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This is an old revision of Grub2 made by darkcity on 2011-06-16 08:05:32.
Grub 2 Made Easy
Grub2 is a BootLoader. Most people in our freenode channel #puppylinux think that Grub 2 is confusing, and it can be. I tried for some time then gave up and continued booting from cd.
The information below was done using linux mint 10 and is a general guide. Most steps will be similar for other linux.
The first thing about grub 2 is that it can detect and auto generate menus for all os it detects. this can be good, it does have some drawbacks. For some os and os configurations it may use a generic name. My vista os was detected as "windows recovery environment". And it will not detect a puppy frugal install.
First you need to set up your puppy frugal install. Don't forget to save the extra files to make it boot faster when prompted to.
(As mint is built on ubuntu base here is a tutoral on grub 2 for ubuntu. **Click Here**)
If you want edit grub2 (the proper grub 2 way) then go to /etc/grub.d and editing the config files there. each file changes a different part of the boot loader. The main file you need to edit to add your custom files is 40_custom. To edit the default auto detected entries edit 10_linux.
You can also turn off the OS-Prober (OS-prober is the auto detect feature in grub 2). I have found this works and gives a more Grub feel but everything has to be done manually. (when you stop OS-Prober it is ok to change or remove unwanted auto detected entries from grub.cfg under #BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux Remember to leave your os that the grub 2 is on). I also copied the original auto detected entries to 40_custom file so I could edit them there. saving time worrying how to format them.
If you want edit grub2 (the proper grub 2 way) then go to /etc/grub.d and editing the config files there. each file changes a different part of the boot loader. The main file you need to edit to add your custom files is 40_custom. To edit the default auto detected entries edit 10_linux.
In ubuntu based os go to the file /etc/default/grub.
uncomment (remove the # before the line) #GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=true (Enables/disables the os-prober check of other partitions for operating systems, including Windows, Linux, OSX and Hurd).
Now you need to go to /etc/grub.d/ (this is where you manually edit all your grub entries each filel edits a different part of /boot/grub/grub.cfg).
open 40_custom you will see Similar to this.
#!/bin/sh
exec tail -n +3 $0
# This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries. Simply type the
# menu entries you want to add after this comment. Be careful not to change
# the 'exec tail' line above.
here are my custom entries. (note that the main entry for Mint 10 I left in grub.cfg this is needed encase you update the os changes). also after you have configured grub you need to run sudo sudo update-grub.
#windows Vista Partition /dev/sda1
menuentry "Vista" {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ntfs
set root='(hd0,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set dcdc98a0dc98768c
drivemap -s (hd0) ${root}
chainloader +1
}#linux mint 9 own grub on /dev/sda3
menuentry "Load Linux Mint 9's grub.cfg" {
search --set --fs-uuid a3ae7b78-414e-429c-89e0-8ba82c952877
configfile /boot/grub/grub.cfg
}
#linux mint Debian own grub on dev/sda5
menuentry "Load Linux Mint Debian's grub.cfg" {
search --set --fs-uuid 77419c15-6c3c-4e67-95f2-3d8588bb3613
configfile /boot/grub/grub.cfg
}
menuentry "Cloud Bible 3 (frugal on sda8)" {
set root='(hd0,7)'
linux /qrky-130/vmlinuz
initrd /qrky-130/initrd.gz
}
menuentry "quirky-130 (on /dev/sdc3)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,7)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set c87ab663-e503-4833-8b7c-f52a114f8ad0
linux /qrky-130/vmlinuz pdev=sdc3 psubdir=quirky130
initrd /qrky-130/initrd.gz
}
Notice any entries beginning with # are ignored. its useful for infomation about each section or unused entries. to boot my other os i set up a link to there own grub menus for Mint 9 and Mint Debian. my puppy entries for quirky are booting frugal install on hdd and are there for an example you will have to tweak them for your own particular needs.
here are some other posts in forums that may be of interest.
Frugal Install and Grub 2
Frugal Install & GRUB 2 on Linux Mint (Ubuntu?)
grub.cfg is for grub2 (remember not to edit Grub.cfg manually).
How to set up grub 2 to boot Puppy frugal install
I hope this takes some confusion out of grub 2 for you all who have os that use it adn also puppy. have fun with grub 2
if only I had something ,like this when i started out trying to learn grub 2.
Also see
BootLoadersWhatPuppyLinuxIsBestForYou What puppy Linux is best for you
PuppyLinux431 Puppy Linux 431
PuppyLinux5Series Puppy Linux 5 Series
LighthousePuppy Lighthouse Puppy
QuirkyPuppy Quirky Puppy
sfsFiles what are .sfs files
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