Boot Loader Manager 2.0 Beta
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Boot Loader Manager 2.0 Beta
Boot Loader Manager is a program that can install and configure Grub and Grub4Dos boot loaders. It provides a simple and self-explanatory user interface to edit menu entries and appearance of boot screen.
This program requires grub and grub4dos installed. Puppy already has grub installed, grub4dos can be installed from here
This program is now also able to install boot loader to CD or DVD or ISO image, but to use this feature you need an additional program cdrdao.
I would recommend that you have puppy live CD ready in case your computer becomes unbootable, so that you can easily recover it.
Source package can be downloaded from here.
Binary for Lucid Puppy 5:
This program requires grub and grub4dos installed. Puppy already has grub installed, grub4dos can be installed from here
This program is now also able to install boot loader to CD or DVD or ISO image, but to use this feature you need an additional program cdrdao.
I would recommend that you have puppy live CD ready in case your computer becomes unbootable, so that you can easily recover it.
Source package can be downloaded from here.
Binary for Lucid Puppy 5:
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Last edited by akash_rawal on Tue 12 Jul 2011, 17:52, edited 6 times in total.
Interesting so now it handle both grub legacy and grub4dos and the next logical step will be to add Grub2 to it's features.
No demand, no pressure at all only my heartfelt friendly suggestion.
Only do it if you feel for doing it. Computing should be fun or not done at all
No demand, no pressure at all only my heartfelt friendly suggestion.
Only do it if you feel for doing it. Computing should be fun or not done at all
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not an ideal solution though
not an ideal solution though
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akash_rawal,
Thanks for providing this program which looks very promising.
I hope you are able to find people to test it out, as most are afraid of ruining their boot setups.
Cheers,
s
(Edit: it seems to require an additional program - "bootlace.com" to run, which I don't believe is normally in any puppies)
Thanks for providing this program which looks very promising.
I hope you are able to find people to test it out, as most are afraid of ruining their boot setups.
Cheers,
s
(Edit: it seems to require an additional program - "bootlace.com" to run, which I don't believe is normally in any puppies)
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I have tested the program in virtualbox and confirmed working.seaside wrote:I hope you are able to find people to test it out, as most are afraid of ruining their boot setups.
bootlace.com is present in grub4dos package I had mentioned in the first post.seaside wrote:it seems to require an additional program - "bootlace.com" to run, which I don't believe is normally in any puppies
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Upgraded to version 1.1
Upgraded to version 1.1, see first post.
Changelog:
Changelog:
- Added provision to edit existing boot loaders.
Installer now mounts all drives as soon as it starts, resulting in faster search.
Added gfxmenu support
Bug fixed: version 0.1 didn't unmount the partition after install
Bug fixed: version 0.1 didn't close config files
Bug fixed: version 0.1 didn't handle custom memu entries properly
Bug fixed: capitalisation errors in drive UUID: GRUB requires small letters but GRUB4DOS required capital letters when blkid returns capital ones
Added option for setting root drive manually
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Upgraded to version 1.2
Upgraded to version 1.2, see first post.
Changelog:
If the size is less than 63 sectors my program could then be able to display a warning that installing to MBR might not work.
Changelog:
- A dangerous bug fixed that could possibly wipe out entire partition.
Fixed by mounting drives at /mnt/blm instead of /tmp/blm
If the size is less than 63 sectors my program could then be able to display a warning that installing to MBR might not work.
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Upgraded to version 1.3
Upgraded to version 1.3, see first post.
Changelog:
Changelog:
- Fixed a bug in selection for searching drives which sometimes led to crashes
Added device map support for older grub
Fixed name detection for USB flash drives
Added a slash before kernel and initrd paths so that grub doesn't complain
Very interesting approach for GRUB4DOS setup on an HDD/USB installed PUP.
I have a question which may require some thought. it pertains to those PUP Live media that use GrRUB4DOS as the means to boot the PC. There are several PUPs which have GRUB4DOS as the method of booting for LiveCDs (Shinobar's International WARY, for example)
Thanks in advance.
I have a question which may require some thought. it pertains to those PUP Live media that use GrRUB4DOS as the means to boot the PC. There are several PUPs which have GRUB4DOS as the method of booting for LiveCDs (Shinobar's International WARY, for example)
- Could your GUI tool be used to update, add to, tailor, or create a replacement for the Menu.lst on the multi-session LiveCD?
- Or, could it just create a new Menu.lst where I can manually replace the existing one on the CD?
- Can this tool's GUI be tailored to create a Menu.lst that boots a PUP ISO file that exist on HDD/USB?
Thanks in advance.
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@Akash_Rawal thanks for your consideration.akash_rawal wrote:Boot Loader Manager doesn't yet support installing to CD's. I will definitely add this support in v1.4.gcmartin wrote:
- Could your GUI tool be used to update or create a replacement for the Menu.lst on the CD?
- Or, could it just create a new Menu.lst where I can replace the existing one on the CD?
Just a note: Shinobar produces the 'International" version of WARY.. For the past year, his WARY boots, first, to a GRUB launch screen. I'm sure he's using a Menu.lst file on the LiveCD. My question is about taking his Menu.lst and modifying it so that I can write it back, modified, to the Live media using something like this.
Hope this helps
Hi, have added your program to the wiki at:
http://puppylinux.org/wikka/BootLoaderManager
http://puppylinux.org/wikka/BootLoaderManager
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Upgraded to version 2.0
Upgraded to version 2.0, see first post.
Changelog:
Changelog:
- Entire GUI showing code is rewritten, entire flow of program has been changed
Added experimental support for CDs and DVDs
Added support to create and edit individual config files
There is no direct support, but if you know the commands you can type in the commands using GUI, something like this, when editable list of OSes are displayed:gcmartin wrote:Can this tool's GUI be tailored to create a Menu.lst that boots a PUP ISO file that exist on HDD/USB?
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Thanks.darkcity wrote:Hi, have added your program to the wiki at:
http://puppylinux.org/wikka/BootLoaderManager
Also note that the program also works in puppy 4.3, but it may not work in older puppies because of too old gtk.