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rmcellig

I just installed Puppy 5.2.8 on SDA1. I also have a couple of puppy folders that each contain a frugal install. Both are on SDA1 as well.

When I use Grub4DOS, the first window comes up (image1). When I click on the OK button, nothing happens. Normally I would see a window that looks like image2. How can I make Grub4DOS work? This is the only way I know how to create a GRUB menu that looks nice.

rcrsn51 · Posted: Mon 19 Nov 2012, 15:06 Post_subject:

I tried a fresh frugal install of Lupu 528 and Grub4Dos worked correctly.

Run "grub4dosconfig" from the command line. Does it throw any error messages?

Boot off your Live CD and see if you can reproduce the problem.

rmcellig · Posted: Mon 19 Nov 2012, 17:36 Post_subject:

This is what I get:

rcrsn51 · Posted: Mon 19 Nov 2012, 17:53 Post_subject:

The error message is misleading. But the problem may be that you formatted the partition as ext4. In Lupu, that may not be a valid filesystem for a boot partition. Or Grub4Dos may not think so.

rmcellig · Posted: Mon 19 Nov 2012, 18:15 Post_subject:

Interesting. So, what should I do so that it works? I think I did format that partition in Lupu as ext4.

bigpup · Posted: Tue 20 Nov 2012, 16:58 Post_subject:

Could be the version of Grub4dosConfig you are using(V1.7) and the Ext 4 format.
Notice the listed fixes in 29oct11 v1.7.1: fix was failed with ext4.
The latest version of Grub4dosConfig now version 1.8
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=51697

rmcellig · Posted: Tue 20 Nov 2012, 17:02 Post_subject:

I have 1.7 so I am going to install 1.8 and see what happens because now my GRUB looks like it is not working at all. Booted in from 5.2.8 CD so at least I can function until I get this resolved.

The reason I am booted into my pup CD is because I can't start my computer without hitting the # prompt to enter xwin or xorgwizard. Nothing seems to work. I created a seperate post on the issue and am hoping to resolve it soon. If not, I will just format SDA1 and reinstall Puppy again and see what happens.

Thanks for getting back to me!!

rcrsn51 · Posted: Tue 20 Nov 2012, 17:18 Post_subject:

In the event that your system has gotten corrupted and you need to start again, the simplest approach would be to reformat the Puppy partition as ext3.

rmcellig · Posted: Tue 20 Nov 2012, 17:30 Post_subject:

OK. I will do that. Are there any drawbacks formatting as ext 3? Is it more compatible than ext4?

Thanks!

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rmcellig · Posted: Wed 21 Nov 2012, 06:46 Post_subject:

I just reformatted the partition I was having problems with as ext3, and did a new full install of puppy 5.2.8. Grub4dos worked fine so I now have a working Grub menu.

I would have used a frugal install but I find I am instantly adjusting the save file size and putting links outside my root folder.

I found one way to get around the save file issue is to do a frugal install, install all the software I need and then do a remaster to a new Iso file that I use as my new frugal install.