Where is the Menulst?

[Fiberflinger]

I was given these instructions, but don't know where it is:

i think you are using the wrong words to express your situation and what you want ... i think this thread should have gone like this:

FF: "I have a full install of Puppy on hdd1
I also have a frugal install.
I would prefer to use the frugal install,
but to boot it, I must use the cd.
Can i boot the frugal install without the cd?"

answer: "yes, just put these lines in the menu.lst file:

title Puppy
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/ram0 PMEDIA=idehd
initrd /initrd.gz"

FF: "Thanks, that's just what i wanted. I'll mark this thread solved.

I do not know how or where to access what this is telling me. ???

FF

[Ian]

What you really need to do is read these pages:

http://puppylinux.org/wikka/GrubPuppyBoot

and

http://puppylinux.org/wikka/GRUB

this will help you understand a bit about GRUB.

[msumner]

you should find it in /boot/grub. Click on it to open it, edit the script and save.
Mike

[HairyWill]

To find your menu.lst whichever boot method you have used.
Click on the icon for MUT on your desktop (the USB key thing) that says "drives"
for hda1
click on the square that says "mount" or "rox"
open the "boot" folder
open the "grub" folder
you should see the file here
before you make any changes to the file you should create a backup
right click on it and do copy
name the new file something like menu.lst.bak
now right click on it again and do open as text
make your changes to the file
save
make sure there is no CD in the drive
reboot

If the boot fails it is probably because you've messed up the file in some way.
DON'T PANIC.
You'll still be able to boot using the CD. Find the menu.lst file again post what is in it here and we should be able to tell you what to change.

[Fiberflinger]

The menu.lst seems to have a long string of commands. Does it matter where I place the dialogue?, top, bottom, middle. meaningful place?

FF

[Bruce B]

The menu.lst seems to have a long string of commands. Does it matter where I place the dialogue?, top, bottom, middle. meaningful place?
FF

Where you put it is not as important as the conditions being true.

Just don't put it in the middle of some execution block, in other words: use yer noggin.

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title Puppy
      root (hd0,0)
      kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/ram0 PMEDIA=idehd
      initrd /initrd.gz"

Convention has us indent the lines as shown in the example above.

These conditions must be true:

vmlinux exists at (hd0,0)/vmilnuz
initrd exists at (hd0,0)/initrd.gz

I'm also pretty sure these conditions must be true

pup_214.sfs at (hd0,0)/pup_214.sfs
zdrv_214.sfs at (hd0,0)/zdrv_214.sfs

(if you are running version 2.14, otherwise the equivalent files must exist there)

Puppy will look for the pup_save file and use the first one it finds in its search order.

[Fiberflinger]

2.13