2009-01-21, 09:46
Zitheral,
I was having the same problem but I was able to get mine to boot by doing the following:
Download and burn a Ubuntu 8.10 Live CD
Use the Live CD to boot into the a Live session of Ubuntu 8.10
Plug in your USB Flash Drive which you have installed 8.10 onto using the minimal.iso
Open up the terminal and use the following commands to install GRUB to the USB Flash Drive
Shutdown the Ubuntu Live session
Take the Live CD out of the drive
Reboot with your USB Flash Drive plugged in
AND...
PRESTO it should boot up and allow you to follow the rest of the tutorial.
From what I understand the GRUB bootloader files are not being installed on the USB Flash Drive and I couldn't find a way to make the installer do it for me. I like you tried 4 different times to find some advanced options in the partition section (or elsewhere) of the minimal install but never got it to work without my little work around. In the end I found these commands from a tutorial somewhere on the web to install linux to a USB drive and this should work for you as well.
Olympia,
If this extra step is the right way to get GRUB onto a USB Flash Drive install then you really should modify the tutorial to let people know that these extra steps need to be done in order for the USB install to boot. As is the tutorial does not work for a USB Flash Drive install.
Sincerely,
Will
I was having the same problem but I was able to get mine to boot by doing the following:
Download and burn a Ubuntu 8.10 Live CD
Use the Live CD to boot into the a Live session of Ubuntu 8.10
Plug in your USB Flash Drive which you have installed 8.10 onto using the minimal.iso
Open up the terminal and use the following commands to install GRUB to the USB Flash Drive
Quote:#sudo chroot /media/disk /bin/bashClose the terminal
# aptitude install grub
# echo “(hd0) /dev/sdb” > /boot/grub/device.map
# exit
# sudo grub-install --no-floppy --root-directory=/media/disk /dev/sdb
Shutdown the Ubuntu Live session
Take the Live CD out of the drive
Reboot with your USB Flash Drive plugged in
AND...
PRESTO it should boot up and allow you to follow the rest of the tutorial.
From what I understand the GRUB bootloader files are not being installed on the USB Flash Drive and I couldn't find a way to make the installer do it for me. I like you tried 4 different times to find some advanced options in the partition section (or elsewhere) of the minimal install but never got it to work without my little work around. In the end I found these commands from a tutorial somewhere on the web to install linux to a USB drive and this should work for you as well.
Olympia,
If this extra step is the right way to get GRUB onto a USB Flash Drive install then you really should modify the tutorial to let people know that these extra steps need to be done in order for the USB install to boot. As is the tutorial does not work for a USB Flash Drive install.
Sincerely,
Will