried to install dsl on hard drive.

In root, i ran dsl-hdinstall, then mkliloboot. dsl-hdinstall process was installed, but i'm getting error in mkliloboot.

After dsl-hdinstall,
"Do you want to run mkliloboot now? y

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Warning: '/proc/partitions' does not exist, disk can bypassed.
Added Linux *
Skipping /vmlinuz.old

Device 0x800: Inconsistent partition table, 1st entry
CHS address in PT:0:1:1 --> LBA (43)
LBA address in PT: 5 --> CHS(0:0:6)
Fatal:Either FIＸ－ＴＡＢＬＥ　ｏｒ　IGNORE-TABLE must be specified
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The lilo boot installation process is finished.
Renoot now?
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After mkliloboot, I can't boot using hdd.
ANy idea?

I don't know how to help you at the moment, but as I am having a very similar problem with the same error, if I find a solution I'll post it here. Hopefuly someone more knowledgeable then me will be able to help. I had no problem with dsl-hdinstall on 6.2, maybe I'll put it back on, but I haven't had any luck with 8.2. Maybe my system is just too old and underpowered:

Toshiba Satellite Pro 410CDT (Laptop)
Pentium 90
40M Memory
15G hd
4x cdrom
ext floppy

Good Luck

Mike Cook

If you have multiple partitions say like a fat32 win98 partition copy the /KNOPPIX and /boot directory to that partition...then use the 0.8.0 bootfloppy image and install that way...you have to have the /boot dir or it wont install properly

Brian
AwPhuch

Hi,

I'm running into the same kind of problems.
I'm also trying to hd-install form a usb-key. I added the /boot directory from cd image to solve some dsl-hdinstall errors.
dsl-hd-install script is running fine but I have quite the same error than you when running mkliloboot.
I have win98 on /dev/hda1, linux swap on /dev/hda2 and dsl install on /dev/hda3. I tried to use both "/dev/hda" and "/dev/hda3" when asked for the root partitions. I get error in each case.
Isn't it possible to directly edit the lilo.conf that is in the /etc/ of the hd partition?

But what if i don't have the error, but i still can't get DSL booting from hd?

I have 2 hds in my 486. One is FAT32 and called hdb1 in DSL. The second is divided into 3:
1.Some kind of Compaq inspection or something (hda3)
2.Linux Swap (hda1)
3.Linux ext2 (hda2)

At first i called "mkswap /dev/hda1" and then "swapon /dev/hda1" from Bash. Everything went fine: DSL started using the swap partition.

Then i made the sdl-hdinstall onto hda2. No errors, nothing. I also entered "/dev/hda2" as an answer to mkliloboot's question. Only the warnings showed up that genee had reported. It made a reboot then, i removed DSL boot floppy and it started writing strange things onto the screen:
L 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40
40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40
40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40
40 40 40 40 40 40 40
and it hanged..

What did i do wrong?
All suggestions are welcome, thank You..

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