Dual Boot of Puppy Linux alongwith Windows 7 (Solved)

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Dual Boot of Puppy Linux alongwith Windows 7 (Solved)

#1 Post by umair »

hi Guys:
Refer to the link : http://puppylinux.org/main/How%20NOT%20 ... galInstall

Puppy can be install using FRUGAL method along with windows xp, but since MS has changed there booting method in windows 7 so it is not possible to setup a GRUB.
I am sure there will be some technique to setup GRUB2 as i think that GRUB1 will not work with Windows 7.
Any help n this regards will highly appreciated.
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UMAIR
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Re: Dual Boot of Puppy Linux alongwith Windows 7

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umair wrote:hi Guys:
Refer to the link : http://puppylinux.org/main/How%20NOT%20 ... galInstall

Puppy can be install using FRUGAL method along with windows xp, but since MS has changed there booting method in windows 7 so it is not possible to setup a GRUB.
I am sure there will be some technique to setup GRUB2 as i think that GRUB1 will not work with Windows 7.
Any help n this regards will highly appreciated.
Regards
UMAIR
I'm using Grub 1 (legacy) on this MSI with Win 7 Ultimate right now.

I've never had a problem dual booting with Grub 1 and Windows.

I only use full install to a partition.

Inspiron 700m, Pent.M 1.6Ghz, 1Gb ram.
Msi Wind U100, N270 1.6>2.0Ghz, 1.5Gb ram.
Eeepc 8g 701, 900Mhz, 1Gb ram.
Full installs

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#3 Post by Les Kerf »

I have dual-booted Win 7 and Slacko on my Acer Aspire laptop using Grub4Dos.
Les

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Re: Dual Boot of Puppy Linux alongwith Windows 7

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rjbrewer wrote: I'm using Grub 1 (legacy) on this MSI with Win 7 Ultimate right now.

I've never had a problem dual booting with Grub 1 and Windows.

I only use full install to a partition.
Hi rjbrewer:
Can u tell me in detail, if win 7 is already installed thn how to edit boot.ini file on windows which v usually found in the properties of My Computer in win xp machine..

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Re: Dual Boot of Puppy Linux alongwith Windows 7

#5 Post by rjbrewer »

umair wrote:
rjbrewer wrote: I'm using Grub 1 (legacy) on this MSI with Win 7 Ultimate right now.

I've never had a problem dual booting with Grub 1 and Windows.

I only use full install to a partition.
Hi rjbrewer:
Can u tell me in detail, if win 7 is already installed thn how to edit boot.ini file on windows which v usually found in the properties of My Computer in win xp machine..
Using Grub Legacy takes over the "master boot record"
and doesn't involve editing boot.ini.
If you don't have some experience with Grub, I advise
looking at the Grub4dos dual boot methods.

In any case; the first thing one should do is burn a Win7
"repair disk" and make a backup "image" of Win7 to another
drive, to be safe.
It's easy to do from within Windows7.

Inspiron 700m, Pent.M 1.6Ghz, 1Gb ram.
Msi Wind U100, N270 1.6>2.0Ghz, 1.5Gb ram.
Eeepc 8g 701, 900Mhz, 1Gb ram.
Full installs

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#6 Post by noryb009 »

The easiest way to frugally install puppy beside windows (including windows 7) is by using the windows installer. You can download a version here.

The installer doesn't require you to use bcdedit (boot.ini for windows 7), and doesn't change the master boot record.

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#7 Post by umair »

rjbrewer and noryb009
Thnx for the repy n shring useful info:
I will check and will setup GRUB.
If find any difficulty thn will post here.
Once again Thnx.
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UMAIR

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#8 Post by umair »

hi noryb009:
I tested the Windows Installer of shinobar on ur windows installer link which
u mentioned in previous post. I m sure it will definitely work on Win 7 machines. My Question is that will it work on Windows Server 2008?
I m talking about 64 bit Version R2.
Best of luck to u n shinobar for such a gr8 work.
keep it up.

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#9 Post by umair »

umair wrote:hi noryb009:
I tested the Windows Installer of shinobar on ur windows installer link which
u mentioned in previous post. I m sure it will definitely work on Win 7 machines. My Question is that will it work on Windows Server 2008?
I m talking about 64 bit Version R2.
Best of luck to u n shinobar for such a gr8 work.
keep it up.
Dual Boot of Puppy Linux with Windows Server 2008 R2 is Sloved.
Link is :http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 69&t=80601
Thnx to 01micko and all other guys for help.
UMAIR

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