how to make multiboot dvd with following
ubuntustudio-9.04
slax-6.1.0
ophcrack-xp-livecd-2.1
ophcrack-vista-livecd-2.1
gnome-2.26
kde4.3
pclinuxos-minime-kde3-2009.1.iso
i am new to this plz give exact step to make it??
i am trying at the moment to setup up a multiboot system on my laptop, i need to keep windows 7 on it for work purposes, but i am planning on installing 4 different distros of linux on there as well, after windows i have over 400 gig spare so what i wanted to do was create 4 partitions of 80 gigs each plus a swap drive partition that each distro of linux can share, is 80 gig each enough for fedora security lab, kubuntu, ubuntu multimedia studio and linux mint 9? also what format should i partition each as? can i make each distro create a home drive within its own partition?
View 1 Replies View RelatedI am a new user of Ubuntu and I am having problems setting up GRUB to multiboot Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Ubuntu 11.04. Following this guide http://erickoo.wordpress.com/2009/06...-karmic-koala/
I got to the point where I need to save the file called '11_Windows' However, in the terminal after trying to save it. (ctrl + x, yes to the save dialogue, then pressing enter) I come across an error that says ' [ Error writing /ect/grub.d/11_Windows: No such file or directory ]'I have spent about an hour trying to find round about ways to create/ save this file and none of them have worked. If someone could tell me what I am doing wrong or what I need to do, it would be greatly appreciated.
I currently have FC3 Linux which installed itself on the hard disk using LVM partitioning, so it is basically all one big partition. I would like to try some other distributions and upgrade to something newer, but don't want to lose my current capabilities and data files, and I know nothing or less about LVM. Is it possible (and if so an example would be nice) to install a non-LVM-based distribution on the LVM disk and have multi-boot options? Or do I have to start over new and drop the LVM? My guess is that I should save my /home (data files and .rc files) on a backup device first, then somewhere/somehow create a new partition for installing another distribution.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI've been trying to install multibootisos.exe on to my flash drive. Instead of getting the menu like in the picture I get a black screen that looks somewhat like a command prompt. I am using an 8G PNY Attache flash drive.
View 3 Replies View RelatedDon't know if I should have posted in Ubuntu specific section but since it involves grub2 and a quirk in my bios, I have attempted to multiboot 3 Windows versions and the problem I had was intalling a second Ubuntu. (Don't ask!) I had success multibooting with grub legacy on an older computer but this computer has a tricky mb which won't let me install grub to the second drive on an IDE port. What I mean by this is that since I already had boot files to the older drive in mbr- it won't allow me to install to mbr of the other drive in IDE port even if set first in bios boot order, my old computer allowed me to do so, exept perhaps its because 2 HDD were SCSI... (I have other HDD installed in RAID 0 on the other sata ports supported by mb (fakeraid) but I will use these for video editing as scratch disks later. One other HDD used for data is on the Raid port but not in an array).
I succeeded in installing Ubuntu desktop only after realising that I had to first switch my disk order in bios- otherwise the system would just hang. U. Desktop grub had sucessfully found Win bootloader links to both XP and Vista. I then installed Win 7 and used easy BCD and grub2 boot entry to link back to my Ubuntu Desktop grub 2 menu.
The problem occured when installing Ubuntu Studio ( for which I created a separate /boot partition) and I decided to install grub2 to mbr since it had correctly detected all my OSes! But then it seems it never installed correctly to the mbr. I still had Win 7 BCD bootloader in MBR! I tried to link easy BCD boot entry to the /boot drive but that didn't work and I ended up having to reinstall Win7 because I had overrid the BCD with faulty neogrub mapping entries- which I then removed and kept the orginal neogrub that still points to Ubuntu Desktop grub menu.
I also now realise that because I installed Ubuntu Desktop before I switched the HDD boot order in bios- U. Desktop's grub.cfg sees root of Desktop grub differently than neogrub BCD does root=(hd4,7) vs multiboot kludge (hd3,6) and at first I tried to install grub in the wrong hdds and partitions- I based mapping on neogrub's to find /Boot (hd3,2) and (hd3, 1) which is wrong!
What I am attempting to do now is to chainload grub2 from my Ubuntu studio located in /Boot with what I thought was the right mapping but still no success:
menuentry 'Chainloader' {
insmod chain
set root=(hd4,2)
chainloader +1
}
yielded error: hd 4,2 cannot get C/H/S values press any key to continue, also when in terminal in Ubuntu Desktop in
grub> find /grub/core.img
Error 15: File not found
I will attach Boot_info_script; at this point I am too tired and afraid that I will keep on installing grub to the wrong drive!
Note: I somehow got a problem loading into XP after all these failed attempts and a system 32 file seems to have gotten lost-haven"t attempted to fix yet. Just wondering in passing what happens if I chainloaded into Windows by error- if that could have corrupted it? Right now 3 out of 5 OS are bootable. I hope I can repair it without messing up my mbr again. Another issue is that some devices are on busy IRQs and then suddenly its resolved and my onboard LAN suddenly stops working at times so I don't know if any of this could cause XP to get stuck at loading screen.
I have been able to get a few of my desired tools working 100% (dban, gparted, ophcrack, UBCD) but what I would ultimately hope to get working is CloneZilla! I was able to get the Clonezilla user interface to load correctly but when I choose any of the options I encounter an error "ntfs volume version 3.1" repetitively. I have a feeling it is because I am launching the iso wrong in my menu.lst config file for grub. This is what I have.
title CloneZilla
find --set-root /CloneZilla.iso
map --heads=0 --sectors-per-track=0 /CloneZilla.iso (hd32)
map --hook
root (hd32)
chainloader (hd32)
boot
Does anyone know if the context is related to the current filesystem, or the one defined in root setting grub.conf.
Code:
title LinuxX
root=/dev/sdb2
kernel=/boot/kernel
title LinuxY
[code]....
I currently have 2 operating systems on my main hdd: Ubuntu and WinXP My current setup - [storage NTFS partition, solely data][17GB WinXP partition][{extended partion}Ubuntu + swap]: [URL] I have a second SATA hdd that I would like to install Arch Linux on to. It uses GRUB Legacy, and Ubuntu uses GRUB 2. I would like to know how I would go about booting this, and figure out where my current bootloader is installed to. i.e. /dev/sda or /dev/sda5 (the / ubuntu partiton)
View 3 Replies View RelatedI am getting an error as below.
How do I resolve the error: make[2]: *** No rule to make target `', needed by `mpg123'.
How can I resolve this error.
I have a USB PenDrive (FAT32 file system) that has 2 boot options. Boot option 1 = runs a program that updates my BIOS. Boot option 2 = runs a program that executes a basic hardware test on the PC. I don't need to access any HDD or load any operative system. the pen drive is using a DOS bootstrap (like the one you obtain when you format a device using /s option under DOS).
Can I use an advanced graphical bootloader to accomplish the same thing? It would be nice to have a background bootsplash logo of the company, while the user selects one of the two boot options, using the cursor keys. Just like GRUB...
I just got a new netbook and want to install several distro's to play with so would appreciate any advice you have. I have a 160gb drive so was going to dedicate 10gb to each distro and to xpsp3 that is comes with and about 2-4 gb for meego. Here are the distro's i want to install if possible...I am in love with KDE again so starting with Kubuntu
the last 100gb I was wanting for mp3/movies/docs.i was planing on putting the 100gb in NTFS so it could be shared with each OS? Not sure if that is possible or if there is a better solution but i want to be able to access the files from each os - in linux you just mount that partition to access it? and then i would also be able to access it via windows. I am assuming windows cannot see the ext3 file system and/or it is easier to use NTFS?right now xpsp3 is installed so not sure if can back it up via usb or if i can just download a version and burn a cd as i have a key and use WinToFlash to put it on a flash drive or can i just make partitions leaving the xpsp3 install on the netboot?
Any opinions on filesystem / order of installs / how much drive space is ideal per distro / is it even possible for that many os's / which boot loader to use?
I've been running windows xp and ubuntu 10.4 on a dual boot for a bit now and decided to add the intel version of osx to my multi boot. I created a partition and installed osx without any problems. The only problem is, now when I turn my pc on all it sees it windows xp and I don't no enough to know how to fix it. How can I sort this problem out? If I cant get it all working, I at least want to get xp and ubuntu back to normal.
View 6 Replies View Relatedbefore debian started using grub2 it was very easy to specify a loader from another partition but since grub2 came out it's a lot more complicated, you can no longer edit a text document menu.list, is there an easy way to edit the grub2 boot-loader to boot FreeBSD operating system since it doesn't recognize it from update-grub
View 14 Replies View RelatedI walk around different taste of Linux.Most of the distribution comes in a CD size . I want 3 or 4 Distribution in a single disk. So want to know that How Can I burn a multiboot DVD from different ISO images of Linux Distros.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI need to modify fs/open.c and fs/read_write.c to make my modifications. I cannot find any options in 'make menuconfig' to make these files modules rather than compiled elements. I'm thinking these cannot be modules because the file system won't work without open.c and read_write.c. Is this correct - I cannot compile fs/open.c and fs/read_write.c as modules, only as compiled elements? Or, is there some way for a module to overwrite these routines when the module is installed and re-enable the routines when the module is removed?
View 3 Replies View Relatedi had windows 7 on my system and now i installed debian squeeze but grub does not show my windows 7 in menu for selecting
View 1 Replies View RelatedI have a GRUB2 USB multiboot setup. Plus I have a multiboot setup on my computer with Ubuntu 9.10, PCLinuxOS, Windows XP, and Fedora 13. The issue I'm having is different but the same. On my USB multiboot, Fedora will hang up on certain devices. Things such as touchpad, bluetooth, etc. On my PC it hangs up on first the bluetooth, then I unplug, then the USB hub, then the mouse and finally the external hard drive. It detects the devices but it freezes on detection. I did get this error before the device detection began:
Quote:
dracut; dracut-005-3.fc13
dracut: FATAL: Don't know how to handle 'root=(0,4)'
dracut: Refusing to continue
dracut: FATAL: Don't know how to handle 'root=(0,4)'
dracut: Refusing to continue
this is on the PC and the problem with the USB is that it will hang up when detecting devices.
I got a PC (32 bit) from my friend that has Fedora & Ubuntu on single HDD. Now I need to install Suse on the same HDD without destroying other distros. What are the prerequisites for this? & how to do this step by step. I'm not sure how the before installation is done?? I'm not sure about grub editing/tweaking. At present installation of SUSE is very important.
Ubuntu 10.04
Fedora 13
OpenSuse 11.3
I was hoping that someone on this forum could help me to multiboot my USB drive with openSUSE 11.4 and Ubuntu 10.10. I would also like the changes I make to the files and settings on my operating systems which are located on my flash drive to be persistent. I am a bit of a Linux noob so I was hoping for some easy, basic, step-by-step instructions on how to do this. AlsoI do not mind using a terminal or other similar applications but I would prefer otherwise as I do not want to mess up.
View 9 Replies View Relatedhow to delete or replace specific OSs in a Ubuntu ( 3 versions ) and XP multiboot set up
I want to make sure I leave my Ubuntu Studio 9.04 partition intact and replace the other 3 OSs incl Winodze XP with a fresh install of Ubuntu Studio 10.04 or 64Studio, alongside the intact UStudio 8.04.
Ive backed up Home folders which are important to me.
Can I do it with Gparted ?
I work for a all-in-one IT company, basically businesses hire us and we will fix all their problems from servers to pencil sharpenersI want to get some background with UNIX so i wanted to multiboot linux on my laptop and use it for a few weeks. After a few hours of trial and error i managed to install it! So to the point: i used Truecrypt to encrypt my laptop and it used a special boot loader that made me input the password just after the post.My question is, can i use Truecrypt with a multiboot 7/ubuntu? After it took me hours to install this , running into and trouble shooting various problems that were probably just my ignorance, but Linux feels very fragile and i do not want to screw it up.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI have installed Ubuntu (10.10 the 64 bit version) this appears as a multiboot, what I should have done was run 10.10 as a live CD but I have installed it. The multiboot gives options for Ubuntu, Ubuntu configuration? Memtest , Memtest x86, Windows7, Windows Vista (this last appears to go to some sort of repair option for Windows7. Now I want to remove this multiboot so the system will automatically boot into Windows7. How would I go about this?
I have had a quick look on the web and the advice seems to be remove the Ubuntu partition (not sure how I would do this) and insert the install disc for Windows 7 (I do not have a Windows7 install disk. System came with Windows7 already installed with a backup of the O/S on a partition). Is there some sort of tool to do this or will I have to get my "hands dirty" and do this (whatever this is) myself ?
System Hewlett packard
Hard disk 500GB
RAM 3GB
Original O/S Windows7
Ubuntu installed following instructions at [URL]
I want to multiboot several Distros for experimental purposes. My main distro is Ubuntu 10.04.Hard drive is partitioned like such: /dev/sda1, grup bios, size = 977 Kib/dev/sda2, file system ext4, size 1.8 Tib, this is mounted on / /dev/sda3 linux swap, 4.3Gib.My question is can I use Gparted to partition a second space out of sda2, and install another Distro? Do I mount it on / ? and will grub boot see both OS without destroying the kernel of my old distro? I am assuming to partition my hard drive I have to unmount it, but can I do this without using a live cd? So many questions and so little help, because apparently this is an easy thing to do.I am just worried just seems that what I just described is too easy and I will probably destroy everything and have to start over.
View 8 Replies View RelatedMy drive was set as LVM during installation of FC3 and has worked fine, but now i need to upgrade to some newer distro and would like to "try before i buy" one, without losing my current data and functionality (email and browsing). Once i find something that i like, then i would want to use the new distro and still have access to my old data files.
My thoughts were that i needed to somehow create a non-LVM partition in which to download and install the newer distros, but that is scary at the thought of making a mistake and losing everything. And from the success story it appears that is possibly not necessary since he uses only LVM. i tried using WINE a while back and something in the windows program started reformatting/deleting my linux account in /home and i lost everything, so i'm not thinking highly of virtualizations, and i've reverted to "if it ain't broke don't fix it"...
But now all the multimedia requires newer flash, and new flash requires new browser, and new browser wants new kernel, etc... so the time has come to try the new stuff, even though the old stuff works fine. i have a /boot ext2, and the rest is / LVM. i would like to try ubuntu or debian, knoppix, FC?. Most of the info i've found for multiboot has been anti-LVM, so it has not been useful and i'm overwhelmed by all the information. Could someone who used LVM and loaded other distros give me some detailed pointers on how it works and maybe some successful example scripts or partition tables, etc.?
I'm putting together a multiboot usb flash drive (http://www.pendrivelinux.com/boot-mu...multiboot-usb/) and would like to include ubcd4win on the list. Building the disk using the standard 3.60 gets me the blue screen 7b failure when XP boots. I understand that this is because of an IDE thing XP does when it boots. I then used ubusb version of obcd4win to create a flash drive booter and it works just fine, as the only thing on the flash drive.
So now I need to figure out how to ... 'copy' the data on the flash drive to an ISO file that contains all the files and proper boot info that the flash drive contains. The PDL multiboot loader basically copies an ISO file onto its flash drive, then adds the appropriate info to grub4DOS.So, how do I make an ISO from the usb drive that ubusb.exe creates? I'm sure you'll need more info, so I'll wait for the questions.
I downloaded and installed fedora 10 on the second partition of the second harddrive in my system. I installed grub on the second drive as well. I added windows XP (the entire first hard drive) and windows server 2003 (the first partition of the second HD) to the boot list. In my bios I set the second HD in the boot device list.Now I can boot fedora 10 BUT when I select xp or server 2003 I get an error message that reads:- NTLDR is missing.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI plan to partition my hard drive so I can install fluxubuntu, minimal ubuntu with IceWM, ubuntu, and windows. (This thread is not about windows, that is just incidental) I have heard that I should use a partition for each OS, and a seperate partition for data, and that it is more secure that way. (as long as you apply appropriate security measures) I have also read that one should make partitions for system files(files that one does not want people to have writable access, such as the etc directory) My question is, what size should I make the OS partitions for minimal ubuntu with IceWM, FLUXUBUNTU and ubuntu, and are there system files that could be easily shared between them. finally, it seems obvious that all three OS's can share the same data partition, and swap partition.
View 2 Replies View RelatedHave you ever heard of multibooting many distros from the same partition?
Do you need to find a way to install the new Ubuntu 10.04x LTS into an existing partition as another option to multiboot?
Simple, you don't need to download or install any scripts or executables. read on @
[URL]
I have a triple boot system with Windows XP, Debian Lenny, and Fedora in that order as far as the disk partitions, and Lenny's grub controlling the multiboot. This has worked well for yearsRecently the Debian got corrupted with someependency issues, and I want to install Squeeze inplace of the existing LennyI don't need to save anything from the Lenny). Is this possible, usinga startup install CD for on-line installation of Squeeze over the Lenny partitions, and also without disturbing the Windows and Fedora boots? If it is, are there any manual steps to be taken during
the installation?