SEARCH

Enter your search query in the box above ^, or use the forum search tool.

You are not logged in.

Pages: 1

#1 Re: Help & Support (Stable) » Crunchbang hanging on GRUB Loading » 2014-09-10 08:18:00

Sap1ent
Artimo wrote:
Sap1ent wrote:
Artimo wrote:

Welcome! big_smile
Could you provide which tutorial you used to load #! Onto the drive? Are you using Windows to do said loading?
Also, are you purging windows from your netbook? Or dual booting? Edit: a little hardware info wouldn't hurt either big_smile

Thank you! big_smile

I used the tutorial that's on this site: http://crunchbang.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=23267 but followed the Windows instructions to create the usb drive.

As part of the setup I asked it to completely nuke the windows version that was already on there, so it's  crunchbang only machine.

Hardware wise, this is what we've got:

Intel Pentium Dual-Core U5600 Processor
2GB DDR3 RAM Memory
320GB Hard Drive
Intel HD Graphics
11.6" HD display (16:9 widescreen)
1.3 MP fixed-focus integrated webcam
Integrated 801.11b/g/n WiFi. Intel Centrino Advanced-N+ WiMAX 3 x 3 AGN

Okay, have you tried rewriting the #! iso to the USB drive with other software? did you pick the right .iso version (32bit)?
It could be a permissions issue, are you running the USB writing software as an administrator?

I picked the 64 bit version as the previous version of windows on the machine was 64bit - should I have opted for the 32 bit option?

I haven't tried the other options, but I absolutely can.

ohnonot wrote:
Sap1ent wrote:
ohnonot wrote:

were are you able to boot into the live session?

Yes, but only using supergrubdisk. I've tried upgrading grub and reinstalling too.

sorry, i don't understand.
were you able to boot the live session that is one of the options on the crunchbang install medium?
that means, running crunchbang without installing it? booting from usb?
i really don't see how supergrubdisk comes into it, or upgrading grub.... :scratchhead:

Apologies, I misunderstood your question.

I didn't try to boot the live session without installing, I installed straightaway.

Once it was installed, i using supergrubdisk allowed me to bypass the grubloader and allow me to use the operating system itself.

#2 Re: Help & Support (Stable) » Crunchbang hanging on GRUB Loading » 2014-09-05 20:36:01

Sap1ent
Artimo wrote:

Welcome! big_smile
Could you provide which tutorial you used to load #! Onto the drive? Are you using Windows to do said loading?
Also, are you purging windows from your netbook? Or dual booting? Edit: a little hardware info wouldn't hurt either big_smile

Thank you! big_smile

I used the tutorial that's on this site: http://crunchbang.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=23267 but followed the Windows instructions to create the usb drive.

As part of the setup I asked it to completely nuke the windows version that was already on there, so it's  crunchbang only machine.

Hardware wise, this is what we've got:

Intel Pentium Dual-Core U5600 Processor
2GB DDR3 RAM Memory
320GB Hard Drive
Intel HD Graphics
11.6" HD display (16:9 widescreen)
1.3 MP fixed-focus integrated webcam
Integrated 801.11b/g/n WiFi. Intel Centrino Advanced-N+ WiMAX 3 x 3 AGN


ohnonot wrote:

were are you able to boot into the live session?

Yes, but only using supergrubdisk. I've tried upgrading grub and reinstalling too.

#3 Help & Support (Stable) » Crunchbang hanging on GRUB Loading » 2014-09-04 22:21:39

Sap1ent
Replies: 7

yikes

Hi all,

Completely new to linux and crunchbang, so please go easy on me!

Bit of backstory -

I got a netbook a few years ago with windows 7 on it and in all honesty, i've barely ever used it. It got slower and slower until the point of being impossible to use.

As such, I thought i'd finally give linux a whirl!

Did a bit of searching and crunchbang was highly recommend as a lightweight version.

Anywho, chucked it on a USB stick and installed, following all instructions.

Unfortunately, when I boot the netbook, I just get stuck at 'GRUB Loading' with the cursor blinking over and over.

I have been able to circumvent this by using supergrubdisk and bypassing grub.

I've done a bit of googling but can't find anything that has helped (have reinstalled grub etc).

I've also run 'bootinfoscript' and these are the results:

BOOTINFOSCRIPT wrote:

============================= Boot Info Summary: ===============================

=> Grub2 (v1.99) is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda and looks at sector 1 of
    the same hard drive for core.img. core.img is at this location and looks
    for (,msdos1)/boot/grub on this drive.
=> Grub2 (v1.99) is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb and looks at sector 1 of
    the same hard drive for core.img. core.img is at this location and looks
    in partition 98 for .

sda1: __________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       ext4
    Boot sector type:  -
    Boot sector info:
    Mounting failed:   mount: /dev/sda1 already mounted or sda1 busy

sda2: __________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       Extended Partition
    Boot sector type:  -
    Boot sector info:

sda5: __________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       swap
    Boot sector type:  -
    Boot sector info:

sdb1: __________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       
    Boot sector type:  Grub2's core.img
    Boot sector info:
    Mounting failed:   mount: /dev/sda1 already mounted or sda1 busy
mount: unknown filesystem type ''

============================ Drive/Partition Info: =============================

Drive: sda _____________________________________________________________________

Disk /dev/sda: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders, total 488397168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes

Partition  Boot  Start Sector    End Sector  # of Sectors  Id System

/dev/sda1    *          2,048   481,677,311   481,675,264  83 Linux
/dev/sda2         481,679,358   488,396,799     6,717,442   5 Extended
/dev/sda5         481,679,360   488,396,799     6,717,440  82 Linux swap / Solaris


Drive: sdb _____________________________________________________________________

Disk /dev/sdb: 7969 MB, 7969177600 bytes
60 heads, 16 sectors/track, 16213 cylinders, total 15564800 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Partition  Boot  Start Sector    End Sector  # of Sectors  Id System

/dev/sdb1    *              1        24,431        24,431  cd CTOS Memdump?


"blkid" output: ________________________________________________________________

Device           UUID                                   TYPE       LABEL

/dev/sda1        10b19fad-567c-4af3-aaba-e7b431cfb1b1   ext4       
/dev/sda5        0e52b8ae-e09e-43d3-9e32-3da93a7b7400   swap       

================================ Mount points: =================================

Device           Mount_Point              Type       Options

/dev/disk/by-uuid/10b19fad-567c-4af3-aaba-e7b431cfb1b1 /                        ext4       (rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,user_xattr,barrier=1,data=ordered)


========= Devices which don't seem to have a corresponding hard drive: =========

sdc

=============================== StdErr Messages: ===============================

xz: (stdin): Compressed data is corrupt

Certainly looks like there's a fair bit wrong there to me, but I can't interpret it at all.

Any ideas or help will be hugely gratefully received.

Many thanks

Sap

  smile

Pages: 1

Board footer

Powered by FluxBB

Copyright © 2012 CrunchBang Linux.
Proudly powered by Debian. Hosted by Linode.
Debian is a registered trademark of Software in the Public Interest, Inc.

Debian Logo