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[Stripe]

Hi sc0ttman

Heres my grub4dos entry;

title 214-X5 (sda2/puppy214)
find --set-root --ignore-floppies /puppy214/initrd.gz
kernel /puppy214/vmlinuz pmedia=atahd psubdir=puppy214 root=/dev/ram0
initrd /puppy214/initrd.gz

Hope this helps
Stripe

[shinobar]

Thanks bigpup, sc0tman and stripe.

[shinobar]

Updated Grub4DosConfig v1.6.3. See the top of this topic.
CHANGES:

• Manage the issue USB flash devices treated by the 'BootFlash' corrupts with Grub4DosConfig. (Thanks to smokey01)
  But anyway, re-format the USB device using gparted before using Grub4DosConfig (back up the data before).
  1. Delete all the partition
  2. Rewrite the partition table (Device >> Create Partition Table)
  3. Create partitions and format.
  
• Chainload PBR.
  Grub4DosConfig v1.6.3 gives menu items chainload the Partition Boot Records, like '(sda2:PBR)'.
  It does not always mean you can boot up from the partiton.
  There may be cases boot flag is on but the boot loader is not there.
  These items may be redundant because the OS is already listed up on the leading items.
  You can remove it from the menu after you are sure you can boot up the OS with another entry.
  
• New Puppy simple filename support.(Thanks to artifus and ICPUG)
  
• Classic Pup support, maybe not perfect.(Thanks to Stripe)
  
• Tool tips.(Thanks to sc0ttman)
  
• New icon. (Thanks to big_bass)

Thanks to all, and awaiting your report.

[shinobar]

[noryb009]

Can you change "after escaping all the data" to "after backing up all the data"?

[shinobar]

[nooby]

Shinobar, have patience with a perennial Newbie now.

I want to have a USB mem stick that I can use as a rescue thing on my and others computers.

But when I make the usb then it look for OS on the particular machine one make it on.

Suppose I make it on the Acer D250 then it list all the puppies I have on that one and it makes a menu.lst to be able to boot on that one.

All good but then I want to rescue the Packard Bell or the HP/Compaq computer.

So one would need some kind of script that would give a choice to include the new computer under its name and brand? A kind of menu.lst that was changed the order of the entries so the older entries for AcerD250 was pushed further down and those for the current Packard Bell that one use at the moment comes fist choices and then when one use it on the next computer then the OS for that one comes up first?

Maybe very unrealistic request for further versions update?

Maybe one could start all over with grub4dosconfig on each computer and create nested menu.lst files that had names or numbers for each computer one test it on?

[shinobar]

[shinobar]

For Classic Pup support, i add 'root=/dev/ram0' option in the grub4dosconfig v1.6.3.
But it may not proper...
What version of Puppy require 'root=/dev/ram0' option to boot up?
I am confused seeing the Barry's document:
http://www.puppylinux.com/hard-puppy.htm

[nooby]

Cool and when one boot how does the one chose among them?

I guess one have to manually go into geany or some other editor and add entries from each back upped menu.lst then?

Could not the script notice that one are on a new computer by knowing this is another MAC address.

Then it ask. Do you want me to add the OS on this new machine to the menu.lst or do you want me to back up the old menu.lst by giving it a back up number and treat this new machine as the one you exclusively want to use from now on?

Does that add too much to the simplicity?

[nooby]

Shinobar I know nothign about such but puppy search I found this one.

root=/dev/ram0

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=165550#165550

[rcrsn51]

[Stripe]

Hi shinobar

Grub4dos is working with frugal installs of 214 on hard drive and on usb stick as well

Cheers
Stripe

[shinobar]

[BarryK]