Puppy Linux Windows Installer - LICK v1.3.3 released

[noryb009]

Actually, it might work on bootcamp (maybe only Lion and before, they changed some things recently to not allow XP). According to the Boot Camp wikipedia article*, "Its functionality relies on BIOS emulation through EFI and a partition table information synchronization mechanism between GPT and MBR combined". So it might currently work, it might not.

* original URL didn't work because of brackets in the URL

[shinobar]

Hi noryb009,
awaiting your Windows 8 support with NLS for our 550JP, coming soon.
http://shino.pos.to/party/bridge.cgi?pu ... cise/test/

[don570]

Here's a nice tutorial of installing Puppy linux on a intel mac
using the conventional method.

http://www.computerbastard.com/usbmac-puppy/

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[ampersand]

I'm new to all this so go easy. I thought I'd give Puppy a whirl on an old laptop using the Windows installer but when I booted up it would always go straight to Puppy with no option to boot into Windows 7.

I ran Grub4Dos From within Puppy which recognised my Windows installation and created an entry for it but when I try to chose that option I either get a grey progress bar which zips to the end and sits and does nothing ("Windows") or a it just boots into Puppy ("Windows Vista/2008/7").

My menu.lst looks like this at the moment, any help would be appreciated.

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# menu.lst produced by grub4dosconfig-v
color white/blue black/cyan white/black cyan/black
timeout 10
default 0

# Frugal installed Puppy

title Puppy slacko 5.3 (sda1/Puppy-Linux-530)
  find --set-root --ignore-floppies /Puppy-Linux-530/initrd.gz
  kernel /Puppy-Linux-530/vmlinuz  pmedia=atahd psubdir=Puppy-Linux-530 pfix=fsck
  initrd /Puppy-Linux-530/initrd.gz

title Puppy slacko 5.3 (sda1/Puppy-Linux-530) RAM mode\nBoot up Puppy withot pupsave
  find --set-root --ignore-floppies /Puppy-Linux-530/initrd.gz
  kernel /Puppy-Linux-530/vmlinuz  pmedia=atahd psubdir=Puppy-Linux-530 pfix=ram,fsck
  initrd /Puppy-Linux-530/initrd.gz

# Windows
# this entry searches Windows on the HDD and boot it up
title Windows\nBoot up Windows if installed
  errorcheck off
  find --set-root --ignore-floppies --ignore-cd  /bootmgr
  chainloader /bootmgr
  find --set-root --ignore-floppies --ignore-cd  /ntldr
  chainloader /ntldr
  find --set-root --ignore-floppies --ignore-cd   /io.sys
  chainloader /io.sys
  errorcheck on

# Boot from Partition Boot Record

title Windows Vista/2008/7 (sda1:PBR)
  uuid A47464AD74648440
  chainloader +1

# additionals

title Find Grub2\nBoot up grub2 if installed
find --set-root --ignore-floppies --ignore-cd /boot/grub/core.img
kernel /boot/grub/core.img

title Grub4Dos commandline\n(for experts only)
  commandline

title Reboot computer
  reboot

title Halt computer
  halt

[don570]

title Windows Vista/2008/7 (sda1:PBR)
uuid A47464AD74648440
chainloader +1

maybe ---> find --set-root
is better???


I had a similar problem a couple of days ago except I had
just installed a version of Ubuntu and my computer would only boot up
ubuntu.

So I took an old CD of Racy (Puppy) linux
and booted up with it and ran Shinobar's Grub 4 DOS

That fixed my menu.lst

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[rokytnji]

Looks like the UUID given is for the Windows 7 recovery partition.

Post

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blkid

readout if your Puppy install supports that command.
You should have more than 1 UUID shown with the blkiid command.

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# blkid
/dev/sda1: LABEL="/data" UUID="9113698c-08bd-4c40-92b3-1c501c32c9b2" TYPE="ext2" 
/dev/sdb1: LABEL="/" UUID="dd99cccc-61d9-4e74-81ed-f3cde6253891" TYPE="ext2" 

[ampersand]

Thank you both gentlemen, find --set-root solved my problem.

[Deacon]

This problem is solved. The system can boot from a CD-Rom.

[noryb009]

Deacon: What was the problem you had? If it's a bug in the program, I would like to patch it so others don't encounter the same problem.

[don570]

Shinobar has published his Precise version

Puppy_Linux_550JP_Installer.exe (Windows installer)

http://openlab.jp/puppylinux/download/puppy-5.5.0JP/

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[noryb009]

Thank you, I have added it to the first post.

[Deacon]

Deacon: What was the problem you had? If it's a bug in the program, I would like to patch it so others don't encounter the same problem.

That's a good point.

Give me a few days and I'll try to replicate the environment. I have another Win computer handy. That... and I kind of forgot. Sorry.

(edit) Trying to remember... ok. The files copied. However, in the bootloader, choosing Puppy caused it to flash "(something I forgot):hd1" and turned back to the menu. My guess is it didn't direct to the right place. I'll try to recreate it next week; otherwise I will assume it's a flaw on the system I was working on.

[noryb009]

Can you be more specific then "in the bootloader"? Was it GRUB4DOS (puppy logo in background) or the Windows bootloader (selection between "Windows ..." and "Start Puppy Linux")?

Was Windows installed on the C drive, or another disk?

[Deacon]

Can you be more specific then "in the bootloader"? Was it GRUB4DOS (puppy logo in background) or the Windows bootloader (selection between "Windows ..." and "Start Puppy Linux")?

Was Windows installed on the C drive, or another disk?

It was definitely the C drive. 90-95% sure it was the Windows bootloader. It was Win7.

[noryb009]

Thank you for the info!

If you can reproduce it, it would be helpful to see the output of running

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bcdedit

in an administrator cmd, see if C:\grldr, C:\grldr.mbr exist, and what is in C:\menu.lst.

[glore2002]

Hello! I have a week using Puppy linux from a usb pendrive. Now, I would like to try it running from a HD dual boot with windows 7. I am not sure about the steps to follow and will really appreciate if you could help me in order to minimize mistakes during this task.

Version I want to install is Puppy Linux Slacko PAE version 5.5 (to make use of entire RAM). I am downloading Installer version: Puppy Linux 550 PAE.exe Is this OK?

After downloading, I have to run this file from within Windows and it will automatically install Puppy Slacko 5.5 PAE and also a bootloader that will let me choose between Windows 7 and Puppy when booting.

Is this OK or I have to do anything else to accomplished what I want?

What if after installing I need or want to uninstall Puppy and get things back to where they were before dual boot?

Thanks for your help!

[noryb009]

glore2002: That's the correct file, and everything else you said was also correct.

If you need to uninstall Puppy, just use the uninstaller in the control panel program manager, or in the start menu.

[glore2002]

glore2002: That's the correct file, and everything else you said was also correct.

If you need to uninstall Puppy, just use the uninstaller in the control panel program manager, or in the start menu.

Thanks noryb009!
So it is easier than what I thought. I think installing it in HDD will improve its performance (speed, etc). Is this what you do?


Thank you!

[noryb009]

You're welcome! Running from the HDD should make the read/write speed much faster. I use the installer because it's the easiest way to dual boot windows and puppy.

[glore2002]

You're welcome! Running from the HDD should make the read/write speed much faster. I use the installer because it's the easiest way to dual boot windows and puppy.

Is there a puppy 5.6 PAE installer available or still not? Thanks!