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Re: [Grml] How to install GRML to one harddrive with Windows XP installed on this harddrive?
by Maurice McCarthy 02 Jan '09

02 Jan '09

Janusz Sorry, I did not read your email too well. I think I am tired. Do you managed to format the whole hard drive to ext3. grml also has rescue tools for such a case, though you will have lost data. If there is something precious to you lost then look at the documentation for ddr-help, ddrescue, gddrescue and testdisk. Sorry not to be of more help just now. Testdisk can see lost partitions are try to restore them. It can read the files on lost partions if they are not too badly damaged. I do not have a lot of experience with these tools. Moss

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Re: [Grml] How to install GRML to one harddrive with Windows XP installed on this harddrive?
by Maurice McCarthy 02 Jan '09

02 Jan '09

> So if script GRML2hd will ask me, i can press g letter to install Group. > If > i can be openheart to You, Grml2hd script is good, but if ok and cancel > choices are awailable and user do not know, when press which letter, g for > group, or other letter for lilo, it is confusing, atleast for me. > It will be letter l for lilo, I think Moss

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documentation
by Josh 02 Jan '09

02 Jan '09

Hi, Could someone upload the grml documentation to sendspace? www.sendspace.com ? it's fine if it's in a .tar file I can unzip those on windows using izarc. Josh email: jkenn337(a)gmail.com msn: kenn6498ku(a)hotmail.com

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Re: [Grml] How to install GRML to one harddrive with Windows XP installed on this harddrive?
by Maurice McCarthy 02 Jan '09

02 Jan '09

Janusz Thank you for the complement but I'm not really an expert. I've just made all the same mistakes that you make! Don't worry. Windows is blessedly stupid. ntldr will boot anything you tell it to. Put in your grml CD and boot it as normal or just type failsafe as it will be faster. Then mount the Windows partition like this: # ntfs-3g /dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1 Now we copy the boot sector of the grml partition to the root directory of the Windows partition. Make sure the typing is correct when you do # dd if=/dev/sda3 of=/mnt/sda1/bootsect.sda3 bs=512 count=1 Use your text editor to add the next 2 lines to the bottom of boot.ini C:\bootsect.sda3="grml" timeout=30 Then reboot into Windows: # shutdown -r now ntldr should now give you a choice of booting windows or grml. Hope this works for you Please let us know Moss Janusz wrote: > So if script GRML2hd will ask me, i can press g letter to install Group. > If > i can be openheart to You, Grml2hd script is good, but if ok and cancel > choices are awailable and user do not know, when press which letter, g for > group, or other letter for lilo, it is confusing, atleast for me. > > I have made big error yesterday, that i did not wait for Your professional > advice, i used parted to create EXT3 partition, GRML2hd even formatted > even > it for me, but i have made error while pressing key for choosing, where to > install boot loader, so i had EXT3 filesystem with all files, but i had no > chance to boot. Do You think, that it could be made some modiffication to > boot.ini, so ntldr module could load The kernel from EXT3 partition? > Ubuntu > can be loaded, but i Am aware, that The module, which ntldr is calling is > different from the kernel. So my idea is to really make floppy drive and I > would like to boot from EXT3 partition. I could even use Opensuse live CD > and GUI oriented partition editor for creating unallocated space, then to > format it in GRML, and install to this partition by using Grml2HD script. > You gave me detailed instructions for resizing partition in GRML, i > unfortunately started to experiment myself yesterday, i used parted and > parted asked me, for start and end of partition, i did not know, which > number to press, i typed first number 1 second above 52000, so i created > partition in lenght above 52 GB, it was not A problem, because i > accidentally corrupted NTFS partition by using gparted while trying to > create partition in extended partition and i created one big unallocated > space on my harddrive so my data has been gone forever. FOrtunately, i > have > made backups of my data. > > So I will install group on A floppy and i will try to edit configuration > file in this floppy to boot GRML without corrupting Windows XP. > > Thank You again for Your support and the fact, that i wanted to experiment > myself caused loss of data and i made havoc on my harddrive. But EXT3 > partition really contained The GRML installation without problems at The > end. > > The kindness regards. > > Janusz Chmiel > >

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How to install GRML to one harddrive with Windows XP installed on this harddrive?
by Mgr. Janusz Chmiel 01 Jan '09

01 Jan '09

Dear users and developers, I downloaded The latest stable release of GRML, and i Am very satisfied with this distro so i would like to use it on my harddrive. But I Am having problems. I have one IDE harddrive with capacity 55,6 GB, with one NTFS partition in size 21,4 GB. In The rest of my harddrive, i created extended partition, but no EXT3 or other, i only created extended partition, no formatting it. When I Am running GRML2hd script, The script is giving me information, that there is partition and free space above 34 GB. No NTFS word is occurring in this information. So: Will GRMLhd2 format this extended partition automatically without destroiing my NTFS existing one? Or i have done a mistake, that i created extended partition? If so, i can remove this extended partition, but please, what i could do to install GRML to A hard disk with Windows Xp on it? Grml2hd script is also giving me question, where to install boot manager. If to MBR or to other place. How to confirm The right choice by keyboard press, i AM visually impaired user. Thank You for Your information. I do not like Windows Xp installations and removing wrongly created operating systems installation by using partition managers. So i would like to perform installation of GRML by right way. Thank You for Your help. With kindness regards. Janusz Chmiel

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grml work
by Josh 01 Jan '09

01 Jan '09

hi, i'll use grml as soon as i learn how to use it. I'm glad I'm going back to the colorado center for the blind so I can learn computer braille and write down notes and stuff. Josh email: jkenn337(a)gmail.com msn: kenn6498ku(a)hotmail.com

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grml 1.1 works!
by Josh 01 Jan '09

01 Jan '09

Hi, I found a linux distribution that works! it's an older one with software speech. it's grml 1.1. and it works good. So, vibuntu may not work on this machine, but oralux and grml 1.1 work fine. ok, so now I have a question. can someone tell me, keeping in mind that I have never used linux before in my whole entire life, I am a complete newby to grml and commandline linux. But if I am going to be a network administrator I will need to learn some kind of Linux distribution, what matters is that it has a Linux kernel which of course, grml has it because it's Linux... so, can someone give me an introduction to it? my wife's machine has a virus in it called c:\windows\system32\drmclienp.dll . pay attention to spelling. so I want to delete this file and therefore get rid of the virus. but windows will not let me access the file. so how do I do this using grml linux 1.1? Also, will voxin work with grml linux? And also, can someone tell me how to partition my hard drive and install grml Linux1.1 alongside Windows xp? grml1.1 uses ESpeak for speech. Josh email: jkenn337(a)gmail.com msn: kenn6498ku(a)hotmail.com

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www.linux.com is great for grml stuff
by Josh 01 Jan '09

01 Jan '09

Hi, Well I am now sold! from now on I will use grml and oralux as my operating systems. oralux is outdated but makes a great audio desktop. grml well? as the article says, "it just works!" oh and I learned that I can also install gnome with orca on grml if I want a desktop. and I imagine IBM tts as well. If I could somehow get to that documentation set up my wireless in grml1.1 and use voxin with it that would be great! Josh email: jkenn337(a)gmail.com msn: kenn6498ku(a)hotmail.com

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reading documentation in grml?
by Josh 01 Jan '09

01 Jan '09

Hi, Where is the documentation at in the grml1.1 cd? I can't find it when I browse the cd using windows xp. and I certainly can't get to it using grml live-cd itself because I know nearly nothing about grml commands. so I currently don't know how to read the documentation in it. Josh email: jkenn337(a)gmail.com msn: kenn6498ku(a)hotmail.com

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some linux distributions?
by Josh 01 Jan '09

01 Jan '09

Hi, Does anyone know why oralux and grml1.1 work, but grml 2008.11 and ubuntu 8.10 do not work on my computer? Why do some Linux distributions work, but others do not? or is there no definite answer to this? Also, how frequently or how susceptible is Linux to getting viruses and rootkits and trogens and worms? Josh email: jkenn337(a)gmail.com msn: kenn6498ku(a)hotmail.com

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