Quote Originally Posted by jmort
Have also a look at these: Windows Partition PMI: http://www.knoppix.net/wiki/Win_Partition
I have tried to perform this version of a Poor Mans Install, but it seems there are problems loading GRUB. The screen clears and an error message is diisplayed that says : GRLDR is compressed
The machine hangs from there. It is a Dell Inspiron 3800 with a 10GB hard drive. One partition is about 9GB and contains WinXP NTFS and all my files, the other partition is about 1gB and is formatted FAT32 to work with KNOPPIX. According to this version of the poor mans install, KNOPPIX will boot from its ISO image on the NTFS partition and use the FAT32 partition to save files and transfer between Windows and Linux. Any suggestions?
Did you just copy the grldr of the grubd.zip into your ntfs root directory and udate your boot.ini ? Did you try the bootgrub entry in the boot.ini (and also copy the bootgrub file) ? Is the NTFS your first partition on the first disk ? "GRLDR is compressed" I have never seen this error before...

Quote Originally Posted by jmort
i did a Hd install of Knoppix 3.7 but i don't like LILO. is there a way i can install and use Grub instead? Is there a way i can change the boot screen for LILO? i see there are other bitmaps i can use but i don't know how to do it.
I am assuming you are able to boot using LILO? How did you perform the install? Are you having the same problem with gRUB that i am having? Thanks, james
Since you have a FAT32 partition, you can also boot dos from it using a boot.ini entry. Then from dos you can run either grub.exe or loadlin.exe with the right kernel parameters to start the knoppix iso from either the ntfs or the fat32 partition. But you still need the minirt26_ntfs.gz file to have the bootfrom= to work properly even if you boot from the fat32.
Good Luck, Gilles