GRUB2 can be a pig, especially when you want to add Puppy to its menu. Luckily, you can multi-boot many Linuxes using Puppy's own Grub4Dos bootloader config program.
See the discussion here. The procedure works equally well with internal hard drives and external USB drives.
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However, if you don't want to get involved with hard drive partitioning, you can do frugal installs of many *buntus inside your Windows partition. Read here.
(But if your Windows gets corrupted, please don't complain to me )
How to Multi-Boot Various Linuxes Without Using GRUB2
How to Multi-Boot Various Linuxes Without Using GRUB2
Last edited by rcrsn51 on Wed 11 Apr 2012, 19:17, edited 1 time in total.
Re: How to Multi-Boot Various Linuxes Without Using GRUB2
....does this require the installation of a tiny windows partition and basic DOS files?rcrsn51 wrote:GRUB2 can be a pig, especially when you want to add Puppy to its menu. Luckily, you can multi-boot many Linuxes using Puppy's own Grub4Dos bootloader config program.
See the discussion here. The procedure works equally well with internal hard drives and external USB drives.
Re: How to Multi-Boot Various Linuxes Without Using GRUB2
Are you referring to the initial FAT32 partition that I recommend? Its purpose is to keep your Grub4Dos boot files in a safe, separate location from the Linux installs.linuxbear wrote:....does this require the installation of a tiny windows partition?
You are not installing DOS - you are using the Grub4Dos bootloader from the Puppy System menu.and basic DOS files
However, if you already have Windows installed and are multi-booting it with c:\grldr, you could continue to use its menu.lst file and manually add entries for the new Linuxes. It would probably be easiest to chainload them
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title Ubuntu
root (hd0,1)
chainloader +1