GRUB Multi Boot from a NTFS partition
Please find below ALL you will need to get a Grub Multi Boot from a NTFS (or FAT) partition:
You can download temporarily grub.zip from this link: http://s94592085.onlinehome.us/grub/grub3.zip
This is my temporary compilation of grub with network and dos/ntfs patches, thanks to all the contributors !
In this zip you will find 2 directories: grub.bin with includes some binaries useful for other people setup and
Root_Of_NTFS which you will need to copy the content ino the root of your NTFS partition.
But before doing it, it would be probably a goof idea to backup your boot.ini into boot.bk and then
add "c:\bootgrub="Start Grub" at the end of your boot.ini to have grub as a boot option.
I included my boot.ini in the zip as an example. If your fat32 is not in /dev/hda3 as in my setup,
you may also need to modify the file \BOOT\GRUB\MENU.LST to match your setup.
In your case, you probably will replace hda3 --> hda2 and (hd0,2) --> (hd0,1)
So to summarize, you don't need a USB dongle to make a XP/Knoppix dual boot, just follow these steps:
1) Backup the boot.ini of your NTFS partition.
2) Download my grub.zip file
3) Copy the content of Root_Of_NTFS of my zip file into the root of your NTFS partition, but the BOOT.INI file
4) Add "c:\bootgrub="Start Grub" at the end of your BOOT.INI in your NTFS partition
5) Update the \BOOT\GRUB\MENU.LST to match your hd configuration and upate your cheatcodes for knoppix
6) reboot and enjoy an easy life...
Good Luck and let me know the result.
Cheers, Gilles
PS1: I would also to take this opportunity to thanks ALL the GREAT people
having worked very hard on Grub and Knoppix to make this easy setup possible !
PS2: I am still looking for help to get an even nicer boot of knoppix from the ISO file being in a NTFS partition...
GRUB floppy disk from windows 2K/XP
Please find in this link what is required to make a GRUB floppy disk from windows 2K/XP: http://s94592085.onlinehome.us/grub/makeflo2.zip
Note for j.drake:
By replacing /dev/fd0 by the device used for your USB dongle the macro FLOMAKE.BAT should work as well to install a bootable Grub into your dongle. You may also loose the data on your USB dongle. But be careful, dd (disk dump) is a very dangerous and powerful command. You may need administrator rights to use it and you may erase the content of your hardrive very quick if not properly used ! Let me know the results ...
Gilles
Re: GRUB Multi Boot from a NTFS partition
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Originally Posted by "ruymbeke"PS2: [b
I am still looking for help to get an even nicer boot of knoppix from the ISO file being in a NTFS partition...[/b]
Hi ruymbeke, thanks for your great howto, are there progresses on booting the ISO from within a NTFS partition using your method? It would be extremely useful for Windows users to be able to boot the ISO from NTFS.
Re: GRUB Multi Boot from a NTFS partition
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Originally Posted by probono
Hi ruymbeke, thanks for your great howto, are there progresses on booting the ISO from within a NTFS partition using your method? It would be extremely useful for Windows users to be able to boot the ISO from NTFS.
Yes I got it working using the bootfrom= cheatcode.
I didn't try yet the new version of the japan flavor of knoppix with should also have ISO from NTFS capability: http://unit.aist.go.jp/it/knoppix/kn...20.zip.torrent
Q for Fabianx: ISO boot from NTFS: bootfrom fromhd meaning ?
Hi Fabianx,
First of all, thank you for your great work on Knoppix. Very well done !
I have a couple of question about the knoppix boot: ramdisk / scripts ...
And I would really appreciate if you would have some time to help me on this.
I really like knoppix and I believe that it would be even more popular if people working with a corporate computer running XP on a single NTFS partition could have a clean hardrive install. Basically I am talking about what you call the poor man install, and by clean I mean no change in the Mater Boot Record nor the partition table.
I already managed to boot GRUB from the boot.ini of the nt/xp boot loader. This boot.ini is a text file and everybody can understand that there is no risk to modify it and that it is very easy to remove this hook and the other "files" required by the knoppix boot (grub, kernel, ramdisk, and iso), to remove everything quickly in case of a corporate audit or IT issue...
I got grub with ntfs support in order to read the Knoppix kernel and ramdisk from the NTFS partition. I also got the Japanese flavor of knoppix 3.4 including the ntfs driver in the ramdisk and a modified linuxrc which allow me to boot Knoppix from the KNOPPIX loop back file out of the NTFS partition.
==> Well, it basically works, but I am trying now to
1) boot from the ISO file instead of the KNOPPIX file and
2) I would like to make it work on the 3.6 release.
==> So, could you please tell me:
1) How / when should I use or what is the meaning of the "bootfrom" and "fromhd" cheatcodes ?
2) The official 3.6 release si supposed to have NTFS support according to the knoppix-cheatcodes.txt file. What should I do to get my knoppix boot to work out a single ntfs partition as described above ?
Thank you for your time and answer,
ruymbeke