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Use plop to boot puppy by usb-drives in linux pcs...

#1 Post by watchdog »

Go to:

http://www.plop.at/en/bootmanager/download.html

and download plpbt-5.0.14.zip. Click on the archive and extract plpbt.bin in your /boot directory.

1)If you have grub-legacy edit your /boot/grub/menu.lst inserting:



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title PLoP Boot Manager
root (hdX,Y)
kernel /boot/plpbt.bin
where X and Y refers to the partition which contains your grub: X is equal to 0 and Y is equal to (Z-1) if your main partition is sdaZ.

2)If you have grub2 (ubuntu grub-pc...) open with geany a new file and copy as its content:

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#! /bin/sh -e

echo "Adding plpbt" >&2
cat << EOF
menuentry "plpbt" {
	set root=(hdX,Y)
	linux16	/boot/plpbt.bin
}
EOF
and save it as 12_plpbt in /etc/grub.d. X and Y refers to the partition which contains your grub2: X is 0 and Y now have the same number of your sdaY main partition. Then in console:

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cd /etc/grub.d
sudo chmod 755 12_plpbt
sudo update-grub
Now using grub you have at menu plpbt (plop bootmanager) which helps you to boot usb drives.
Plpbt booted in my case a logical partition in an external usb hd in which I installed a linux distribution with persistence by unetbootin. My bios refused to boot that partition.

watchdog
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Use Plop to boot puppy in Sd card in netbooks...

#2 Post by watchdog »

I followed the procedure for grub-legacy in a netbook in which I installed grub4dos. The netbook's bios does not support Sd card booting. By plop bootmanager I was able to boot a Sd card in which I installed puppy by Universal Installer choosing usb boot in plop menu.

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#3 Post by rokytnji »

The netbook's bios does not support Sd card booting
It would not happen to be a Acer Aspire One zg5 ? Would it?

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 # md5sum ploplinux-4.2.2.iso 
572a8ce3a821200d25f827b079a40d7a  ploplinux-4.2.2.iso
288f4bae9c3a5b5b6cb5b6f0cd4d7088 ploplinux-4.2.2-X-brl.iso


6b71761318e422550612730378651d5b ploplinux-4.2.2-X-gnome-tiny.iso


080825840a82e4f18962480d50b258b0 ploplinux-4.2.2-X.iso


572a8ce3a821200d25f827b079a40d7a ploplinux-4.2.2.iso
572a8ce3a821200d25f827b079a40d7a ploplinux-4.2.2.iso


789c2d23010a3805c4d97e9ff1559a36 ploplinux-4.2.2.tgz


f7b6070cf0b1bf4e1b1b1966c1090298 ploplinux-4.2.2.zi
I have been getting by with using a USB to SD card ADAPTER is why I mention this.
As USB boot support is supported but the sd card slot is not.

watchdog
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#4 Post by watchdog »

rokytnji wrote:
The netbook's bios does not support Sd card booting
It would not happen to be a Acer Aspire One zg5 ? Would it?
The netbook I used in my trial was a Samsung NB30.

Dromeno
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for Grub4Dos?

#5 Post by Dromeno »

Does this work for Grub4Dos as well?

Dromeno
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in the same way in Grub4Dos?

#6 Post by Dromeno »

sorry, I should have asked does this work in Grub4Dos in the same was as in legacy grub. i.e. by adding
title PLoP Boot Manager
root (hdX,Y)
kernel /boot/plpbt.bin

watchdog
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Re: for Grub4Dos?

#7 Post by watchdog »

Dromeno wrote:Does this work for Grub4Dos as well?
Yes. Grub4dos is compatible with the same menu entries of grub legacy. Look where is your menu.lst and there create a /boot dir where you'll put plpbt.bin. X and Y refer to the partition where is menu.lst and /boot directory.

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#8 Post by watchdog »

I had trouble to boot by plop a unetbootin install in a usb hd. Some timeout was needed at some stage of boot process which freezed. The trick is to select USB in plop menu by cursor and type Alt-u instead of Enter. Plop will ask Skip or Boot device taking time. Type one time "s" (Skip): plop will ask again for Skip or Boot device. This time type Enter and now I had success to boot. This behaviour of plop is due to usb devices attached to your pc which can change the normal timing of boot process.

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