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CompaqUser · 05-24-2009, 11:45 AM

Hi Mak,

I used GParted, which ran through doing whatever it is that it does, but then it came up with the following

* Available console tools: vim, partamage, testdisk, mc, ntfs-3g - Mount the disk: ntfs-3g /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows.

*WARNING: Never mount anything on /mnt! It would freeze the system. Use mkdir /mnt/mydir and mount on /mnt/mydir instead.

*X.Org: You need graphicalenvironment to start GParted. The Graphical environment configuration should have been done automatically. Unfortunately it did not, since you are back to the bash !
So please run forcevideo script, and you will be asked for video driver, and resolution.

VESA driver should always work, and 1024x768 resolution too. If needed, you can kill X by using ctrl+alt+backspace combination!

gparted ~ #

I hope this means something to you, cos its all greek to me.

Thanks
Simon

Ok, ignore what i just said, i foud the VESA and ran that, GParted opened and it found two drives, so i formatted them, now it doesnt do anything. I just get a black screen with the following

NVIDIA Boot Agent 232.T120
Copyright (C) 2001-2005 NVIDIA Corporation
Copyright (C) 1997-2000 Intel Corporation
PXE-E^!: Media test failure, check cable
PXE-MOF: Exiting NVIDIA Boot Agent.
Operating System Not Found

Thanks
Simon

05-24-2009, 11:45 AM	#7 (permalink)
CompaqUser Newb Techie Join Date: May 2009 Location: Bristol, UK Posts: 5	Hi Mak, I used GParted, which ran through doing whatever it is that it does, but then it came up with the following * Available console tools: vim, partamage, testdisk, mc, ntfs-3g - Mount the disk: ntfs-3g /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows. WARNING: Never mount anything on /mnt! It would freeze the system. Use mkdir /mnt/mydir and mount on /mnt/mydir instead. X.Org: You need graphicalenvironment to start GParted. The Graphical environment configuration should have been done automatically. Unfortunately it did not, since you are back to the bash ! So please run forcevideo script, and you will be asked for video driver, and resolution. VESA driver should always work, and 1024x768 resolution too. If needed, you can kill X by using ctrl+alt+backspace combination! gparted ~ # I hope this means something to you, cos its all greek to me. Thanks Simon Ok, ignore what i just said, i foud the VESA and ran that, GParted opened and it found two drives, so i formatted them, now it doesnt do anything. I just get a black screen with the following NVIDIA Boot Agent 232.T120 Copyright (C) 2001-2005 NVIDIA Corporation Copyright (C) 1997-2000 Intel Corporation PXE-E^!: Media test failure, check cable PXE-MOF: Exiting NVIDIA Boot Agent. Operating System Not Found Thanks Simon Last edited by Mak213; 05-24-2009 at 12:29 PM.