Rich,
You have been very encouraging.
I have mostly completed my work on this little project.
and need to take a break,
let the "dust settle".
The boot-code included works OK.
Am using it on two USB pendrives now.
Both run USB OS code isolated from the HD, as I wanted.
Both can call/execute OS already installed on one of my HardDrive systems, as I wanted.
Hi glene77is
*** At this point I need to ask you a serious question
as you seem to be making this harder than it needs to be.
>>> I am having a great, interesting time, exploring scripting methods,
avoiding dependence on gui objects (which I spent years writing).
On the other hand, sometimes I must use the new gui tools and various Live-device OS available
to cover
my lack of expertise with the differing syntax of grub, grub4dos, grub2, BASH scripting. *** Why are you trying to install Tinycore and it's applications on separate partitions on
your USB drive.
>>> Data Security, only.
I fell into a long-term habit of isolating "created data".
Single partition should be simpler, as you suggest.
The goal is to have TCL on an independent USB pen-drive,
utilizing the USB pen-drive as the host for the "frugal" install !!!
If that's the case I'd highly recommend you take roberts advice.
He knows more about Tinycore than anyone else.
If you want to listen to someone sharp, listen to him,
I'm just a novice here.
[/quote]
>>> RobertS has given advice, and I have seen the work the 'sharp' engineer,
which is why I am spending some time to investigate how to work with it at the scripting level.
I am not prepared to spend many years following in those same foot-steps.
RobertS is way ahead of me in his field.
Sorry if I embarrased you.
Think I am tying up my own loose ends on a thread.
Here is a post of todays 'piddling' and 'mucking' as I push my little project forward.
Everything works OK. May be some test code as noted.
Boot-Code for my USB pendrive ( main )with grub4dos controlling
(1) Puppy 5.25 USB ,
(2) Parted-Magic USB ,
(3) calling Puppy 5.25 on Live-CD (if in the CD drive)
with Puppy configs and Save and System.sfs on the Hard-Drive,
(4) Ubuntu on the HD
(5) M$ XP on the HD,
(6) Parted-Magic from the M$ XP partition on the HD:
(7) and other fancy stuff (just to see if it would work.
Everything works OK. May be some test code as noted.
# menu.lst produced by grub4dosconfig-v1.7
# 110616, gae, highly altered.
#
#############################################
color blue/cyan yellow/blue white/black cyan/brown
timeout 10
default 1
###
title ==={ USB Puppy GEEK sda1 }======
root (hd0,0)
title ------{^,^} Lupu 525 find (sdb1/lupu_525)
find --set-root --ignore-floppies --ignore-cd /lupu_525/initrd.gz
kernel /lupu_525/vmlinuz psubdir=lupu_525 pmedia=usbflash pfix=fsck
initrd /lupu_525/initrd.gz
title ---{ Lupu 525 find (sdb1/lupu_525) RAM mode \nBoot up Puppy without pupsave
find --set-root --ignore-floppies --ignore-cd /lupu_525/initrd.gz
kernel /lupu_525/vmlinuz psubdir=lupu_525 pmedia=usbflash pfix=ram,fsck
initrd /lupu_525/initrd.gz
title ---{ Lupu 525 chainloader (sdb1:PBS)
chainloader +1
##################33
title ------ EXTRA ------
root (hd0,0)
title ==={ Parted Magic sda1/pmagic in RAM }===
root (hd0,0)
kernel /pmagic/bzImage noapic load_ramdisk=1 prompt_ramdisk=0 rw vga=791 sleep=10 loglevel=0 keymap=us
initrd /pmagic/initramfs
title ---{^,^}--- Lupu 520 frugal (sda5/pup52005) ---{^,^}---
find --set-root --ignore-floppies /pup52005/initrd.gz
kernel /pup52005/vmlinuz pmedia=atahd psubdir=pup52005 pfix=fsck
initrd /pup52005/initrd.gz
title ==={ Tinycore Linux sda1/boot in RAM }===
# needs more tweaking.
# root (hd0,0)
# kernel /boot/bzImage quiet
# initrd /boot/tinycore.gz
title --- Grub4Dos commandline
commandline
title --- Reboot computer
reboot
title --- Halt computer
halt
###
Everything works OK. May be some test code as noted.
#####################################################
About TINY-CORE, TCL method did not work completely on the new USB pendrive.
Needed to manually install MBR and grldr binary.
So, trying to use some of the new Live-Device-OS gui tools
to cover my lack of expertise with the differing syntax of grub, grub4dos, grub2, BASH scripting.
(1) Used Parted-Magic (gParted) from my HardDrive
to format the new USB pendrive as ext2.
(2) Used TCL on my HD to run Control_Panel => Install_USB
from the kernal on the HardDrive over to the new USB pendrive.
(3) Used Puppy 5.25 USB pendrive to run grub4dos_config
to send grub4dos to the new USB pendrive, and write a first-run menu.lst.
(4) upgraded the menu.lst to TCL compliant boot-code.
(5) copied Parted-Magic to /pmagic on USB pendrive, added to menu.lst.
(6) added calls to hda1, hda5 on the HardDrive for M$ and Ubuntu.
(7) probably left garbage at the end of the code.
Everything works OK. May be some test code as noted.
Boot-Code for the new USB pendrive primary for TINY-CORE Linux: # menu.lst produced by grub4dosconfig-v1.7
# 110615W, gae, upgraded greatly.
#
color blue/cyan yellow/blue white/black cyan/brown
timeout 10
default 1
#############################################
title ---{ USB pendrive - grub4dos - TinyCore Linux }------------------------
root (hd0,0)
title ---{ TINY-CORE : Rich, TCL forum ( loads sda1/tce/optional/apps.tcz )---
# \n ( root, kernel+uuid, initrd )
root (hd0,0)
kernel /tc-sys/bzImage quiet waitusb=10:UUID="3384ff11-91f0-497b-bcbe-7d88760e2757" tce=UUID="3384ff11-91f0-497b-bcbe-7d88760e2757"
initrd /tc-sys/tinycore.gz
title ---{ UBUNTU - UUID - kernel + root - initrd - HD (sda5)--- \n Direct UUID
uuid 99c2c0f3-8258-42b7-85dd-0c575f162831
kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/sda5 ro
initrd /initrd.img
title ---{ M$ XP - map - find - chainloader }--- \nBoot up Windows if installed
map (hd1) (hd0)
map (hd0) (hd1)
map --hook
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
title ---{ M$ XP - map - uuid - chainloader (sda1:PBS)
map (hd1) (hd0)
map (hd0) (hd1)
map --hook
uuid 3268A57F68A54289
chainloader +1
#############################################
title ---{ ADDITIONAL testing required }--------
root (hd0,0)
title Bootup from HDD\nBootup from the master boot record of the hard disk drive
map (hd1) (hd0)
map (hd0) (hd1)
map --hook
chainloader (hd0)+1
title Find Grub menu on HDD
map (hd1) (hd0)
map (hd0) (hd1)
map --hook
errorcheck off
find --set-root --ignore-floppies --ignore-cd /menu.lst && configfile /menu.lst
find --set-root --ignore-floppies --ignore-cd /boot/grub/menu.lst && configfile /boot/grub/menu.lst
find --set-root --ignore-floppies --ignore-cd /grub/menu.lst && configfile /grub/menu.lst
errorcheck on
commandline
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
###
Everything works OK. May be some test code as noted.
So, Thanks for your encouragement.
Today has been interesting
and will take a break from this, let the "dust settle down".
Have a call. Later.
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