I just installed a second instance of Puppy from a USB stick on an HD that also has XP and Mint. I ran Grub4DOS as usual but on attempting to reboot got
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Try hd0,0): NTFS5 No gldr
Try hd0,1): ExtendedP
Try hd0,1): Ext2 No grldr
Try hd0,2): Ext No grldr
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Cannot find grldr in all drives
I ran Fixmbr from the XP installation CD and was able to boot XP.
I ran Lucid from the USB stick and attempted to install Grub4DOS again but got the same result as the first time. I ran fixmbr again and got my XP installation back again.
This is what the Grub4DOS log looks like
menu.lst is installing on /dev/sda1/ and looks like this/usr/sbin/grub4dosconfig
version 1.7.2
Sat Apr 20 07:37:25 BST 2013
BINSTALLER=bootlace.com
sda(MBR)_160.0GB_ATA_ST9160821AS_
fd0_(FLOPPY_DISK)
sdb_1.9GB_TDK__
PCPARTS:
/dev/sda1|ntfs|57011168
/dev/sda3|ext2|53810176
/dev/sda4|ext2|8911872
/dev/sda5|ext4|9228288
/dev/sda6|ext2|15135744
LPART:/dev/sda1|ntfs|57011168
sda3/boot/vmlinuz|Lucid_528
sda4/boot/vmlinuz|Lucid_528
sda5/initrd.img,/vmlinuz|Linux_Mint_13_Maya
sda1/ntldr|Microsoft_Windows_XP_Home_Edition
sda1/ntldr|Microsoft_Windows_XP_Home_Edition
Wrigting... /mnt/sda1/menu.lst
/dev/sda Bootalbe: yes, yes
1+0 records in
1+0 records out
512 bytes (512 B) copied, 2.626e-05 s, 19.5 MB/s
Installing bootloader on /dev/sda ...
Disk geometry calculated according to the partition table:
Sectors per track = 63, Number of heads = 255
Success.
1+0 records in
1+0 records out
512 bytes (512 B) copied, 2.4095e-05 s, 21.2 MB/s
Installing grldr ...
`/usr/lib/grub4dos/grldr' -> `/mnt/sda1/grldr'
# menu.lst produced by grub4dosconfig-v1.7.2
color white/blue black/cyan white/black cyan/black
timeout 10
default 0
# Full installed Linux
title Lucid 528 (sda3/boot)
uuid 15fc6ac3-d344-4e4b-8353-541710fb3a5e
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda3 ro
title Lucid 528 (sda4/boot)
uuid 0938e2fc-d251-4bd2-a958-98bd34d174d0
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda4 ro
title Linux Mint 13 Maya (sda5)
uuid 119e4312-457d-4a07-abee-a888079e8bef
kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/sda5 ro
initrd /initrd.img
# 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 Sector
title Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (sda1:PBS)
uuid CA50D40350D3F3E3
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