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Old 03-27-2011, 12:05 PM   #1
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[SOLVED]Debian 6.01 GRUB installed but fails to load | [NOT SOLVED]problems with external HDD


So it's been 2 days since I'm trying to install Debian 6.01 on my PC. I have only 1 hdd and it has 3 partitions. On first there is windows 7 and on second ubuntu 10.10 and GRUB is installed to MBR and I can load both systems with no problems.

As PC has no optical drive I was trying to install debian using USB stick but had no success. I was ready to give up when I've discovered that there is a W32 installer that I can run under Win 7. So I downloaded it and executed, it starts and download certain files and then it asks for reboot.

After reboot I can still chose between Win 7 and Ubuntu. If I chose win 7 I'm given a choice to run Windows or to continue setup for debian.

Very well installer starts and I can chose all the classic stuff between languages etc. Then I come to a point where I need to choose partitions, ok as I have free 30 Gb partition i choose it for debian with settings:

Format in Ext4
Mount point: /

I already have a swap part that I can use. Done that I can start with selection of packages which goes fine and installs everything directly from debian mirrosrs. After that I choose GRUB to be installed into MBR and it goes fine. Some final steps and reboot.

After reboot GRUB offers me again Ubuntu or Win 7. So I can boot either Ubuntu or win 7 which gives me the same choice from before, Windoes or continue Debian setup. I tried doing the setup again with some repair options that it offers but still nothing happens.

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Old 03-27-2011, 06:39 PM   #2
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It would be a good idea to boot to Ubuntu and run this script;
http://bootinfoscript.sourceforge.net/

And then post the entire report.

Just an opinion here but I would not install a real OS through a MS tool. Sounds dangerous to me. I would look for a cheap USB DVD or CD RW drive.
 
Old 03-28-2011, 02:39 AM   #3
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The thing is I have an external USB DVD drive but computer refuses to boot any OS from it. BIOS settings are all fine, anyway that is why I had to use pendrive to install OS. As this option failed with debian the only solution that remained was W32 installer but it actually only puts loader(installer) inside windows loader and everything else is done by the debian pulling the files from internet.

As of Ubuntu, I have some problems with graphics and it fails to load, even in failsafe mode
 
Old 04-08-2011, 07:07 AM   #4
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Solved after 6 FAILS with UNetbootin
 
Old 04-08-2011, 07:22 AM   #5
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External HDD fails to mount

When I try to open my external HDD I get this error:

Code:
Error mounting: mount exited with exit code 1: helper failed with:
Error opening '/dev/sdb1': Permission denied
Failed to mount '/dev/sdb1': Permission denied
Please check '/dev/sdb1' and the ntfs-3g binary permissions,
and the mounting user ID. More explanation is provided at
http://ntfs-3g.org/support.html#unprivileged
Tried the provided link but found nothing that helps.

*BUMP*

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Old 04-10-2011, 11:42 AM   #6
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Ok solved by commenting the line in FSTAB where external drive was listed

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