W98Pup install: Can pup001 be moved to D: ? (more space)

[kcin]

Hi all,

Have just succeeded with problematic install (X issue) of Win98Pup on old Toshiba Portege 3110CT, (thanks to Amish, BlackAdder, MU, and JaDy).

It works now, but the C:\ partition is nearly full.

I'd like to change the pup001 file to reside on the D:\ Drive where there is a whole lot more room, but I have discovered "More easily said than done."

Here is what I've tried so far:

1) Copied pup001 and usr.cram.fs to D:\

2) Copied "Puppy" folder with Grub, menu.lst, and puppy.bat to D:\

3) Altered shortcut to puppy.bat to point to the new Puppy.bat on D:\

( Changed "Cmd Line:" field from "C\Puppy\Puppy.bat" to "D\Puppy\Puppy.bat" )

4) Changed call to Grub in Puppy.bat from...
"C:\Puppy\grub.exe --config-file=(hd0, 0)/puppy/menu.lst" to...
"D:\Puppy\grub.exe --config-file=(hd0, 1)/puppy/menu.lst"

5) Changed entries in menu.lst as follows:
FROM:

timeout 0
title Puppy Linux
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
kernel (hdo,0)/puppy/vmlinuz root=/dev/ram0 acpi=off PFILE=pup001-none-262144 PHOME =hda1
initrd (hd0,0)/puppy/image.gz

...TO:

timeout 0
title Puppy Linux
rootnoverify (hd0,1)
kernel (hd0,1)/puppy/vmlinuz root=/dev/ram0 acpi=off PFILE=pup001-none-262144 PHOME =hda2
initrd (hd0,1)/puppy/image.gz

...Result: Fails and dumps me to a Grub prompt.

Can anyone see where I've goofed? ...and possibly suggest a configuration adjustment?

Thanks and Best Regards,

kcin

[rcrsn51]

Your kernel line shows (hdo,1) not (hd0,1). Is that just a typo?
When you're at the grub prompt, try typing: find /puppy/vmlinuz
This should tell you where Grub thinks your Puppy installation is.

[kcin]

Your kernel line shows (hdo,1) not (hd0,1). Is that just a typo?
When you're at the grub prompt, try typing: find /puppy/vmlinuz
This should tell you where Grub thinks your Puppy installation is.

Hi rcrsn51,

Thanks for the tip! I tried your suggestion of "find /puppy/vmlinuz,", and to my huge surprise, Drive D:\ was seen by Grub as "hd0, 4" !!!

I never would have imagined or guessed that - I would have thought "hdo,3" at the most - "hda0,1" for C:, "hd0,2" for D:\, or maybe "hd0,3" if "hd0,2" was the extended partition... that would make D: be "hd0,3", ... but 4? I still can't work out the geometry of how that can be. I mean, ...that's hda5!

The important thing is, though, it worked! I'm back in business.

Thanks again, pup-friend, that really broke the impasse for me.

Best Regards,

kcin


oh, btw, yes, that was a typo -- now fixed.

[rcrsn51]

In grub-speak, the four primary partitions are numbered 0 to 3 even if you aren't using them. So if you make an extended partition, the first logical volume in it becomes 4.

[kcin]

In grub-speak, the three primary partitions are numbered 0 to 3 even if you aren't using them. So if you make an extended partition, the first logical volume in it becomes 4.

...Ohhhh, ok. It all makes perfect sense now. I appreciate your following up to let me know that - it would have bugged me forever if I hadn't gotten that explanation.

Thanks again, & Best Regards,

kcin