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Re: Installation instructions.

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From: David <bouncingcats@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2020 22:56:41 +1100
> 1) grub needs a partition table on the target device so it can do
> embedding, so the target device can't be an entire block device (eg
> sdx) it must be a partition[*] (eg sdxN where N is some natural number)
> 
> 2) And you probably need at least N=2 on an older machine.
> If there is sufficient RAM, the installer offers to load itself
> into RAM which frees up the partition where the iso is, so that it can
> be overwritten by the new install. 

My first step was to plan the partition layout and create it with 
gparted. ROOT, HOME & INSTLLR were formatted ext4.

(hd0,mdos1)  unused
(hd0,mdos2)  unused
(hd0,mdos3)  ROOT  /
(hd0,mdos4)  extended
(hd0,mdos5)  SWAP  swap
(hd0,mdos6)  HOME  /home
(hd0,mdos7)  INSTLLR

(iso, initrd, vmlinuz) are in INSTLLR.  There is no need to overwrite 
INSTLLR during the installation. INSTLLR can be joined onto /home 
later.

    From: David <bouncingcats@gmail.com>
    Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2020 07:29:37 +1100
> > Thanks.  Well, the iso file simply wasn't present.
> 
> I don't understand this sentence. Do you mean you made a
> human error? Or something else?

Yes, my human error.  I omitted putting the iso in the folder before 
the last trial run yesterday.

> I suggest the use of priority=medium which allows you to
> choose which [*]partitions are searched for the iso, which might help.

That definitely helps.

The installer then gives the option to search for USB devices.  It 
gives no evidence of a hdd although it's running from one. (?)  In the 
snapshot of console 4, the last line reports "devices found: ''".  
Meaning "no devices found".
http://easthope.ca/FailedBootVrtConsole4.jpg

Then I put the iso on a SD card in a USB adapter.

The installer finds that iso.  Ie. boot from (iso, initrd, vmlinuz) in 
INSTLLR and let the installer search USB devices.  The iso in a USB 
connected device is found.  

Preliminary conclusion. The installer can be started from (hd0,msdos7) 
but the iso search fails to acknowledge existence of (hd0) and fails 
to find the iso in (hd0,msdos7).

Does the installer search algorithm work in the msdos extension? Not 
always.

Does it ever work on the extension?  Don't know yet. 

Regards,                           ... P.

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Tel: +1 604 670 0140            Bcc: peter at easthope. ca

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  Re: Installation instructions. David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-12-02 03:20 +0100
    Re: Installation instructions. peter@easthope.ca - 2020-12-02 22:00 +0100
      Re: Installation instructions. Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2020-12-02 22:20 +0100
      Re: Installation instructions. David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-12-02 23:30 +0100
        Re: Installation instructions. peter@easthope.ca - 2020-12-03 17:40 +0100
          Re: Installation instructions. Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2020-12-03 20:30 +0100
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            Re: Installation instructions. Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2020-12-04 00:10 +0100
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            Re: Installation instructions. David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-12-04 10:10 +0100
              Re: Installation instructions. David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-12-04 13:00 +0100
                Re: Installation instructions. David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-12-04 22:20 +0100
                Re: Installation instructions. David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-12-04 23:40 +0100
                Re: Installation instructions. David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-12-05 03:20 +0100
                Re: Installation instructions. peter@easthope.ca - 2020-12-06 16:40 +0100
                Re: Installation instructions. David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-12-10 01:10 +0100
                Re: Installation instructions. Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2020-12-05 16:00 +0100
                Re: Installation instructions. Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2020-12-05 20:50 +0100
                Re: Installation instructions. David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-12-05 22:20 +0100
              Re: Installation instructions. peter@easthope.ca - 2020-12-05 21:00 +0100
                Re: Installation instructions. David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-12-05 21:40 +0100
                Re: Installation instructions. Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2020-12-05 22:00 +0100
                Re: Installation instructions. David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-12-05 22:10 +0100
                Re: Installation instructions. John Boxall <jboxall47@gmail.com> - 2020-12-05 22:40 +0100
                Re: Installation instructions. David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-12-06 01:20 +0100
                Re: Installation instructions. Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2020-12-06 01:20 +0100
                Re: Installation instructions. David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-12-06 01:40 +0100
                Re: Installation instructions. peter@easthope.ca - 2020-12-06 06:10 +0100
                Re: Installation instructions. Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2020-12-06 19:30 +0100
                Re: Installation instructions. Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2020-12-05 21:40 +0100
            Re: Installation instructions. peter@easthope.ca - 2020-12-05 22:10 +0100
              Re: Installation instructions. David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-12-05 22:20 +0100
      Re: Installation instructions. Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-12-03 10:00 +0100
  Re: Installation instructions. Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2020-12-02 20:00 +0100
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      Re: Re (2): Installation instructions. Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2020-12-03 00:10 +0100
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