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Topic: HOWTO: Installing Crunchbang "Statler" on a Dell Mini 1010

HOWTO: Installing Crunchbang "Statler" on a Dell Mini 1010

I love Crunchbang, and was going to install it to my daughter's Dell Mini 1010 netbook, but it kept getting stuck at the "Welcome to Grub!" screen. After some exhaustive web searching, I figured out a solution... Hopefully this helps someone else.

First, copy the image to USB following the instructions here:
http://crunchbanglinux.org/wiki/statler … stallation

Boot to the USB key and do a text install.

When you get to the partitioning section, manually assign the partitions...
Create the swap partition first on a primary partition (this was /dev/sda1, in my case)...
Create the / partition as ext3 on a primary partition (this was /dev/sda2, in my case)...

Continue with the install...

When you get to the "Do you want to install Grub?" question, select NO.
Leave the next prompt blank and select continue.
Finish the install.

Reboot the machine - keep the USB key in the machine!
Boot into a live session from the USB key.

Once in the live session, open up a terminal and do the following:

cd /
sudo mount -t ext2 /dev/sda2 /mnt  (-- Remember, my / partition was /dev/sda2! Adjust yours accordingly! --)
sudo mount -t proc proc /mnt/proc
sudo mount -t sysfs sys /mnt/sys
sudo mount -o bind /dev /mnt/dev

-copy over resolv.conf:
sudo cp -L /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/etc/resolv.conf

-chroot to the harddrive:
sudo chroot /mnt /bin/bash

-add apt sources to the harddrives /etc/apt/sources.list:
sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://packages.crunchbanglinux.org/statler statler main
deb http://cdn.debian.net/debian squeeze main contrib non-free

-update apt:
sudo apt-get update

-remove grub2
sudo apt-get remove grub-pc

-install grub-legacy
sudo apt-get install grub-legacy
sudo grub-install /dev/sda (your disk may be different)
sudo update-grub

-exit chroot, reboot
exit
sudo reboot

Your machine should now boot up to the grub menu with the correct entry for your install at the top of the list!

  • Registered: 2009-02-25
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Re: HOWTO: Installing Crunchbang "Statler" on a Dell Mini 1010

Oh yeah... I forgot to mention one thing... This seems to work with everything, except the GMA500 video driver. Still working on how to fix that. If I figure it out, I'll add it to the post.

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Re: HOWTO: Installing Crunchbang "Statler" on a Dell Mini 1010

Please use code tags, makes it a bit more readable. Also, you had better posted this in the tips&tricks section of the forum. Other than that, it looks good! smile

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Re: HOWTO: Installing Crunchbang "Statler" on a Dell Mini 1010

This might help with the GMA500 Poulsbo issue:
http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=45942

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Re: HOWTO: Installing Crunchbang "Statler" on a Dell Mini 1010

i was excited to see that this was my problem until i read the later post that it doesn't apply to my gma500 =/ very useful information though if it helps i posted my grub.cfg in another topic:

http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/topic … h-grubcfg/

thanks

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Re: HOWTO: Installing Crunchbang "Statler" on a Dell Mini 1010

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Re: HOWTO: Installing Crunchbang "Statler" on a Dell Mini 1010

Hi guys, I tried the above method on my mini 1010, and while everything seemed to go great, when I reboot the grub-menu does not even come up, I get nothing but a blank screen with a blinking cursor in the top left corner. Can you offer any suggestions?

Thanks

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Re: HOWTO: Installing Crunchbang "Statler" on a Dell Mini 1010

It is not necessary to revert to grub legacy from grub2, but you can if you think it is easiest. The problem with grub2 is that the default graphic options don't work the dell mini 1010. What you can do is after doing a normal install of Statler is boot from a live cd/usb with grub2 and then from reinstall grub2 with the graphics disabled. Then you can continue to use grub2 and all its other features. Another post of mine describes this in a bit more detail:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions … ost4382877