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#21 Post by Pelo »

Linuxliveusb creator : i confirm here above post, nice tool, nice Web site.
But only available via Windows !

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#22 Post by g2k »

mikeb wrote:
i'm quite new to bootlace.i must get used 2 this.
but, syslinux is easier,i think.
bootlace.com is in the path of newer puppies.... it has a simplicity about it and it can run in linux or DOS which is handy.

But see my penquin problem on my usb stick....

mike
Hi, I saw this post and was wondering if I can have this as a boot screen, using grub, or if I have to use grub4dos?

Also, if I can do this with grub, will you guys help me get this set up?

Thank you, for your assistance in this matter.

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#23 Post by mikeb »

Hi, I saw this post and was wondering if I can have this as a boot screen, using grub, or if I have to use grub4dos?
either works...

you add

gfxmenu /penquins

near the top of menu.lst
and pop the penquin file in the same place...example is root of partition but you can use a path to a folder eg /boot/penquins
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/110545536/Misc/penguins

thats it

mike

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#24 Post by g2k »

Hmm, for some reason its not working. Heres my menu.lst (legacy grub puppy 5.2.8 frugal install).

****************************************************

# GRUB configuration file '/boot/grub/menu.lst'.
# generated by 'grubconfig'. Tue Oct 29 08:11:08 2013
#
# The backup copy of the MBR for drive '/dev/sda' is
# here '/boot/grub/mbr.sda.20042'. You can restore it like this.
# dd if=/boot/grub/mbr.sda.20042 of=/dev/sda bs=512 count=1
#
# Start GRUB global section
#timeout 30
gfxmenu /boot/grub/penguins
# End GRUB global section
# Linux bootable partition config begins
title Puppy Linux -User account Options on next screen
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/sda1 psubdir=Users noatime ro vga=normal pfix=e2fsck, pfix=fsck
initrd /initrd.gz
# Linux bootable partition config ends
# Linux bootable partition config begins
title Puppy Repair
root (hd0,1)
kernel /PupRepair/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda2 psubdir=PupRepair noatime ro vga=normal pfix=fsck
initrd /PupRepair/initrd.gz
# Linux bootable partition config ends
# Linux bootable partition config begins
title Puppy Linux 5.7.1 frugal in sda3 dir precise5.7.1frugal
rootnoverify (hd0,2)
kernel /precise5.7.1frugal/vmlinuz pmedia=atahd psubdir=precise5.7.1frugal
initrd /precise5.7.1frugal/initrd.gz
# Linux bootable partition config ends
title Install GRUB to floppy disk (on /dev/fd0)
pause Insert a formatted floppy disk and press enter.
root (hd0,0)
setup (fd0)
pause Press enter to continue.
title Install GRUB to Linux partition (on /dev/sda1)
root (hd0,0)
setup (hd0,0)
pause Press enter to continue.
title - For help press 'c', then type: 'help'
root (hd0)
title - For usage examples, type: 'cat /boot/grub/usage.txt'
root (hd0)
**********************************************

penguins file is in /boot/grub/ along with menu.lst

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#25 Post by g2k »

Ok, guys thank you for helping me get this setup.

I fixed the problem with it not displaying. It's working beautifully now.

I had to use an updated method since I run ext4 partitions.

What worked for me, in case anyone else needs it, is this thread/turorial:

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 162#184162

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#26 Post by mikeb »

Ah ok the newer grub.. I forgot such things as I never use ext4.

So happy dancing penquins...they are cute :)

mike

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#27 Post by g2k »

Yes mikeb, they are. Thank you for the help.

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