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JamesTheAwesomeDude

Joined: 29 Jan 2013 Posts: 99 Location: Classified
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Posted: Sat 06 Apr 2013, 02:12 Post subject:
How to arrange Grub2 to boot frugal Slacko, XP and Ubuntu? |
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Okay, I have a triple-boot going:
Win XP Pro on /dev/sda1
Ubuntu 12.04 on /dev/sda7
(I know this sound weird):
Puppy Slacko 5.5 FRUGAL on a dedicated EXT4 partition - /dev/sda7
vmlinuz and initrd.gz are both stored on / in sda7 (not a subfolder.)
What do I need to set the Puppy menu entry to for Grub 2? I have Grub Customizer installed on Ubuntu.
Currently, the Puppy entry is:
Code: | insmod ext4
set root='(hd0,6)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 342e3978-cdf7-4aa2-98e8-5bc4651b22f9
linux /vmlinuz
initrd /initrd.gz |
But that just returns a few errors (will edit them in after I reboot, I think they were 2 file not founds and one Invalid Command error...)
Anyway, if someone could cook up the correct command, I would appreciate it greatly! Will provide any other requested details.
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Ray MK

Joined: 05 Feb 2008 Posts: 773 Location: UK
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Posted: Sat 06 Apr 2013, 03:07 Post subject:
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Hi JamesTheAwesomeDude
This should help you get a feel for what’s needed, this is my menu.lst using grub4dos. Although not grub2 - it is very similar.
I would normally put each puppy in it’s own individual folder, thus allowing numerous frugal installs to a single partition.
I prefer grub4dos because it is intuitive, extremely reliable, and it auto-magically generates a menu.lst when run.
HTH - regards - Ray
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watchdog
Joined: 28 Sep 2012 Posts: 1558 Location: Italy
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Posted: Sat 06 Apr 2013, 03:10 Post subject:
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Try:
Code: | menuentry "Slacko 5.5 (frugal on sda7)" {
set root=(hd0,7)
linux /vmlinuz pmedia=atahd pfix=fsck
initrd /initrd.gz
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Karl Godt

Joined: 20 Jun 2010 Posts: 4208 Location: Kiel,Germany
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Posted: Sat 06 Apr 2013, 05:50 Post subject:
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Quote: | Okay, I have a triple-boot going:
Win XP Pro on /dev/sda1
Ubuntu 12.04 on /dev/sda7
(I know this sound weird):
Puppy Slacko 5.5 FRUGAL on a dedicated EXT4 partition - /dev/sda7 |
Ubunntu and Slacko on their own partition ?
In normal GNU/Linux distros /vmlinuz is a link to /boot/vmlinuz-very-long-identifierer . Same with /initrd . Hope you have mixed everything and are repairing the mess .
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JamesTheAwesomeDude

Joined: 29 Jan 2013 Posts: 99 Location: Classified
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Posted: Sat 06 Apr 2013, 12:32 Post subject:
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watchdog wrote: | Try:
Code: | menuentry "Slacko 5.5 (frugal on sda7)" {
set root=(hd0,7)
linux /vmlinuz pmedia=atahd pfix=fsck
initrd /initrd.gz
} |
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That worked!
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vbdanl
Joined: 08 Jul 2007 Posts: 27
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Posted: Fri 26 Apr 2013, 23:53 Post subject:
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JamesTheAwesomeDude wrote: | watchdog wrote: | Try:
Code: | menuentry "Slacko 5.5 (frugal on sda7)" {
set root=(hd0,7)
linux /vmlinuz pmedia=atahd pfix=fsck
initrd /initrd.gz
} |
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That worked!  |
are you using Grub2? and is the above an entry you have in the 40* file?
i have not been able to boot into Puppy (frugal) via grub2.. was wondering if you are.. thanks.
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