Puppy Linux Windows Installer - LICK v1.3.3 released
motfis: I usually only compile and upload the main puppy (currently Slacko), but I also can compile other derivatives if people want. I will hopefully get around to precise puppy this weekend sometime. If you can't wait that long, you can compile it yourself using the instructions in the first post.
Not so long ago I finally updated the Lin'N'WinNewB project notes with the method for Windows 7 as used in the Windows Installer.
I recently had some feedback which suggested a failure of Lin'N'Win when trying to install to a Windows 7 PC which has a boot option back to legacy Windows XP.
The Windows Installer creates a real-mode boot option in the bcd of Windows 7 and I am wondering if this clashes with the boot option that Windows creates for Windows XP (even though it is called Windows Legacy OS, in this case).
I cannot really test my thoughts as I do not have Windows XP on my Windows 7 machine.
I'm posting this to find out if somebody has successfully run the Windows Installer on a dual booting Windows 7 / Windows XP machine.
If my thoughts on the clash of boot loaders is correct then my thoughts to a solution are to use the windows XP bootloader as normal to boot Puppy. On bootup of the triple booting machine one would first choose Windows XP and then Linux from the Windows XP bootloader menu.
Any comments?
I recently had some feedback which suggested a failure of Lin'N'Win when trying to install to a Windows 7 PC which has a boot option back to legacy Windows XP.
The Windows Installer creates a real-mode boot option in the bcd of Windows 7 and I am wondering if this clashes with the boot option that Windows creates for Windows XP (even though it is called Windows Legacy OS, in this case).
I cannot really test my thoughts as I do not have Windows XP on my Windows 7 machine.
I'm posting this to find out if somebody has successfully run the Windows Installer on a dual booting Windows 7 / Windows XP machine.
If my thoughts on the clash of boot loaders is correct then my thoughts to a solution are to use the windows XP bootloader as normal to boot Puppy. On bootup of the triple booting machine one would first choose Windows XP and then Linux from the Windows XP bootloader menu.
Any comments?
Thanks noryb009. I shall progress that thought with my contact. Unfortunately, I was not given a description of what actually happened when it failed. The contact solved the problem by reinstalling Windows 7 and reapplying Lin'N'Win! I may have lost the ability to find out what happened.
If there is a problem then I presume the Windows Installer might be problematic with this configuration also so it would be nice to hear that a Windows Installer user has successfully triple booted with Windows 7 - Windows XP.
If there is a problem then I presume the Windows Installer might be problematic with this configuration also so it would be nice to hear that a Windows Installer user has successfully triple booted with Windows 7 - Windows XP.