CrunchBang Linux

Three Calories

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Registered: 2009-03-02

Posts: 7

Booting and Dual Booting.

Okay, so I just recently installed CrunchBang Linux, I have only been using the Linux system for a few weeks now and I'm starting to understand it.There are a few problems though.
1. When I boot up into Linux, if I don't go through Recovery, it just boots up into a black screen and I can't access a terminal or anything, it's just a black screen.

2. I have a Dual Boot system with Linux and XP, but I can't get it to let me access my other hdd. I can see it in the menu but it errors every time I try to get into it. Bakc when I had unbuntu, I had to just edit the menu.lst, but I tried doing that again, and all it does is let me see the hard drive, I can;t access it and it's not in the grub menu in the boot process.

Jake108

Member

From: Pontiac, MI

Registered: 2008-12-11

Posts: 46

Re: Booting and Dual Booting.

Use a liveCD to boot and editing your menu.lst that way. Don't forget you have to be root to edit it. If that doesn't work try reinstalling grub with the liveCD.

Three Calories

New Member

Registered: 2009-03-02

Posts: 7

Re: Booting and Dual Booting.

I tried that, but every time I try to edit it, it tells me that there was an error because it couldn't create such and such. Also, how do I make it so I don't have to boot through the recovery system.

Three Calories

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Registered: 2009-03-02

Posts: 7

Re: Booting and Dual Booting.

Okay. I actually got it to let me access my other hard drive, so all I need help with know is being able to boot normally.

Jake108

Member

From: Pontiac, MI

Registered: 2008-12-11

Posts: 46

Re: Booting and Dual Booting.

I'm pretty sure all you have to do is reinstall grub. It's not hard but I don't remember the exact commands so just look around on google and the ubuntu forums and you should find good instructions pretty easilly.