However, when you update grub with sudo updategrub, the temporary entry that you created will vanish. How to install puppy linux frugal and configure grub2 bootloader. Puppy linux discussion forum view topic how to fix grub4dos. Grub rescue complete installreinstall of grub from. After it downloads, you should open it with your torrent client. If youre using linux, you can use any disc burning software, such. I know how to create a live linux usb bootable thumb drive using the lili and yumi tools. Some times you cant boot into ubuntu systems after installing dual boot windows os or other linux distribution. The next step is to follow the torrent link from the linux mint website and to download the. You also get applications for ftp, torrent and chat.
How to get info on my current grub boot configuration. The grubmkconfig program runs other scripts and programs such as grubmkdevice. The current grub2 aka simply, grub is compatible with this newer filesystem. Installing puppy linux on virtualbox installing dropbox on puppy linux video problem. How to install puppy linux frugal and configure grub2 bootloader posted. Puppy linux discussion forum view topic grub error 23. This tutorial will show you step by step how to fix the error. Basic advice puppy linux is a lean linux distro that will run in ancient intelbased and amdbased computers with tiny amounts of ram. Guide overview the purpose of this guide is to teach you how to install puppy linux and configure grub2 bootloader. Project trident 10 proxmox 16 puppy 15 pureos 2 q4os 53. Grub, the legacy version developed by erich boleyn, bearing version numbers up to and including 0. When you made the puppy usb stick you must have inadvertently installed the puppy boot loader grub to your hard drive instead ofalong with the usb stick. The torrent client will probably ask you where you want to save the iso. It provides fullfeatured command line and graphical interfaces, recognizes fdisk partitions and bsd disk labels.
The first launches puppy linux, the second is identical to the first, and the third one the one labeled puppy linux is broken. Editing the bootgrubg file as in the simple version example above will only create a temporary grub menuentry. Puppy linux discussion forum view topic grub error 15. It is a boot loader used on multios computers that provides users the choice to choose which operating system to boot from on the computer. Your hda or sda which is btw the first physical drive is set as hd0 meaning the first one, if you have more than one pyshical drives hdb, hdc, etc they will be labeled as hdb hd1. The other, as expressed by puppy linux users including myself is why use a sledgehammer to crack a nut. This is a 4 meg program that can be burned to a cd or pendrive. Whats different here is that puppy is extraordinarily small, yet quite fullfeatured. Boot windows 10 iso from any linuxlubuntu grub without dvd or usb. It also reads files in etcdefaultgrub and the etcgrub. Puppy linux discussion forum view topic how to repair. I am attempting to install grub so as to boot puppy from the hd. What id like to do is multiboot windows 7, lubuntu 15. It seems grub isnt finding something, probably vmlinuz you could at the grub screen press the c key for the command prompt you could do this to find what partition the kernel is on.
Multiboot lubuntu, linux puppy tahrpup and windows 7. It has to do with ubuntu using 256 byte inodes and puppy s grub not understanding anything but 128 byte inodes. Puppy linux discussion forum view topic teenpup2008. To burn an optical disc in windows 10, rightclick the downloaded iso file and select burn disc image. Edit them if necessary to make sure your grub menu offers the correct options including booting puppy and possibly an option to boot puppy in ram. Puppy linux discussion forum view topic grublive cd. There isnt a blinking cursor, and i am unable to enter commands. Some prefer to get desktop linux with bittorrent, but i like to find it as. Hello, i have a laptop that has windows on one partition, puppy linux on another and then a small third for linux swap space, after the puppy install, you are given instructions about adding lines to the menu. When i first added puppy linux to this system, i had the hardest time configuring the grub install which fedora had previously installed. Choose repair your computer after you select the language, time and keyboard method. I can boot my linux installation using the system rescue cd, so i think everything else is installed fine so far. If you need a bittorrent client, try transmissionbt on macos or linux.
Ease of use grandpafriendly certified relatively small size 300 mb or less. The op solved the problem originally written as an edit to the question. All the official puppies since version 2 are hosted at ibiblio ibiblio also hosts the puppy specific packages pet used to build puppies as well as squashfs files sfs with kernels, kernel sources, large applications and application frameworks. Deleting these files thinking they were misplaced sound files resulted in failure on reboot and the prompt grub rescue. Install puppy linux as the only operating system in either a real computer or a virtual machine. Ready to use all tools for common daily computing usage already included. When i get to the select grub partition window, i am at a loss as what to enter. I chose to install the bootloader to devsda but after the computer didnt boot at all. Fix grub loading error 15, 17, 21, 22 and recover data. This will make ubuntus grub locate puppy and will overwrite puppys grub with ubuntus. However, ive checked my partitions many times, as well as the file that grubinstall tells you to fix if theres an error, and everything seems to be set up properly. This means that all applications start in the blink of an eye and respond to user input.
Puppy linux provides users with a lightweight, installable live cd which strives to be easy to use. Teen puppy is not puppy linux and i dont know its particulars, but it probably wont matter. So many articles we see on the net like how to make dual boot windows and linux. Grub or gnu grub is short for grand unified bootloader. News and feature lists of linux and bsd distributions. Im not actually doing a multiboot, but im guessing that grub sees that blank partition as a space taken up by another os when i use the default setup options for grub in the puppy install process. Rescatux includes rescapp, a graphical rescue tool that will assist. Puppy linux is a unique family of linux distributions meant for the homeuser computers. Grub error 22 solved installation arch linux forums.
How to install puppy linux frugal and configure grub2. I booted using the usb and started the reinstall process again, didnt get any errors and its working fine now. There is probably a command that i can type to boot from that prompt, but i dont know it. Puppy linux links additional software pets, n stuff. It can dynamically read linux ext2fs, bsd ufs, msdos fat16 and fat32, minix fs file systems, and hardcoded blocklists.
You need not reconstruct your hard disk drives or new drives. Within puppy linux grub may be installed onto any partition using. This means youll need to create a bootable cd, dvd, or usb drive containing the iso file. Grub is the grand unified bootloader there are two major flavors. In some cases you cant boot into windows after installing ubuntu. The way puppy is designed, if you use a frugal type install, software can be installed as an sfs squash file system package. I then tried super grub disk to fix the issue, but now i get a error 2. But as for the puppy linux, it is so easy and safe. If you are new, a windows user and expecting to use grub to dual boot, you may want to download a copy of super grub first. Puppy linux discussion forum view topic netbook in. It is my wish to post what i did, in order to boot a frugal install of puppy linux, using my. Install puppys grub which should also recognize the other 2 systems, then reboot into ubuntu and run.
But after booting either linux or windows then rebooting, i grub starts in command line mode, as seen in the following screenshot. How i booted a frugal install of puppy linux via grub2 we can. I am using the universal installer, and when i get to the point where it. Produced by norby009 these are puppy linux builds designed to be run from within windows japanese variants are built by shinobar more detail scan be found. Instead of puppy booting as per normal grub appears in capital letters on the screen. Booting puppy linux from an iso using grub2 youtube. Installing grub4dos onto 64bit ext4 results in the error and. To install puppy linux, youll first need to boot from iso image you just downloaded. Pui provides you with the lines which you need to have in your menu1st file.
Now i set the new grub folder location to my usb drive. This video tutorial will show you how you can use an kali livecd usb drive to reinstall grub, even when your boot device is inaccessible, sometimes. How to fix grub boot loader errors with bootrepair utility. Puppy linux discussion forum view topic bootgrub problem. I tried your advice but it seems that grub cannot read the partitions with linux on them hd0, msdos5 and hd0, msdos6 ie unknown error. Searching for grub rescue online i found and tried to follow the below directions found on a ubuntu grub page.
Either your grub loader will be gone or corrupted or hidden after installingupgrading your distribution. In fact the puppy development environment, including the gnu compiler collection gcc and development libraries and headers, is shipped. First time trying to boot a puppy linux install, using the grub bootloader. It it the solution for fixing grub on a windows mbr. Use puppy universal installer from the menu to install into the linux partition and then follow up with grub or grub4dos.
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