Tip! How to begin with Porteus for Windows users - booting
Posted: 14 Mar 2015, 20:27
You need GRUB4DOS http://grub4dos.chenall.net/ or https://github.com/chenall/grub4dos/ or http://sourceforge.net/projects/grub4dos/ or https://code.google.com/p/grub4dos-chen ... loads/list. Unpack it and find grldr, grldr.mbr, grub.exe or menu.lst
Open menu.lst with notepad and add these lines to the end of text (you can also delete all text and add only these):
then copy menu.lst to C:\ or D:\.
Next steps:
For Windows XP users:
Copy grldr to C:\ or D:\ or to both disk partitions (I don't know your computer settings)
Click right mouse button on My Computer and go to:
Properties -> Advanced -> Startup and Recovery -> Settings -> System Startup -> Edit
it opens boot.ini so add this one line to the end of text:
close this file with saving
and set up "Time to display list of operating systems:" for example for 2 seconds but do not change "Default operating system".
Done, you can restart your computer and during boot choose Grub4Dos (you have definited time for doing it).
For Windows Vista or 7 users:
Method 1.
Create new boot.ini file with Notepad on Desktop (don't use other editors) and paste:
next copy boot.ini to C:\. Done.
Method 2.
Open a Command Prompt with administrator privileges (right click and select Run as administrator).
Type the following text and click "Enter".
This will return a unique guid number for the new entry like this:{9c9cc012-3cde-11e3-b3d5-0024e8f4a561}. Next enter line by line (replace :{9c9cc012-3cde-11e3-b3d5-0024e8f4a561} with your own!) these:
Done.
timeout 2 - waiting time for choosing OS in seconds
Method 3.
Install Visual BCD Editor (Click New -> Application -> BootSector Loader and edit ApplicationDevice and -Path) or EasyBCD (Choose Neogrub and copy menu.lst to c:\neogrub) - this programs use with attention, if you will test something you can distroy your system startup.
More info:
http://www.diddy.boot-land.net/grub4dos/Grub4dos.htm
Some examples of entries for (lilo.conf and porteus.cfg) are in /boot /syslinux - you must convert it for for your grub4dos loader or another, info about start parameters (cheatcodes) are in /boot/docs in your downloaded iso image.
If something is not precisely written give info.
EDIT:
Moved from wrong forum section.
Unpack your Porteus iso image to C:\ (or D:\ no mutter what disk partition); vmlinuz and initrd.xz must be in C:\porteus\boot\syslinux, base folder and porteus-v2.1-x86_64.sgn file in C:\porteus.0.4.5c is stable "release candidate" series.
0.4.6a changed the bootloader code(grldrstart.S, grldr.mbr, bootlace.com, etc), and it is in alpha stage. Besides, 0.4.6 will have full support for the exFAT filesystem.
Open menu.lst with notepad and add these lines to the end of text (you can also delete all text and add only these):
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title Porteus 2.1
find --set-root /boot/syslinux/vmlinuz
kernel /boot/syslinux/vmlinuz
initrd /boot/syslinux/initrd.xz
Next steps:
For Windows XP users:
Copy grldr to C:\ or D:\ or to both disk partitions (I don't know your computer settings)
Click right mouse button on My Computer and go to:
Properties -> Advanced -> Startup and Recovery -> Settings -> System Startup -> Edit
it opens boot.ini so add this one line to the end of text:
Code: Select all
C:\grldr="Grub4Dos"
and set up "Time to display list of operating systems:" for example for 2 seconds but do not change "Default operating system".
Done, you can restart your computer and during boot choose Grub4Dos (you have definited time for doing it).
For Windows Vista or 7 users:
Method 1.
Create new boot.ini file with Notepad on Desktop (don't use other editors) and paste:
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[boot loader]
timeout=1
default=C:\grldr.mbr
[operating systems]
C:\grldr.mbr="Grub4Dos"
next copy boot.ini to C:\. Done.
Method 2.
Open a Command Prompt with administrator privileges (right click and select Run as administrator).
Type the following text and click "Enter".
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bcdedit /create /d Grub4Dos /application BOOTSECTOR
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bcdedit /set {9c9cc012-3cde-11e3-b3d5-0024e8f4a561} device partition=c:
bcdedit /set {9c9cc012-3cde-11e3-b3d5-0024e8f4a561} path \grldr.mbr
bcdedit /displayorder {9c9cc012-3cde-11e3-b3d5-0024e8f4a561} /addlast
bcdedit /timeout 2
timeout 2 - waiting time for choosing OS in seconds
Method 3.
Install Visual BCD Editor (Click New -> Application -> BootSector Loader and edit ApplicationDevice and -Path) or EasyBCD (Choose Neogrub and copy menu.lst to c:\neogrub) - this programs use with attention, if you will test something you can distroy your system startup.
More info:
http://www.diddy.boot-land.net/grub4dos/Grub4dos.htm
Some examples of entries for (lilo.conf and porteus.cfg) are in /boot /syslinux - you must convert it for for your grub4dos loader or another, info about start parameters (cheatcodes) are in /boot/docs in your downloaded iso image.
If something is not precisely written give info.
EDIT:
Moved from wrong forum section.