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Hello, |
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I have several new portables to install. |
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On an HP9000z I reformatted the hard drive |
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and used liveCD 2007.0. I performed the most basic |
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installation (no X, KDE ....) |
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The installation ran to completion. The installation |
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process declared itself successful. |
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Upon reboot I get this error message: |
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Block Device /dev/sda4 is not a valid root device... |
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The root block device is unspecified or not detected. |
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Please specify a device to boot, or "shell" for a shell... |
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The partitioning is quite simple |
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sda1 ntfs vista(soon) |
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sda2 reiserfs /boot |
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sda3 swap |
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ada4 reiserfs / |
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Trying sda2 does not work either. |
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Is the best method to rescue this install to use the |
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minimal cd and fdisk and mark the sda2 partition as |
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a boot. |
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I'm about ready to use the Handbook and perform the install |
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the old way... |
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Any suggestions? |
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James |
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