I accedentally send it to Anders directly instead of to the list.
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From: Neil
On Sunday 03 August 2008 15:34:56 Neil wrote:
Hello
First some background: I was trying to get Suse on my EeePC a while back, but crashed as the CD I used didn't have Make, so I couldn't install the Madwifidrivers and so I couldn't get the network active and thus couldn't install make....(see this thread: http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/SuSE/2008-07/msg00537.html) The following site was suggested: http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_on_the_EeePC . I tried the first version since it promises to boot without an USB stick and that is exactly what I want. I tried it and had the following problem: When booting from USB the Eee posts "GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB" and so forth on the screen (just like 10 echo "GRUB" 20 goto 10" would do).
Does annywone have an idea what this could possibly mean?
Well, if it prints "GRUB" and then stops, it usually means that grub couldn't find stage one - normally because it's been configured with the wrong hard drive index, but it could also be that stage1 has been physically moved. While grub can read file systems, stage1 must always be physically in the same place it was when grub was installed. Maybe your USB stick has a different geometry than the reference stick used to create the image?
Repeating "GRUB" probably means that the BIOS tries continuously to reload the boot loader
You could try inserting your stick into another system and reinstalling grub on it
Anders -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Thanks, it led me to the right solution. I dd'ed the image to sde1 instead of sde. However I do have a different problem: neither of the nics are working. It seems the MadWifi drivers are not included and if they were i wouldn't be able to download packages of it: Network manager isn't installed. Did I do anything wrong while installing? Has anyone succesfully used this manual? Thanks for your time Neil -- There are two kinds of people: 1. People who start their arrays with 1. 1. People who start their arrays with 0. -- There are two kinds of people: 1. People who start their arrays with 1. 1. People who start their arrays with 0. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org