[devils casper]

tried gnu/linux-boot gnu/linux, i get the choices for linpus lite, linpus rescue and windows os, i tried linpus lite and windows os and i can boot from it

Are both OSes booting up that way?

in case i need to reinstall which os do i install first?

Post your machine's specs here.

[jundcb]

yes, both of them are booting up that way, i need the supergrub first before i can boot if not i only get grub prompt

heres my specs
Processor VIA C7-M 1.0 GHz
Memory 1GB DDR2
motherboard qci il1
Harddisk 40GB

[jundcb]

btw, when i choose gnu/linux-boot gnu/linux
the next screen is:
select a /boot/grub/grub.conf file
1 hda1 sda1 (hd0,0) hd0s1 extfs 18 gb


since i only have one to choose from i always choose that one. im wondering where is my other partition? shouldnt i have 2 choices?

[jundcb]

any other solutions? ty

[Jonathan183]

Try a manual install of grub, open a terminal and type

sudo grub
root (hd0,0)
setup (hd0)
quit

if sudo does not work try

su -
grub
root (hd0,0)
setup (hd0)
quit

Supergrub will normally fix grub problems so you may not get much further ... let us know how it goes.

[jundcb]

should i do that inside of linpus or do i have to boot from a livecd of another distro?

[Jonathan183]

Originally Posted by jundcb

should i do that inside of linpus or do i have to boot from a livecd of another distro?

Either should work.

[jundcb]

hooray, i can see the menu options now, i used sudo but theres a few more problems

can i make the menu options last for 30 seconds? as of now its only at 4 seconds

2nd, everytime i boot linpus a window that says product support appears asking for a customer service code, i didnt have that before, can i remove that?

3rd, once the menu options appear and i choose linpus it says mount: cant find memory in /etc/fstab before booting to linpus

[Jonathan183]

You can change the timeout value to suit ... the value is in seconds. Also try putting your linpus menu entry back as it was & see if that improves things.
I have not used linpus so can't help with the customer service code bit.
Good luck and let us know if it improves things.

[jundcb]

i changed it back to this

default=0
timeout=10
splashimage=(hd0,0) /boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
#hiddenmenu

title linpus linux lite
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/bzimage changes=/dev/hdc1 root=/dev/ram0 rw max_loop=255 init=linuxrc selinux=0 vga=0x311 splash=silent quiet loglevel=1 console=tty1 load_ramdisk=1 prompt_ramdisk=0 ramdisk_size=14000 from=/dev/hdc1 acpi=force ide0=noprobe ide2=noprobe ide3=noprobe lang=en
initrd /boot/initrd.gz

title linpus linux lite(rescue)
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/bzimage changes=/dev/hdc1 root=/dev/ram0 rw max_loop=255 init=linuxrc selinux=0 vga=0x311 splash=silent quiet loglevel=1 console=tty1 load_ramdisk=1 prompt_ramdisk=0 ramdisk_size=14000 from=/dev/hdc1 acpi=force ide0=noprobe ide2=noprobe ide3=noprobe lang=en
initrd /boot/initrd.gz

title windows os
rootnoverify (hd0,1)
chainloader +1



mount: cant find memory is gone now and the window thats asking for the customer service code is gone also

but i dont know how to change the value to 30 seconds for the menu options

i tried changing the timeout=10 to 30

default=0
timeout=30
splashimage=(hd0,0) /boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
#hiddenmenu

but i dont think i did it right