Boot from a FAT partition without burning the iso file.

[amish]

i'm really interested in getting this working again... my howto works up to version 2.11.

sage goes so far as to say DONT USE 2.14, but he's just one guy. (i thought it was worth mentioning anyway.)

you say that just replacing the files doesn't work, implying that it worked in another version?

1. what was the last version that worked 2. what files did you replace 3. please list all the files from the 2.14 iso. that's going to be a short list. let's see if we can figure out where to put them.

[Bruce B]

amish,

I just tested the technique described at the beginning of this topic. with 2.14 As my purpose was only for testing - I did things 'quick and dirty' as described below:

copied the following files to c:\

vmlinuz
initrd.gz
zdrv_214.sfs
pup_214.sfs
loadlin.exe
option.txt (the cfg file I wrote)

I took the template code and removed two lines shown here by # sign

Code: Select all

vmlinuz
root=/dev/ram
rw
initrd=initrd.gz
vga=normal
ramdisk_size=100000
init=/etc/init
# lang=es
apm=power-off
nomce
noapic
noacpi
noscsi
quiet
# BOOT_IMAGE=pup_200.sfs

It worked fine

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Edit note: This test was made according to the requisites in the How To:

* FAT32 partition
* Real DOS Mode for executing loadlin.exe

[designengineer]

I have used the exact procedure described by UKBill to load 2.14, except I boot from a bootable floppy (which gives me a real DOS mode). I made no changes to the option.txt file and it worked. Strange but true.

[Bruce B]

I have used the exact procedure described by UKBill to load 2.14, except I boot from a bootable floppy (which gives me a real DOS mode). I made no changes to the option.txt file and it worked. Strange but true.

For the record. I didn't mean to imply that I needed to make the changes, I simply made the changes. It might have worked even if I'd not made the changes.

[HairyWill]

Hi pmshah,
I'm booting 2.14 this way, what error are you getting.

[Bruce B]

Hi pmshah,
I'm booting 2.14 this way, what error are you getting.

In reading the posts in this thread, I think there is some confusion. I believe the confusion is because some people may be trying it on XP.

The problem with XP and the How To is that XP is likely to be an NTFS partition, if so, it can't be booted in a REAL DOS mode.

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Over a year ago someone, (maybe Mark or Nathan, I don't remember) posted an excellent how to boot Puppy in XP using GRUB for DOS

[HairyWill]

sorry guys,
I seem to have been wandering OT from the original post. I'll butt out. pmshah you might want to put this in a new thread.

[Bruce B]

sorry guys,
I seem to have been wandering OT from the original post. I'll butt out. pmshah you might want to put this in a new thread.

Now ya got me going. I can't image why you said sorry. You did nothing wrong whatsoever.

[HairyWill]

The OT was on using isolinux on a fat partition, I use grldr on NTFS.

Should I stay or should I go? I know I'll stay but be silent, you seem like a nice bunch of people

ho hum ....

not very good at being silent......

[ICPUG]

I, too maintained the Off Topic discussion by conversing with HairyWill about grldr under NTFS, rather than loadlin under FAT32. Sorry.

Anyway, to answer pmshah I am creating another thread in this HowTo section here:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=16092

ICPUG

[sccat]

Thanks to John Doe and HairyWill for the suggestions.

I don't like messing with partitions so I used John Doe's suggestion. I didn't realise that the choice is only offered when there is more than one pupsave! Nice, when you realise it.

ICPUG

PS The web wizard to which HairyWill refers can be found at:

http://www.icpug.org.uk/national/linnwin/contents.htm

Written for Puppy 2.12 at this moment, but easy to update for 2.13 - I will probably update this coming weekend.

I didn't realize it either.Thanks.