Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

puppynew · Joined: 10 Feb 2011 Posts: 10

I need help installing ubuntu alongside puppy i have aleady made a iso disc for ubuntu but when i try to boot from the screen goes straight to options puppy linux boot puppy c for help etc please help

666philb · Joined: 07 Feb 2010 Posts: 1230 Location: wales

hi puppy new,

Two things.......

1.is the bios set to boot from cd as the first boot device?

if yes then...

2. when you burnt the iso, what program did you use? Are you sure you used a burniso2disc or burn image to disc option?

666philb

duck1dong · Joined: 06 Feb 2011 Posts: 40 Location: Calgary Alberta

So you probably cannot put one of these iso OS files on a USB stick and install it that way?

nooby · Joined: 29 Jun 2008 Posts: 9390 Location: SwedenEurope

So you don't have ubuntu together with Ms Windows now then?

Do you have anythign on the HDD? I think using an usb or a CD and installing Ubuntu first is the best approach.
Then you can add many puppy in frugal install very easily and that way to get to know which puppy that suites you best.

Jim1911 · Joined: 19 May 2008 Posts: 2353 Location: Texas, USA

Hi puppynew,

Welcome to puppy.

As stated previously, make sure that you have a bootable Ubuntu CD.

1. Ubuntu will take over the partition and reformat it unless you take special precautions. So do you have a separate partition that you can use for Ubuntu?

2. Ubuntu will install grub2 which will not recognize your puppy installation unless it is a full hd installation. You will need to prepare a special file using Ubuntu and grub2 protocol so that your frugal installation will boot properly. See here for success stories on how to set up Grub2.

A simply solution is to install Ubuntu first to set up your partitions and then install puppy linux 5.2. Puppy will exist fine as a frugal installation on the Ubuntu partition or if you prefer set it up on a separate partition. If it's a full hd installation, it needs a separate partition. You can add as many different frugal installations as you have space for, just put each one in it's own directory. If your installation is frugal, all you need to do is move the save file to a safe location.

After installing puppy, immediately install grub4dos. Grub4dos will recognize both the puppy frugal installations as well as all full hd installations so you won't need to edit the menu.lst. Allow grub4dos to use the mbr so that it will take over control of the booting process.

puppynew · Joined: 10 Feb 2011 Posts: 10

hi i dont have a usb option to boot from on my pc

i used burinso2cd did i do something wrong

i dont have ms installed btw

im not sure if the cd burned the image properly

666philb · Joined: 07 Feb 2010 Posts: 1230 Location: wales

puppynew......

the burniso2d was the right thing to use, did you check the bios to see if it's set to boot from the cd as the first option?

666philb

puppynew · Joined: 10 Feb 2011 Posts: 10

hi yeh i checked its set to boot off cd/dvd driver first

i have also burnt ubuntu on a fresh cd but it ignores the ubuntu iso cd does not boot and goes straight to a blue background page where options are

1)boot linux

2)install grub file to hard drive

3) press c for help file

etc

if i put in a puppy iso cd it works but if i use a ubuntu iso cd it will not work just skips pass i have checked and it seems ubuntu iso image has burnt fine onto cd no errors please help i need to use ubuntu alongside puppy linux but its not letting me do

i have installed grub bootloader config on mbr is this right ?

Jim1911 · Joined: 19 May 2008 Posts: 2353 Location: Texas, USA

You appear to have a bad Ubuntu download. Have you checked the mid5sums?