read on http://www.easy2boot.com for info
Alternative 0 - the ultimate way
I have created a pet file for installing a modified version of Easy2Boot
on a USB stick. For this release I have compiled fbinst for Linux,
The script is self explaining but the filestructure of Easy2Boot is a little bit modified,
Obs! You've gotta press Download button on second page!
NEW and untested!
Download pEasy2Boot-1.55 - Easy2Boot Installer
OLD and tested!
Download pEasy2Boot - Easy2Boot Installer
Put any linux ISOs in _ISO/Linux that you want to boot automatically.
Also puppy linux ISOs can be put here but savefile wont work
If you want savefile put puppy linux ISOs in folder _ISO/Puppy
Obs! Just copy file to folder and then reboot, no editing of menu's are required.
You can put one linux iso in the Default folder and it will be booted by default on next boot.
If there are ISO files present at the two locations of
Default folders the order of Default booting is
1. The ISO in _ISO/Puppy/Default
2. The ISO in _ISO/Linux/Default
A more complete description will be forthcoming
The pet is tested on ArchPup, Wary, Lupo, Lighthouse64, DPUP, Carolina and Slacko
The script uses gtk.
Alternative 1 - the easiest way
1. Most puppies have the program Grub4Dos Bootloader config under their system menu.
(Or execute in terminal /usr/sbin/grub4dosconfig)
Run it and choose your target USB Drive - press OK trice when prompted.
You should receive a message saying everything went well.
2. Delete everything on USB
3. Download, unzip (extract) and copy the Easy2Boot_v1.55a_DPMS.zip
(attached below ) file to your USB drive
Get newer versions at the Easy2Boot page
OLD easy2boot page
Easy2Boot page
4, Drop any number of puppy linux ISO's of your choice in folder _ISO/Linux/AUTO.
5. reboot and play
Alternative 2 - the second easiest way
1. Open terminal window and execute to make sure your USB drive
is unmounted. If you get a message "umount: can't unmount /mnt/sdc1: Invalid argumnent".
It is OK that only means it was already unmounted
Code: Select all
umount /mnt/sdxx
where sdxx is exchanged for your label
2. Obs! This Will format your USB drive, Data may be lost!
Code: Select all
mkdosfs -F 32 -I /dev/sdxx
where sdxx is exchanged for your label
and -I is i and not the L character.
3. Make USB drive bootable with Grub4Dos.
Code: Select all
bootlace.com --floppy=y /dev/sdxx
and sdxx is exchanged for your label
4.Download, unzip (extract) and copy the Easy2Boot-grub4dos_v0.5.zip (attached below ) file to your USB drive
Newer versions might be availible at the Easy2Boot page
5, Drop any number of puppy linux ISO's of your choice in folder _ISO/Linux/AUTO.
6. reboot and play
Save File
There was a problem with loading the savefile on some puppies, although not on ArchPup.
check out this for a solution.
Tips and Tricks
1. Go straight to the automatically generated list of linux ISO's,
Edit file /grub/MENU.lst
Instead of this line
/grub/automenu.bat .automenu /_ISO
put this line
/grub/autolinuxmenu.bat .automenu /_ISO/Linux/AUTO
2. Boot deafult ISO after 5 seconds
Edit file /grub/LINUXUSER.mnu
At the top of the file change
default 0
#timeout 5
to
default 0
timeout 5
default 0 menas the first itme in the list and hence default 1 would mean
the second item int the list and so forth
Original Info
Easy2Boot
Format USB
bootlace.com and Grub4Dos