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    i am not quite sure to understand. When...

    i am not quite sure to understand.
    When installing any OS, you need to select at least a partition to install the OS on it? You can't install an OS on a drive without any partition on it
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    When you create any file system on a drive, to...

    When you create any file system on a drive, to install an os on it, you need to create at least one partition? Meaning that you get a table partition as well.
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    well, but being without a partition table means...

    well, but being without a partition table means not being able to use an OS on the usb disk no? So even if the bios sees the disk and is ok to try to boot on it, you can't make any use then of the...
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    well, trouble is if a format the usb stick...

    well, trouble is if a format the usb stick without a partition, i can't boot on the backtrack os on it.

    This old computer has originally no usb2 support. we added a pci card with usb2. But when i...
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    Thanks for help Saikee. This old bios has the...

    Thanks for help Saikee.
    This old bios has the capability to boot on 2 kind of usb device acording to the boot menu. There is: usb fdd and usb zip
    Is there anything to do to trick the bios with,...
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    usb boot from an old reluctant computer

    Hello guys,
    :)

    I was trying to find out how to boot from an usb stick with backtrack 4 on it when the computer is old and does not want willingly to do the job.
    Somme solutions i heard could be...
  7. Well what do you mean by omitting "title" when...

    Well what do you mean by omitting "title" when booting manually exactly?
    When i use the grub prompt at boot, to boot manually so, i cannot put the statement "title" at that time.
    Do you mean that i...
  8. Many thanks for your helpfulness and all your...

    Many thanks for your helpfulness and all your efforts to deal with all the grub stuff, which is very interesting. That is why i try to test myself many things with it as well.


    I tried the above...
  9. hello saikee, I am trying to install backtrack...

    hello saikee,

    I am trying to install backtrack 4 beta on 8 GO corsair flashdrive.

    I created 3 primary partitions on the flashdrive:

    sdb1
    sdb2
    sdb3
  10. I tried to follow the tutorial. Trouble is when...

    I tried to follow the tutorial. Trouble is when using the grub command on my laptop with only one hard disk (hd0 for grub) i don't understand the reference about the command "grub" (hd2,0).
    Grub...
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    lolllllllllll that's true! :D Now i have in...

    lolllllllllll that's true! :D

    Now i have in fact a "public backup" of my partition table. Soon i will be able to find it just by googling it in case i need it! :D
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    Yes you are right of course. I already knew a bit...

    Yes you are right of course. I already knew a bit about that. But my concern is in fact the part of the mbr relevant to the partition table. If i make a copy of the first 512 bytes of the hdb disk, i...
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    Ok thanks Saikee, i will give it a try soon, when...

    Ok thanks Saikee, i will give it a try soon, when i will again be in front of that computer, next week probably :)
    In case it would unluckily fail, i will first dd the all mbr (512 bytes) of the...
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    Thanks for your quick reply saikee. I give the...

    Thanks for your quick reply saikee.

    I give the result of fdisk -l here:

    Disque /dev/sda: 37.0 Go, 37019566080 octets
    255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4500 cylinders
    Units = cylindres of 16065 *...
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    I have a grub problem

    Hi guys :)


    Hello,

    I wanted to reinstall a windows xp.
    I have 2 sata hard disks in this machine. One has kubuntu hardy heron on it.
    i also wanted to change the hdd where windows was already...
  16. As for my example, it is on a pc i will not be in...

    As for my example, it is on a pc i will not be in front before 1 or 2 days.
    But i just tried the same method on another one:

    - i formatted a floppy with ext3 first (i say that in case it is...
  17. Hi guys, I just tried to make a floppy and a...

    Hi guys,

    I just tried to make a floppy and a cd with this method above.
    I have kubuntu hardy installed in dual boot with windows xp. Kubuntu is on one hd and windows in on another. Grub is...
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