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Old 05-02-2010
Can't get puppy to work with grub2
Hello,

I'm trying to put puppy linux 4.2.1 (I can't use the latest because it won't boot on my hardware) on a grub2'd usb drive.

It throws the error that it can't find pup_421.sfs

Here is my /boot/grub/grub.cfg

Code:
menuentry "Puppy 4.2.1" {
 loopback loop /boot/iso/puppy-4.2.1-k2.6.25.16-seamonkey.iso

 linux (loop)/vmlinuz  --

 initrd (loop)/initrd.gz
 }

here is my list of important files on the thumb drive

Code:
/media/PENDRIVE/
/media/PENDRIVE/boot
/media/PENDRIVE/boot/grub
/media/PENDRIVE/boot/grub/device.map
/media/PENDRIVE/boot/grub/boot.img
/media/PENDRIVE/boot/grub/cdboot.img
/media/PENDRIVE/boot/grub/diskboot.img
/media/PENDRIVE/boot/grub/kernel.img
/media/PENDRIVE/boot/grub/lnxboot.img
/media/PENDRIVE/boot/grub/pxeboot.img
/media/PENDRIVE/boot/grub/core.img
/media/PENDRIVE/boot/grub/grubenv
/media/PENDRIVE/boot/grub/grub.cfg
/media/PENDRIVE/boot/iso
/media/PENDRIVE/boot/iso/puppy-4.2.1-k2.6.25.16-seamonkey.iso

In the kernel parameter line, I have tried various iterations of

Code:
pfix=ram

or

pfix=noram

or

pmedia=usbhd

None of which work.

Any pointers for the right direction would be appreciated

Yours,
Narnie
# 2  
Old 05-02-2010
Try moving Puppy from /boot/iso to /boot.
# 3  
Old 05-04-2010
OK, I'll give that a shot.
 
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