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First find out whether you need a IDE or SATA drive and then you look on ebay for a good used drive, if you would like to go cheaper. ;) Regards... |
If floppy works you can use gpxe/ipxe floppy.
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That tells me all I need to know. I am not game anymore.QUOTE] My loss, I'm sure. :) |
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Well, I tried to get the hard drive info but got psyched out when I realized I had to remove the DVD-ROM to get a look at the hard drive. I'm figuring at least I got the cover off and looked around. :) I'll try to run that Disks soon. |
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Although I found a refurbished 160 GB hard drive for $15 http://www.neweggbusiness.com/produc...=9b-22-136-598 |
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If the diagnostic tests come back with bad sectors, then yes, that would be my suggestion. :) Quote:
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And the Bodhi is real bare bones. There's really nothing on this version. I'll see if I can download Disks from the App center. I don't think it has synaptic either. |
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sudo update-grub Okay, everything went as planned. It said the bootloader was installed successfully. But when I remmoved the live CD and rebooted from the hard drive, the CD tray ejected (as if asking for the CD). So I put the CD in and it did nothing (although the Bodhi Linux screen with it's circle spinning was on the screen throughout). So I left the live CD in and powered off the computer. When I turned it back on, it booted to the CD and I ran the Code:
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/usr/sbin/grub-probe: error: failed to get canonical path of `/cow'. |
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$ inxi -Fxz I did this install using my Plop floppy disc. This laptop has a inboard floppy drive. The usb drive I used was a Kingston 2 gig data traveler made with mkusb. I booted my floppy disc 1st. Picked usb from the menu list. Then off to the races after connecting wireless while running live and then running the installer. Grub2 went on the mbr. I really do wish you good luck. I like your honesty and tenacity. I hope you appreciate mine. Oh well. Back to beta testing for the distro team I belong to. |
@ Gregg Bell
I think you need a new hard drive. If you plan to buy a SATA drive, you can boot to a LiveCD and check which SATA type your system supports by typing the code below Code:
dmesg | grep -i sata | grep 'link up' [ 0.000000] ata2: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300) [ 0.000000] ata3: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300) [ 0.000000] ata1: SATA link up 6.0 Gbps (SStatus 133 SControl 300) My system supports SATA ( 1.5 Gbps ), SATA II ( 3.0 Gbps ) and SATA III ( 6.0 Gbps ). PS: I would also recommend getting a new DVD-ROM as well because ti can become tedious sticking a pin to open it. Or better yet, get a raspberry PI 3 as a temporary solution until you buy a new and better desktop. The rasp PI 3 has a 1.2GHZ quad core and 1.5GB ram with wifi and bluetooth for $35. And more if you buy extras. |
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