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akash_rawal · Last edited by akash_rawal on Tue 12 Jul 2011, 13:52; edited 6 times in total

Boot Loader Manager is a program that can install and configure Grub and Grub4Dos boot loaders. It provides a simple and self-explanatory user interface to edit menu entries and appearance of boot screen.

This program requires grub and grub4dos installed. Puppy already has grub installed, grub4dos can be installed from here

This program is now also able to install boot loader to CD or DVD or ISO image, but to use this feature you need an additional program cdrdao.

I would recommend that you have puppy live CD ready in case your computer becomes unbootable, so that you can easily recover it.

Source package can be downloaded from here.

Binary for Lucid Puppy 5:

nooby · Joined: 29 Jun 2008 Posts: 9382 Location: SwedenEurope

Interesting so now it handle both grub legacy and grub4dos and the next logical step will be to add Grub2 to it's features.

No demand, no pressure at all only my heartfelt friendly suggestion.
Only do it if you feel for doing it. Computing should be fun or not done at all Smile

akash_rawal · Posted: Thu 19 May 2011, 08:40 Post subject:

This will be done soon in next version, maybe later if format of Grub2 is significantly different (I have not yet heard of Grub2). I also plan to add option to reconfigure existing boot loader and maybe add gfxmenu support.

seaside · Joined: 11 Apr 2007 Posts: 832

akash_rawal,

Thanks for providing this program which looks very promising.

I hope you are able to find people to test it out, as most are afraid of ruining their boot setups.

Cheers,
s

(Edit: it seems to require an additional program - "bootlace.com" to run, which I don't believe is normally in any puppies)

akash_rawal · Posted: Sat 21 May 2011, 01:28 Post subject:

akash_rawal · Posted: Tue 31 May 2011, 06:20 Post subject: Upgraded to version 1.1

Upgraded to version 1.1, see first post.
Changelog:

nooby · Joined: 29 Jun 2008 Posts: 9382 Location: SwedenEurope

if you only have tested in virtual box that does not sound convincing to me.

akash_rawal · Posted: Tue 31 May 2011, 11:28 Post subject:

akash_rawal · Posted: Wed 01 Jun 2011, 07:30 Post subject: Upgraded to version 1.2

Upgraded to version 1.2, see first post.
Changelog:

Does anyone know how to find out size of MBR gap?
If the size is less than 63 sectors my program could then be able to display a warning that installing to MBR might not work.

akash_rawal · Posted: Sat 04 Jun 2011, 07:36 Post subject: Upgraded to version 1.3

Upgraded to version 1.3, see first post.
Changelog:

I just tested this version on several computers and confirmed working.

gcmartin · Joined: 14 Oct 2005 Posts: 2622 Location: Earth

Very interesting approach for GRUB4DOS setup on an HDD/USB installed PUP.

I have a question which may require some thought. it pertains to those PUP Live media that use GrRUB4DOS as the means to boot the PC. There are several PUPs which have GRUB4DOS as the method of booting for LiveCDs (Shinobar's International WARY, for example)

Could your GUI tool be used to update, add to, tailor, or create a replacement for the Menu.lst on the multi-session LiveCD?
Or, could it just create a new Menu.lst where I can manually replace the existing one on the CD?
Can this tool's GUI be tailored to create a Menu.lst that boots a PUP ISO file that exist on HDD/USB?

I foresee this being a valuable tool for setup of all GRUBS, especially, if you choose to go forward with GRUB2 GUI as well.

Thanks in advance.

akash_rawal · Posted: Tue 07 Jun 2011, 13:05 Post subject:

gcmartin · Joined: 14 Oct 2005 Posts: 2622 Location: Earth

darkcity · Joined: 23 May 2010 Posts: 2215 Location: near here

Hi, have added your program to the wiki at:
http://puppylinux.org/wikka/BootLoaderManager

akash_rawal · Posted: Tue 12 Jul 2011, 14:18 Post subject: Upgraded to version 2.0

Upgraded to version 2.0, see first post.
Changelog:

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