Porteus

i install a debian base linux in sda1 and bootloader
and now i install porteus 5.0 in sda7 but i dont install bootloader because i want debian bootloader
and now porteus isnt in boot menu
how i can add porteus in boot menu

i test grub customizer:
set root='(hd0,7)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 153c0a05-0d38-4197-8a8f-000d40667feb
linux file:///media/farid/Porteus/boot/syslinux/vmlinuz root=UUID=153c0a05-0d38-4197-8a8f-000d40667feb
initrd file:///media/rahimi/Porteus/boot/syslinux/initrd.xz

but when start i give this error: invalid file name: file:///media/farid/Porteus/boot/syslinux/vmlinuz
you must load kernal first

I do not know how "grub customizer" works.
Where do you get the paths "/media/farid/" from?
Is it how sda7 is mounted in your debian base linux when that's started from sda1?

I have two suggestions.
Try when what you wrote was meant as one line
or try Same with the initrd.

When that is not working, copy and rename the initrd and vmlinuz into something unique e.g. copy initrd.xz as initrd_porteus.xz and vmlinuz as vmlinuz_porteus

Copy both files into the same place on sda1 where your vmlinuz and initrd from debian base are sitting, where ever that might be.
Then use but also use the cheatcodes from Porteus - specifically the UUID= one.
Look how the kernel parameter are given to the debian base kernel and copy the approach for your Porteus kernel.

How does your path to porteus/base looks like on sda7?
Is it just /mnt/sda7/porteus/base and /mnt/sda7/porteus/modules ?
Does /mnt/sda7/porteus/porteus-v5.0-x86_64.cfg exist?

If not, e.g. when your base folder looks like so
/mnt/sda7/Porteu5.0/
then you have to add some info into your grub menu.

And use the cheatcode for the UUID of Cave! The "APPEND=" syntax is the one used in porteus.cfg to give additional instructions to the kernel.

Most likely your grub menu file will need another way of giving to the kernel.

And Cave² - my above "APPEND=" line presumes you copied initrd.xz as initrd_porteus.xz to where the initrd from debian base are.
when debian base initrd and vmlinuz are not on the same place, 1st try to copy the Porteus initrd as "initrd_porteus.xz" into the same location where the debian base vmlinuz sits, and also copy the Porteus kernel into that place as vmlinuz_porteus

Make sure your setup via grub addresses the Porteus files the same way you renamed them (e.g. like I suggested: as initrd_porteus.xz and as vmlinuz_porteus)

Farid wrote: ↑

11 Jan 2023, 15:35

set root='(hd0,7)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 153c0a05-0d38-4197-8a8f-000d40667feb
linux file:///media/farid/Porteus/boot/syslinux/vmlinuz root=UUID=153c0a05-0d38-4197-8a8f-000d40667feb
initrd file:///media/rahimi/Porteus/boot/syslinux/initrd.xz

I would try: and make sure the UUID code is correct and the same on both lines.

-update-

Actually I would leave the vmlinuz root= parm off altogether. root is already set to that drive via the search command.

solved with this command in grub customizer: name:Porteus type:other

insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,7'
linux /boot/syslinux/vmlinuz login=guest changes=/porteus
initrd /boot/syslinux/initrd.xz

Good for you Farid.

I would still go witha search command rather than the set root one. That way the menu automatically works if you move Porteus to a different drive.

BTW The c:/grub2/grub.cfg file can be manually edited with a text editor, which allows you to make changes to it while in linux or Windows.