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JustAuser
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Posted: Sat 07 May 2005, 14:56 Post subject:
How to boot from HDD without using floppy ? |
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Hi!
Can anybody tell me is there a way to boot the puppy from the HDD without using floppy? (im using notebook without flp)
What i've done is that I created extendet partition with ext2fs.
After that I exec hdd-install2 script but i skiped steps 4 and 5 (creating a bootable floppy disk). So at the end i had all directories structure on my linux partition and I also copied vmlinuz to it.
The next step is that I tried to install Boot Loader (from Paragon). It recognized the linux partition but when i try to boot it stops at some line which says:
Kernel Panic - try to pass init= parametr.
Any suggestions ?
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Jester626
Joined: 05 May 2005 Posts: 5
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Posted: Sat 07 May 2005, 22:35 Post subject:
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Well, some people have been able to get puppy to boot from a HDD, I have taken a look at the process and decided that since puppy V 1.0.2 is due out within the next week and it will have an automated process to select a full blown HDD Install.
I'm just going to wait the 7 days before I go and do the native install.
Hope this helps a bit
J
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jimbo
Joined: 07 May 2005 Posts: 18 Location: Sandy, Utah
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Posted: Sun 08 May 2005, 09:07 Post subject:
Re: How to boot from HDD without using floppy ? |
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There are a couple of ways to boot Puppy from a HD without a floppy. What else do you have installed on your PC?
jimbo
JustAuser wrote: | Hi!
Can anybody tell me is there a way to boot the puppy from the HDD without using floppy? (im using notebook without flp)
What i've done is that I created extendet partition with ext2fs.
After that I exec hdd-install2 script but i skiped steps 4 and 5 (creating a bootable floppy disk). So at the end i had all directories structure on my linux partition and I also copied vmlinuz to it.
The next step is that I tried to install Boot Loader (from Paragon). It recognized the linux partition but when i try to boot it stops at some line which says:
Kernel Panic - try to pass init= parametr.
Any suggestions ? |
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PeterSieg2
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Posted: Sun 08 May 2005, 12:57 Post subject:
HDD install with grub - no floppy required! |
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Hi, just check this forum under annoucements.
That description and attached file allow type 1 and type 2 install with grub as boot manager.
It is setup for ONLY Puppy on the hdd!!!
If you (get to) know grub, can be altered to allow also some win$ stuff to coexist..
PS
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kmoffat
Joined: 08 May 2005 Posts: 6
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Posted: Sun 08 May 2005, 14:18 Post subject:
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Does that mean that if you already have a grub installation that is booting other distros, that you cannot add puppy to that installs "/boot/grub/menu.lst" so it will be on the grub menu?
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mouldy

Joined: 04 May 2005 Posts: 550
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Posted: Sun 08 May 2005, 15:09 Post subject:
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If only running linux you can make a tiny dos partition at beginning of hardrive. Do a sys c: after booting from a dos floppy or cd (win98 boot disk works fine or I tend to use the EBCD boot cd). That will install minimal dos systems files to make the partition bootable to dos prompt. Install loadlin or tiny and setup an autoexec.bat file that automatically runs loadlin when this dos partition boots. Then set loadlin (or tiny) to boot the Puppy partition.
Can also do this if your computer has a dos based windows version. Think there have been posts on old forum on various and good ways to do this.
Nothing wrong with Grub or Lilo, but I just like loadlin when I only have puppy. Loadlin is simple and darn near foolproof. If I am adding linux to windows hardrive then Grub is way to go.
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JohnMurga
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Joined: 04 May 2005 Posts: 593 Location: Far to the east
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Posted: Sun 08 May 2005, 15:21 Post subject:
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Also, a while ago Bladehunter had a very interesting posting about booting Puppy over the network with PXE ...
Now that is cool
Cheers
JohnM
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Auda
Joined: 08 May 2005 Posts: 131 Location: New Zealand ( Christchurchish )
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Posted: Sun 08 May 2005, 16:46 Post subject:
Smart Boot Manager |
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I have been using SBM to boot puppy from my hda2 fat32 partition. Well I guess thats not quite right Smb boot dos and then tiny boots puppy
Works well enough with 1.01 but 0.98 wont boot it gets partway through loading image.gz and crashes Ideas anyone ?
SBM is here http://btmgr.webframe.org/index.php3?body=download.html
Auda
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danleff

Joined: 08 May 2005 Posts: 294 Location: Albany, NY
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Posted: Sun 08 May 2005, 19:22 Post subject:
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hehe... try a mini-itx system w/o a floppy or cdrom drive! Puppy will not recognize an external dvd/cdrw drive that I attached, so the type 2 install fails. I did a "poor man's install" on a fat32 partition and it worked with an already existing grub.
I'm waiting for a slimline ide converter cable to add an ide cdrom drive to the system.
Grub can be a little finicky about syntax. on my main box, that has a prior Suse install, I passed the following (assuming Puppy on an ext2 partition on hda5);
Title Puppy 1.0.1
kernel (hd0,4)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda5
Remember, the kernel (hd0..) starts at zero and the root= starts at one (hda1), for a primary master drive.
Make sure that there is a space after the last kernel line entry.
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Guest
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Posted: Mon 09 May 2005, 05:07 Post subject:
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danleff,
was that external drive a usb drive?
If so, it is probably a matter of loading the appropriate driver... or maybe not.
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PeterSieg2
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Posted: Mon 09 May 2005, 05:32 Post subject:
grub nstall Puppy with other os and grub already there |
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kmoffat wrote: | Does that mean that if you already have a grub installation that is booting other distros, that you cannot add puppy to that installs "/boot/grub/menu.lst" so it will be on the grub menu? |
No, that means install type 1 or type 2 as you wish. But before grub gets
installed, press CTRL-C to skip this!! Then alter your existing /boot/grub/menu.lst so that you have a working entry for Puppy...
You can have a look in the unzipped boot/grub/menu.lst to know how the entry must look alike...
It is just, that the scripts I mentioned, don't assume any other os in coexistence
I had to find an easy way also for novice users for such an difficult task
You can of course also complete the hdd install and then edit the /boot/grub/menu.lst file to enter an appropiate entry for your other(s) os afterwards...
(So many choices )
But for other os's, propably wait until 1.0.2 is out with Barry's code of
hdd install with grubconfig and see how this goes...
PS
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Bruce B
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Posted: Sun 15 May 2005, 05:13 Post subject:
A brief HOWTO install GRUB in MS-DOS |
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There is a version of GRUB for MS-DOS in case anyone is interested. Very easy to install and doesn't modify the MBR (Master Boot Record) which you may find an advantage, depending on your setup. Installation is quite simple also.
You can download the package at:
www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/util/boot/grub013.zip
(I thought it should be ftp.ibiblio.org but gFTP accesses it at www.ibiblio.org)
Here is a brief step-by-step how to install it with MS-DOS (not FreeDOS because it only works with MS-DOS)
1) download grub013.zip
2) make directory c:\boot\grub
3) extract grub.exe and menu.lst from grub013.zip to c:\boot\grub (leave the other files in the zip package because these two files are all you need)
4) edit menu.lst for Puppy (see my example at end of post)
5) you can run grub.exe in config.sys with a menu system
use:
install=c:\boot\grub\grub.exe
or try shell statement I think this works also:
shell=c:\boot\grub\grub.exe
or in autoexec.bat
c:\boot\grub\grub.exe
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EXAMPLE MENU.LST
you will have to modify partition location and pupfile name and size
to suit your needs. this is for an example only.
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color white/blue black/light-gray
# default 0
# timeout 8
title Drive C:
root (hd0,0)
chainloader +1
# (example for type 1 install)
title Puppy
rootnoverify (hd0,4)
kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/ram PFILE=pup1-none-131072 PHOME=hda5
initrd /image.gz
# (example for type 2 install)
title Puppy (hda6)
kernel (hd0,5)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda6
title Floppy
root (fd0)
chainloader +1
title Reboot Computer
reboot
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Bruce B
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Posted: Sun 15 May 2005, 05:19 Post subject:
Addendum to - A brief HOWTO install GRUB in MS-DOS |
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If I remember right (maybe I don't) I think on the type 2 install I created a /boot directory for vmlinuz for use with the GRUB menu.lst example above.
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mouldy

Joined: 04 May 2005 Posts: 550
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Posted: Sun 15 May 2005, 08:23 Post subject:
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However, its doc says: "Important Note: It supports FreeDOS build 2029. However, since FreeDOS build 2030 saved a wrong BIOS interrupt vector table, it cannot be supported by GRUB.EXE." Hope this be fixed soon by FreeDOS maintainers. Since build 2031 just came out, I wonder if it's working again?
Bug was fixed according to this:
http://www.freedos.org/freedos/news/technote/201.html
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Bruce B
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Posted: Sun 15 May 2005, 12:58 Post subject:
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mouldy wrote: | However, its doc says: "Important Note: It supports FreeDOS build 2029. However, since FreeDOS build 2030 saved a wrong BIOS interrupt vector table, it cannot be supported by GRUB.EXE." Hope this be fixed soon by FreeDOS maintainers. Since build 2031 just came out, I wonder if it's working again?
Bug was fixed according to this:
http://www.freedos.org/freedos/news/technote/201.html |
Mouldy, I think your information is correct. Except the GRUB.EXE needs some kind of update to make it work with the newer FreeDOS kernel release numbers or something like that.
I don't think GRUB for DOS is maintained any longer. Where is the source code? It would be nice to get it fixed because the whole idea was to make it work with FreeDOS.
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