I forgot to add that i told grub to install into /deb/sda as well

On 9/11/07, Mikael Rudberg <mikael.rudberg@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> Im clutching at straws here, i just purchased an Zonbu (mini pc running
> Via C7/512 MB ram) and i'm trying to install Debian 4.0 on external USB
> drive.
> I've prepped an USB stick with the net install image. Boot's from it and
> installs debian fine from what i can see
> When i reboot i see that bios detects the USB-HD properly but instead of
> showing the kernel to boot it shows only the "Mininmal BASH like" version of
> grub and no selection box.
> I tried to reinstall this time manually making the partitions on the
> USB-HD
>
> sda1 /boot (ext2) 100 MB bootable
> sda2 / (ext3) 20 GB
> sda3 /swap
>
> Same issue again. tried it a couple of more times and once i got "Error
> 18" in GRUB
> I'm at a loss as what can be wrong. I tried to search the net but can't
> find information that me out here.
> So if anyone have any suggestions or any experience installing Debian on
> "Zonbu" i would be really greatful
>
> Thanks
>
> Mikael
>
>