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Posted: Thu 23 May 2013, 22:01
by noryb009
Actually, it might work on bootcamp (maybe only Lion and before, they changed some things recently to not allow XP). According to the Boot Camp
wikipedia article*, "Its functionality relies on BIOS emulation through EFI and a partition table information synchronization mechanism between GPT and MBR combined". So it might currently work, it might not.
* original URL didn't work because of brackets in the URL
Windows 8 support with NLS
Posted: Mon 27 May 2013, 07:22
by shinobar
Hi noryb009,
awaiting your Windows 8 support with NLS for our 550JP, coming soon.
http://shino.pos.to/party/bridge.cgi?pu ... cise/test/
tutorial of installing Puppy linux on a intel mac
Posted: Mon 27 May 2013, 23:47
by don570
Here's a nice tutorial of installing Puppy linux on a intel mac
using the conventional method.
http://www.computerbastard.com/usbmac-puppy/
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Posted: Mon 24 Jun 2013, 17:40
by ampersand
I'm new to all this so go easy. I thought I'd give Puppy a whirl on an old laptop using the Windows installer but when I booted up it would always go straight to Puppy with no option to boot into Windows 7.
I ran Grub4Dos From within Puppy which recognised my Windows installation and created an entry for it but when I try to chose that option I either get a grey progress bar which zips to the end and sits and does nothing ("Windows") or a it just boots into Puppy ("Windows Vista/2008/7").
My menu.lst looks like this at the moment, any help would be appreciated.
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# menu.lst produced by grub4dosconfig-v
color white/blue black/cyan white/black cyan/black
timeout 10
default 0
# Frugal installed Puppy
title Puppy slacko 5.3 (sda1/Puppy-Linux-530)
find --set-root --ignore-floppies /Puppy-Linux-530/initrd.gz
kernel /Puppy-Linux-530/vmlinuz pmedia=atahd psubdir=Puppy-Linux-530 pfix=fsck
initrd /Puppy-Linux-530/initrd.gz
title Puppy slacko 5.3 (sda1/Puppy-Linux-530) RAM mode\nBoot up Puppy withot pupsave
find --set-root --ignore-floppies /Puppy-Linux-530/initrd.gz
kernel /Puppy-Linux-530/vmlinuz pmedia=atahd psubdir=Puppy-Linux-530 pfix=ram,fsck
initrd /Puppy-Linux-530/initrd.gz
# Windows
# this entry searches Windows on the HDD and boot it up
title Windows\nBoot up Windows if installed
errorcheck off
find --set-root --ignore-floppies --ignore-cd /bootmgr
chainloader /bootmgr
find --set-root --ignore-floppies --ignore-cd /ntldr
chainloader /ntldr
find --set-root --ignore-floppies --ignore-cd /io.sys
chainloader /io.sys
errorcheck on
# Boot from Partition Boot Record
title Windows Vista/2008/7 (sda1:PBR)
uuid A47464AD74648440
chainloader +1
# additionals
title Find Grub2\nBoot up grub2 if installed
find --set-root --ignore-floppies --ignore-cd /boot/grub/core.img
kernel /boot/grub/core.img
title Grub4Dos commandline\n(for experts only)
commandline
title Reboot computer
reboot
title Halt computer
halt
Posted: Tue 25 Jun 2013, 00:30
by don570
title Windows Vista/2008/7 (sda1:PBR)
uuid A47464AD74648440
chainloader +1
maybe ---> find --set-root
is better???
I had a similar problem a couple of days ago except I had
just installed a version of Ubuntu and my computer would only boot up
ubuntu.
So I took an old CD of Racy (Puppy) linux
and booted up with it and ran Shinobar's Grub 4 DOS
That fixed my menu.lst
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Posted: Tue 25 Jun 2013, 01:37
by rokytnji
Looks like the UUID given is for the Windows 7 recovery partition.
Post
readout if your Puppy install supports that command.
You should have more than 1 UUID shown with the blkiid command.
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# blkid
/dev/sda1: LABEL="/data" UUID="9113698c-08bd-4c40-92b3-1c501c32c9b2" TYPE="ext2"
/dev/sdb1: LABEL="/" UUID="dd99cccc-61d9-4e74-81ed-f3cde6253891" TYPE="ext2"
Posted: Tue 25 Jun 2013, 13:38
by ampersand
Thank you both gentlemen, find --set-root solved my problem.
Here's a weird problem -- NEVERMIND :)
Posted: Tue 09 Jul 2013, 01:07
by Deacon
This problem is solved. The system can boot from a CD-Rom.
Posted: Tue 09 Jul 2013, 23:01
by noryb009
Deacon: What was the problem you had? If it's a bug in the program, I would like to patch it so others don't encounter the same problem.
Posted: Wed 10 Jul 2013, 21:51
by don570
Shinobar has published his Precise version
Puppy_Linux_550JP_Installer.exe (Windows installer)
http://openlab.jp/puppylinux/download/puppy-5.5.0JP/
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Posted: Wed 10 Jul 2013, 23:00
by noryb009
Thank you, I have added it to the first post.
Posted: Wed 17 Jul 2013, 06:17
by Deacon
noryb009 wrote:Deacon: What was the problem you had? If it's a bug in the program, I would like to patch it so others don't encounter the same problem.
That's a good point.
Give me a few days and I'll try to replicate the environment. I have another Win computer handy. That... and I kind of forgot. Sorry.
(edit) Trying to remember... ok. The files copied. However, in the bootloader, choosing Puppy caused it to flash "(something I forgot):hd1" and turned back to the menu. My guess is it didn't direct to the right place. I'll try to recreate it next week; otherwise I will assume it's a flaw on the system I was working on.
Posted: Thu 18 Jul 2013, 01:06
by noryb009
Can you be more specific then "in the bootloader"? Was it GRUB4DOS (puppy logo in background) or the Windows bootloader (selection between "Windows ..." and "Start Puppy Linux")?
Was Windows installed on the C drive, or another disk?
Posted: Thu 18 Jul 2013, 16:02
by Deacon
noryb009 wrote:Can you be more specific then "in the bootloader"? Was it GRUB4DOS (puppy logo in background) or the Windows bootloader (selection between "Windows ..." and "Start Puppy Linux")?
Was Windows installed on the C drive, or another disk?
It was definitely the C drive. 90-95% sure it was the Windows bootloader. It was Win7.
Posted: Fri 19 Jul 2013, 12:34
by noryb009
Thank you for the info!
If you can reproduce it, it would be helpful to see the output of running
in an administrator cmd, see if C:\grldr, C:\grldr.mbr exist, and what is in C:\menu.lst.
Puppy linux Slacko 5.5 PAE version.
Posted: Thu 15 Aug 2013, 00:23
by glore2002
Hello! I have a week using Puppy linux from a usb pendrive. Now, I would like to try it running from a HD dual boot with windows 7. I am not sure about the steps to follow and will really appreciate if you could help me in order to minimize mistakes during this task.
Version I want to install is Puppy Linux Slacko PAE version 5.5 (to make use of entire RAM). I am downloading Installer version: Puppy Linux 550 PAE.exe Is this OK?
After downloading, I have to run this file from within Windows and it will automatically install Puppy Slacko 5.5 PAE and also a bootloader that will let me choose between Windows 7 and Puppy when booting.
Is this OK or I have to do anything else to accomplished what I want?
What if after installing I need or want to uninstall Puppy and get things back to where they were before dual boot?
Thanks for your help!
Posted: Thu 15 Aug 2013, 01:41
by noryb009
glore2002: That's the correct file, and everything else you said was also correct.
If you need to uninstall Puppy, just use the uninstaller in the control panel program manager, or in the start menu.
Posted: Thu 15 Aug 2013, 10:31
by glore2002
noryb009 wrote:glore2002: That's the correct file, and everything else you said was also correct.
If you need to uninstall Puppy, just use the uninstaller in the control panel program manager, or in the start menu.
Thanks noryb009!
So it is easier than what I thought. I think installing it in HDD will improve its performance (speed, etc). Is this what you do?
Thank you!
Posted: Thu 15 Aug 2013, 13:47
by noryb009
You're welcome! Running from the HDD should make the read/write speed much faster. I use the installer because it's the easiest way to dual boot windows and puppy.
Posted: Thu 15 Aug 2013, 23:05
by glore2002
noryb009 wrote:You're welcome! Running from the HDD should make the read/write speed much faster. I use the installer because it's the easiest way to dual boot windows and puppy.
Is there a puppy 5.6 PAE installer available or still not? Thanks!