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CatDude · Joined: 03 Jan 2007 Posts: 1358 Location: UK

Hello daton

Please could you give more details
as to what you have done with regard to making your install.

CatDude
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daton1 · Joined: 17 Sep 2007 Posts: 3

I had Ubuntu. I got the same format and entered the full installation of puppy. All as stated in the instructions. I considered menu.lst but it seemed to me a little bit different than the instructions. After restart message written briefly mentioned and I was able to run puppy. The evening include copied menu.lst. I thank you for your help. Daton

daton1 · Joined: 17 Sep 2007 Posts: 3

Sorry I accidentally registered twice daton1 = daton

daton · Joined: 23 May 2009 Posts: 13

Here is menu.lst configuration:

# GRUB configuration file '/boot/grub/menu.lst'.
# generated by 'grubconfig'. Sat May 23 22:35:34 2009
#
# The backup copy of the MBR for drive '/dev/sda' is
# here '/boot/grub/mbr.sda.313'. You can restore it like this.
# dd if=/boot/grub/mbr.sda.313 of=/dev/sda bs=512 count=1
#
# Start GRUB global section
timeout 30
default 0
color light-gray/blue black/light-gray
# End GRUB global section
# Linux bootable partition config begins
title Linux (on /dev/sda1)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda1 ro vga=normal
# Linux bootable partition config ends
title Install GRUB to floppy disk (on /dev/fd0)
pause Insert a formatted floppy disk and press enter.
root (hd0,0)
setup (fd0)
pause Press enter to continue.
title Install GRUB to Linux partition (on /dev/sda1)
root (hd0,0)
setup (hd0,0)
pause Press enter to continue.
title - For help press 'c', then type: 'help'
root (hd0)
title - For usage examples, type: 'cat /boot/grub/usage.txt'
root (hd0)

Please check it thanks Daton

coerciblegerm · Posted: Thu 11 Jun 2009, 17:39 Post_subject:

I followed the instructions above, and I get the following when I try to boot into puppy from GRUB;

rcrsn51 · Posted: Thu 11 Jun 2009, 17:57 Post_subject:

It probably means that the file /boot/vmlinuz is somehow corrupted. You can try manually copying a fresh copy from the Live CD. Or you might want to consider this install procedure.

coerciblegerm · Posted: Thu 11 Jun 2009, 20:07 Post_subject:

rcrsn51 · Posted: Thu 11 Jun 2009, 20:22 Post_subject:

I would guess that there is a mismatch between what you have installed on your hard drive and the contents of your menu.lst file. You might want to consider another install approach.

coerciblegerm · Posted: Thu 11 Jun 2009, 20:29 Post_subject:

rcrsn51 · Posted: Thu 11 Jun 2009, 22:23 Post_subject:

Glad to help.

CatDude · Joined: 03 Jan 2007 Posts: 1358 Location: UK

Hi

@ rcrsn51
Cheers mate Wink

CatDude
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hatchiebird · Joined: 01 Jun 2009 Posts: 7 Location: Tennessee, USA

I was having difficulty getting puppy retro installed on an old Pentium II computer that I had in a closet for years. I finally got it to work after following your instructions. I plan to use the old computer for a music system at a vacation property. Puppy runs great on the old machine. Much faster than Windows 98 ever ran on it. Very Happy

Thanks!

CatDude · Joined: 03 Jan 2007 Posts: 1358 Location: UK

Hello hatchiebird

Welcome to the kennels.

howard

Many kudos, CatDude, for your step-by-step instructions. I'm enjoying the result of my Puppy install right now. Your reward for the level of detail you provided, especially with the GParted and GRUB, is my successful install on the very first try.
Best regards,
howard

CatDude · Joined: 03 Jan 2007 Posts: 1358 Location: UK

Hello howard