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[Forum Admin rokytnji]

grub4dos is more like grub legacy. A lot easier to edit multiboot installs like I used to play with. I did not know ext4 was a issue for grub4dos. Thanks for the knowledge.
Back when I was a avid grub4dos user. I only rolled with ext3 and ext2 file systems then. I did not adopt ext4 till I quit multi-boot experimentation and just rolled with with grub2 and single installs. I tried VM. But it felt like sex with a condom. Not the real thing for me. I’d rather run a usb with persistence than a VM.

I am strange that way. Plus my hardware back when I tried VM was skimpy to say the least.

Edit: Durn it. Early in the morning here and I am not fully awake yet. Where are my manners?

Howdy and Welcome from the local scooter tramp. Hope to see ya around more.

• This reply was modified 5 years ago by rokytnji.

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[Forum Admin anticapitalista]

Is 2 a Grub4Dos issue?
I ask as installing grub2 does not have an issue with ext4.

Philosophers have interpreted the world in many ways; the point is to change it.

antiX with runit - leaner and meaner.

First — thanks for this great distro. Lots of fun, and very useful for learning (I love the way it offers multiple Window Managers). I’m looking forward to spending lots more time using it.

Just in case these have not been mentioned before, I ran into two issues during install —

1. When booting from USB memory stick, I received the message “gfxboot.c32 not a COM32R image”
Solution was simple but non-obvious –> hit the Tab key and select “Live” from the list of options that then appear

2. Grub4Dos did not find antiX files
Solution –> antiX uses the new features of the ext4 filesystem which some bootloaders don’t support. Just pre-format the antiX partition to ext3 and install into that, instead of using ext4.

Cheers and thanks again!

[Forum Admin rokytnji]

screen dangling from broken hinges that I still use

Howdy and Welcome. Been in your shoes before.

http://yatsite.blogspot.com/2009/07/fixing-old-gear.html

More than once even

Grub editing is done /etc/default/

harry@biker:~
$ cd /etc/default
harry@biker:/etc/default
$ ls
acpid         console-setup  grub       irqbalance  nss       rsyslog        tmpfs
acpi-support  cron           grub.bkup  keyboard    ntpdate   saned          ufw
avahi-daemon  cryptdisks     halt       locale      numlockx  smartmontools  unclutter
bluetooth     dbus           hwclock    networking  rcS       ssh            useradd
bsdmainutils  devpts         ifplugd    nfs-common  rsync     tlp            wicd

Notice my backup < named grub.bkup > ? I backup certain files right after a install. Just habit now. I don’t dual boot anymore either, Though I used to be a grub4dos fanatic years ago.

Now I just swap out hard drives instead of editing grub. Takes me about 5 minutes. You might want to start a thread in New Users for your grub problem.

• This reply was modified 5 years, 1 month ago by rokytnji.

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Not all who Wander are Lost.
I'm not outa place. I'm from outer space.

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[Forum Admin rokytnji]

include

cat /etc/fstab

and

sudo parted -l

in your next post. I have borked fstab on my own also before. I learned to make backups like so.

sudo cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab.backup

But, re-reading your post

How do I do this if I can’t even get the live system up and running?

Looks like I don’t know how to respond right. I got by installing full iso AntiX 17 on my IBM T23 Pentium 3 thinkpad with a cpu with no sse2 support with the default kernel shipped. I had no need of a cli install. First I have heard of making a hand made fstab file during the install process. But I have not done a cli install since version 8.5. I also quit multi-booting things like Semplice, Puppy, Slackel, Salix, Vector, Zenwalk, among others because it confused me and I spent too much time on my gear troubleshooting. Vs using my computers.

I used to be a grub4dos expert.

So my take on your situation with crashes and stuff. Might be a hardware issue on older gear. Worn out so to speak. I have had the sense to sell off things like my IBM 390 or Net Vista desktop boxes. I keep a old Panasonic CF-48. A old IBM T23. A couple of single core Atom netbooks. Just to post on how I install AntiX on old gear. Then they get put away mostly.

Because I run daily on big beefy gear like this every day.

harry@biker:~
$ inxi -Fxz
System:    Host: biker Kernel: 4.9.77-antix.1-686-smp-pae i686 bits: 32 gcc: 4.9.2
           Desktop: IceWM 1.3.8 Distro: antiX-15-V_386-full Killah P 30 June 2015
Machine:   Device: laptop System: LENOVO product: 2347DS2 v: ThinkPad T430 serial: N/A
           Mobo: LENOVO model: 2347DS2 serial: N/A
           UEFI [Legacy]: LENOVO v: G1ET41WW (1.16 ) date: 05/25/2012
Battery    BAT0: charge: 20.4 Wh 98.8% condition: 20.6/56.2 Wh (37%)
           model: SANYO 45N1001 status: N/A
CPU:       Dual core Intel Core i5-3320M (-MT-MCP-) arch: Ivy Bridge rev.9 cache: 3072 KB
           flags: (lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 10376
           clock speeds: max: 3300 MHz 1: 1518 MHz 2: 2232 MHz 3: 2634 MHz 4: 3037 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller bus-ID: 00:02.0
           Display Server: X.Org 1.16.4 drivers: intel (unloaded: modesetting,fbdev,vesa)
           Resolution: 1600x900@60.01hz
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Ivybridge Mobile x86/MMX/SSE2
           version: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.2 Direct Render: Yes
Audio:     Card Intel 7 Series/C216 Family High Def. Audio Controller
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.9.77-antix.1-686-smp-pae
Network:   Card-1: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection
           driver: e1000e v: 3.2.6-k port: 5080 bus-ID: 00:19.0
           IF: eth2 state: down mac: <filter>
           Card-2: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 [Taylor Peak] driver: iwlwifi bus-ID: 03:00.0
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 320.1GB (24.9% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: HGST_HTS545032A7 size: 320.1GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 7.6G used: 5.1G (71%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
           ID-2: /home size: 68G used: 3.1G (5%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2
           ID-3: swap-1 size: 4.19GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda3
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 48.0C mobo: N/A
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: 3618
Info:      Processes: 186 Uptime: 4:10 Memory: 404.3/15936.6MB
           Init: SysVinit runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 4.9.2 Client: Shell (bash 4.3.301) inxi: 2.3.54 
harry@biker:~

So me being kinda kicked back and enjoying how far I got on one my motorcycle builds today. Sipping Dos Equis beer. Being off topic.
Don’t really know how to answer

antiX-17 was working so well on my P-4 that I decided I would try to install this current version on my main P-3 system. This P-3 system (1 Ghz w/ 512 RAM) is currently running antiX-16 just fine and I had no trouble with the install of version 16.1. But when I tried to install antiX-17 I could barely get the live distro to load and the install crashes, even with the cli-installer. The system stalls on a “make-fstab” line and follows after several minutes with several “input/output errors”.

When I finally got to the command line I was able to log in as root. But when I tried to launch the cli-installer it gives me a message that it is replacing, (or making a new?) /etc/fstab. And it just dies there. The only way I can get out is to use CTRL-ALT-DEL to reboot. I have tried every option on the Grub launcher with the same results. I had the most success with the “Failsafe” mode to get to the live installation but the mouse wouldn’t move and I ended up using CTRL-ALT-F1 to go to the command line and reboot.

Because one minute. Everything goes whacko. But AntiX 16 running currently runs fine. Just wondering. Why not copy AntiX 16 /etc/fstab. Read it off usb on one of your other computers to make the /etc/fstab for the cli install?

Howdy and Welcome from the forum scooter tramp. Hope you find a better poster/answer than me.

Edit. Did you md5sum check your iso before installing?

Sometimes I drive a crooked road to get my mind straight.
Not all who Wander are Lost.
I'm not outa place. I'm from outer space.

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