Can't install AntiX

Netjutter · posted: 2012-10-12 11:44

In the past week I've seen many Linux distro's and I must say that I liked AntiX the most.
But now I have a problem, when I try to install AntiX on the hard drive of my old laptop I get this error:"Error 19: Linux kernel must be loaded before initrd".
I tried AntiX-12-486 and AntiX-12-base-486, both give the mentioned error.
My ThinkPad R30 has 482 Mb Ram memory,the processor is a Pentium III (Coppermine) and the harddisk is 30 Gb.
Can anybody tell me what I do wrong?
Thanks in advance.

male · posted: 2012-10-12 13:40

AntiX is the only system on the HDD?
Where you install grub-legacy?

Netjutter · posted: 2012-10-12 14:09

Yes, AntiX is the only system on the HDD.
How can I see where grub-legacy is installed?

anticapitalista · posted: 2012-10-12 14:27

When you installed antiX, did you install grub to the MBR when asked by the installer?

Could you also post the contents of /boot/grub/menu.lst

(Use antiX live to see it on the installed partition)

Netjutter · posted: 2012-10-12 16:35

Yes, I installed grub to the MBR when asked by the installer.

The contents of /boot/grub/menu.lst is:

timeout 10
color cyan/blue white/blue
foreground ffffff
background 0639a1

gfxmenu /boot/grub/message

title antiX at sda1, kernel 3.5.0-antix.2-486-smpkernel /boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-antix.2-486-smp root=/dev/sda1 nomce quiet nosplash nouveau.modeset=0 vga=791
initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-antix.2-486-smp
boot

anticapitalista · posted: 2012-10-12 16:51

Not sure if there is a typo, but kernel entry should be on a separate line like this and the root line might need to be added.

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title antiX at sda1, kernel 3.5.0-antix.2-486-smp
root (hd0,0)
kernel  /boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-antix.2-486-smp root=/dev/sda1 nomce quiet nosplash nouveau.modeset=0 vga=791
initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-antix.2-486-smp
boot

Netjutter · posted: 2012-10-12 21:21

Thanks, it works, you have solved my problem.

anticapitalista · posted: 2012-10-12 21:56

Good. Enjoy antiX!