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Adding Puppy Linux to Ubuntu's Grub2 Menu
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PostPosted: Fri 11 Jan 2013, 07:09    Post subject:  Adding Puppy Linux to Ubuntu's Grub2 Menu
Subject description: Adding Puppy Linux 5.2.8 to 40_Custom		  
Hi,

On the shoulders of giants, I added puppy linux 5.2.8 to my Ubuntu grub2 menu. After I installed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS I discovered that the usual grub menu installed with puppy linux was no longer working. Instead, I now had Grub2, and no entry for puppy linux.

Just to be clear, I have a frugal installation of Puppy528 on sda1, the windows ntfs partition.

After a bit of research I learned that the entry for puppy linux can be entered into the file etc/grub.d/40_custom, it looks like this:

Code:
#!/bin/sh
exec tail -n +3 $0
# This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries.  Simply type the
# menu entries you want to add after this comment.  Be careful not to change
# the 'exec tail' line above.
menuentry   "Puppy Linux Lupu 528 on sda1"  {
set   root=(hd0,1)
linux   /puppy528/vmlinuz   root=/dev/sda1  psubdir=puppy528
initrd  /puppy528/initrd.gz
}


I edited 40_custom from within Ubuntu, which required a bit of command line work.

At the terminal I entered:

Code:
sudo gedit etc/grub.d/40_custom


This causes Ubutu to ask for the password. Enter it and press enter.

I have geany installed, so the gedit part could be substituted with another program.

I pasted in the boot stanza, and saved the file. Then you have to enter another command

Code:
sudo update-grub


This updates the grub2 menu. When you reboot Puppy Linux is now the last entry in the menu.

I hope this is clear enough!

Yorkiesnorkie
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PostPosted: Mon 14 Jan 2013, 10:18    Post subject:  
The gksudo in ubuntu doesn't seem to be necessary. I just used sudo, and that works. e.g.

Code:
sudo geany etc/grub.d/40_custom

and
Code:
sudo update-grub


I noticed that in the boot stanza hda0,1 is sda1, apparently the numbers now match your drive, sda2 would be hda0,2.
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