Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

[shinobar]

[Sage]

[Jasper]

Sage,

As 01micko said; but, cluelessly and either carelessly or selectively, you did not:

"As you say shino, power user can easily get legacy grub from PPM or even LILO if they desire. (in slackware repo)."

My regards

[Sage]

Who is this smart*ass always trying to score points. As usual, you are utterly wrong; you don't understand regular users. Go away.
So-called 'power users' will always know where and how to get all the files they need and how to use them. Puppy's greatest appeal is to neophytes and incomers who need the very simplest methods to get up-&-running.

[bigpup]

As a normal user, I have not used Grub since I discovered Grub4dos.
The last time I used Grub was back in the Puppy version 3 days.
+1 for Grub4dos

[James C]

Didn't know this was up for a vote but +1 for legacy Grub.

[nubc]

keep Legacy Grub

[Lobster]

No bugs to report

5.3.1 just works
m m m . . . I may have to do something more demanding . . .

Some of the non-bugs. Fast boot and audio, including recording - working.

Just reporting day to day solidity

[don570]

new version of mtpaint works well
with Wacom Bamboo tablet and Slacko

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?search_id=2111411813&t=71332

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[mave]

[obsolet...]

[jim3630]

+1 for Grub4dos.

it was the first I learned to use when new to linux
and so simple to use never needed to learn
another.
legacy grub maybe just as easy for all I know.

[Aitch]

Oh no....grub wars!

Well, I'll see your grub and grub4dos, and raise a Win Installer
That's REALLY for neophytes and noobies who have heard that grub breaks your hard drive

ha!

personally, I'll try anything as long as the dang thing boots
I was rather sad to see the grub splashscreen by catdude, die away

remember this?



I liked the graphical menu, choice of boots, plus visible boot path/options

Perhaps it could revive legacy grub....grub4dos just reminds me of M$...

But, oh, to be free of the fear of wrecking harddrives for noobies

Aitch

[James C]

I've pretty much had nothing but trouble with Grub4dos when trying to boot anything other than Puppy and Windows...generally the default legacy Grub menu.lst will work ootb. Novel idea...just keep both.

[gcmartin]

In 2011, we saw a marked expansion in Puppy being able to co-exist, equally, on a LAN with devices, games, Windows and Macs as well as expansion of subsystems, features and services across the board.

Shinobar, in a distro he created couple years ago, produced a working model in his "QuickPET" distro (Sept 2010). It was far-reaching then, and several distro and PET contributors followed with similars. I have found his work in that area compelling where for a Live media use, I "could" modify the boot config for many additions. In fact, PuppyLuvr created a "MultiPUP" PET (also used by JameBond in "Netboot" where a Boot menu is presented to the booting PC for option selection(s).

I can see where this type of GRUB4DOS on a booting CD/DVD can be extremely useful to distro producers.

There is ONE MAJOR drawback to me. Because of its flexibility, many users could present a daunting list of support requests. This is the ONLY drawback I could find.

But, for it to get any mass appeal in Puppy, it will require distro developers to take on something that many do not understand, today. This is, using a boot processor other than what they have traditionally used. Old habits are hard to break!

Hope this helps
P.S. I AM AWARE, that this is, probably, NOT the best place for this discussion. And, my post should be moved if a moderator chooses.

[shinobar]