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watchdog
Joined: 28 Sep 2012 Posts: 1558 Location: Italy
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Posted: Sun 30 Jun 2013, 08:20 Post subject:
Use plop to boot puppy by usb-drives in linux pcs... Subject description: whose bios does not support usb-booting |
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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:
Code: | 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:
Code: | #! /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:
Code: | 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.
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watchdog
Joined: 28 Sep 2012 Posts: 1558 Location: Italy
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Posted: Mon 01 Jul 2013, 00:17 Post subject:
Use Plop to boot puppy in Sd card in netbooks... Subject description: whose bios does not support Sd card booting |
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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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rokytnji
Joined: 20 Jan 2009 Posts: 2287
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Posted: Mon 01 Jul 2013, 00:45 Post subject:
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Quote: | The netbook's bios does not support Sd card booting |
It would not happen to be a Acer Aspire One zg5 ? Would it?
Code: | # md5sum ploplinux-4.2.2.iso
572a8ce3a821200d25f827b079a40d7a ploplinux-4.2.2.iso
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Quote: | 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.
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watchdog
Joined: 28 Sep 2012 Posts: 1558 Location: Italy
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Posted: Mon 01 Jul 2013, 01:14 Post subject:
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rokytnji wrote: | Quote: | 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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The netbook I used in my trial was a Samsung NB30.
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Dromeno
Joined: 12 Sep 2008 Posts: 543
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Posted: Thu 11 Jul 2013, 04:43 Post subject:
for Grub4Dos? |
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Does this work for Grub4Dos as well?
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Dromeno
Joined: 12 Sep 2008 Posts: 543
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Posted: Thu 11 Jul 2013, 04:47 Post subject:
in the same way in Grub4Dos? |
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sorry, I should have asked does this work in Grub4Dos in the same was as in legacy grub. i.e. by adding
Quote: | title PLoP Boot Manager
root (hdX,Y)
kernel /boot/plpbt.bin |
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watchdog
Joined: 28 Sep 2012 Posts: 1558 Location: Italy
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Posted: Thu 11 Jul 2013, 07:19 Post subject:
Re: for Grub4Dos? |
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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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watchdog
Joined: 28 Sep 2012 Posts: 1558 Location: Italy
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Posted: Thu 03 Oct 2013, 02:34 Post subject:
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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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