HD Install :: Triple boot DSL

OK,
Here is what I have
Laptop with HD partitioned 3 ways (10 Gig drive)

1st partition used to be win98, all win98 gone and only approx 75 megs (contains DSL KNOPPIX dir)
2nd partition approx 4.5 Gigs (Windows 2000)
3rd partition is Fedora Core 1

Right now I have grub as my bootloader and It has Fedora Core 1 and Windows 2000 in there...

How would I go about creating a 3rd grub boot loader command to boot the KNOPPIX DSL imagage (in a sortof frugal install)

Brian
AwPhuch

a friend of mine has a /boot/grub/menu.lst like this:

Code Sample

# boot menu configuration file

timeout 10
default 3
fallback 0

title Windows 98
#unhide (hd0,0)
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1

title Damnsmall Linux 0.8.0
root (hd0,6)
kernel (hd0,6)/dsl-0.8.0/boot/linux24 ramdisk_size=100000 init=/etc/init lang=us apm=power-off hda=scsi hdb=scsi hdc=scsi hdd=scsi hde=scsi hdf=scsi hdg=scsi hdh=scsi vga=791 nomce quiet fromhd=/dev/hda7 knoppix_dir=dsl-0.8.0 frugal lpd restore mydsl_dir=(/dsl-0.8.0/base /dsl-0.8.0/henk)
initrd (hd0,6)/dsl-0.8.0/boot/minirt24.gz

title Damnsmall Linux 0.8.1
root (hd0,6)
kernel (hd0,6)/dsl-0.8.1/boot/linux24 ramdisk_size=100000 init=/etc/init lang=us apm=power-off hda=scsi hdb=scsi hdc=scsi hdd=scsi hde=scsi vga=791 nomce fromhd=/dev/hda7 knoppix_dir=dsl-0.8.1 frugal lpd restore=/dev/hda7 mydsl_dir=(/dsl-0.8.0/base /dsl-0.8.0/henk)
initrd (hd0,6)/dsl-0.8.1/boot/minirt24.gz

title Damnsmall Linux 0.8.1.1
root (hd0,6)
kernel (hd0,6)/dsl-0.8.1.1/boot/linux24 ramdisk_size=100000 init=/etc/init lang=us apm=power-off hda=scsi hdb=scsi hdc=scsi hdd=scsi hde=scsi vga=791 nomce fromhd=/dev/hda7 knoppix_dir=dsl-0.8.1.1 frugal lpd restore=/dev/hda7 mydsl_dir=(/dsl-0.8.0/base /dsl-0.8.0/henk) phome=scan
initrd (hd0,6)/dsl-0.8.1.1/boot/minirt24.gz

title Damnsmall Linux 0.8.0
root (hd0,6)
kernel (hd0,6)/dsl-0.8.0/boot/linux24 ramdisk_size=100000 init=/etc/init lang=us apm=power-off hda=scsi hdb=scsi hdc=scsi hdd=scsi hde=scsi vga=791 nomce quiet fromhd=/dev/hda7 knoppix_dir=dsl-0.8.0 frugal lpd restore mydsl_dir=(/dsl-0.8.0/base /dsl-0.8.0/henk) phome=scan
initrd (hd0,6)/dsl-0.8.0/boot/minirt24.gz

title Damnsmall Linux 0.7.3
root (hd0,6)
kernel (hd0,6)/KNOPPIX/boot/vmlinuz ramdisk_size=100000 init=/etc/init lang=us apm=power-off hda=scsi hdb=scsi hdc=scsi hdd=scsi hde=scsi hdf=scsi hdg=scsi hdh=scsi vga=791 nomce quiet fromhd=/dev/hda7 frugal lpd
initrd (hd0,6)/KNOPPIX/boot/miniroot.gz

title Damnsmall Linux 0.7.1 (first rename knoppix71 to knoppix)
root (hd0,6)
kernel (hd0,6)/boot/vmlinuz fromhd=/dev/hda7 ramdisk_size=100000 init=/etc/init vga=791 frugal lpd
initrd (hd0,6)/boot/miniroot.gz

title Knoppix 3.4
root (hd0,1)
kernel (hd0,1)/KNOPPIX-3.4/boot/linux26 fromhd=/dev/hda2 knoppix_dir=KNOPPIX-3.4 ramdisk_size=100000 init=/etc/init lang=us apm=power-off vga=791 initrd=minirt26.gz nomce
initrd (hd0,1)/KNOPPIX-3.4/boot/minirt26.gz

title Knoppix 3.4 (ICEWM)
root (hd0,1)
kernel (hd0,1)/KNOPPIX-3.4/boot/linux26 fromhd=/dev/hda2 knoppix_dir=KNOPPIX-3.4 ramdisk_size=100000 init=/etc/init lang=us apm=power-off vga=791 initrd=minirt26.gz nomce desktop=icewm home=/dev/hda2/henk.img noprompt
initrd (hd0,1)/KNOPPIX-3.4/boot/minirt26.gz

title Knoppix 3.3 ctMagazine
root (hd0,1)
kernel (hd0,1)/KNOPPIX/boot/vmlinuz fromhd ramdisk_size=100000 init=/etc/init vga=791 lang=nl apm=power-off myconf=/mnt/hda1 home=/mnt/hda2 quiet
initrd (hd0,1)/KNOPPIX/boot/miniroot.gz

title Feather Linux 0.5.1 (restore=hda1)
root (hd0,1)
kernel (hd0,1)/FEATHER/boot/linux24 ro fromhd=/dev/hda2 ramdisk_size=100000 init=/etc/init knoppix_dir=FEATHER restore=hda1 lang=us noprompt
initrd (hd0,1)/FEATHER/boot/minirt24.gz

title Feather Linux 0.5.1
root (hd0,1)
kernel (hd0,1)/FEATHER/boot/linux24 ro fromhd=/dev/hda2 ramdisk_size=100000 init=/etc/init knoppix_dir=FEATHER
initrd (hd0,1)/FEATHER/boot/minirt24.gz

title Slax 4.1.2
root (hd0,1)
kernel (hd0,1)/SLAX/vmlinuz root=/dev/ram0 rw ramdisk_size=7777 init=linuxrc max_loop=255 livecd_subdir=/SLAX/
initrd (hd0,1)/SLAX/initrd.gz

title read hd install
root (hd0,1)
kernel (hd0,1)/boot/vmlinuz root=/ ro

i know he is to lazy to remove the feather and slax he never uses

1. windows
2. .. 7 allkind of DSL frugal installs
8. .. 10 knoppix poormans instal
11. 12. feather poormans install ( dropped in favour of DSL)
13. slax poormans install
14. (untested example) it is easy to add a real hd-install to the menu

this grubmenu shows:
multiple hd partitions,
multiple DSL versiions in ther own directory on the same partition (use knoppix_dir=),
diferent myDSL extentention for each DSL configuration (mydsl_dir=( ..))

Outstanding...got it going..mine is a bit tweaked up though

Code Sample

title Damnsmall Linux 0.8.1.1
root (hd0,0)
kernel (hd0,0)/dsl-0.8.1.1/boot/isolinux/linux24 ramdisk_size=100000 init=/etc/init lang=us apm=power-off hda=scsi hdb=scsi hdc=scsi hdd=scsi hde=scsi vga=791 nomce fromhd=/dev/hda1 knoppix_dir=/dsl-0.8.1.1/knoppix restore=/dev/hda1 mydsl_dir=(/dsl-0.8.1.1/base /dsl-0.8..1.1/henk) phome=scan
initrd (hd0,0)/dsl-0.8.1.1/boot/isolinux/minirt24.gz

Took me 4 tries..but finally got the penguin!!!
Laptop is a Compaq Presario 1700 and everything works on the mug...now all I gotta do is find a good wireless pcmcia card and ill be an "airsnorting" fool hehe!!!!

Only prob I see is it doesnt keep any changes I make after a reboot!!!! AAARRRGGHH!

Thanks for all your help!!

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Toshiba 210CS 120Mhz 16Mb DSL0.4.1 (how low can you go)

I have DSL 0.7.2 running on a 75Mhz (90Mhz if on TURBO!) laptop with 16Meg ram...is that good enuff?

Brian
AwPhuch

I run DSL 6.2 (my remaster of that) on a 200 MMX with 128 MB ram.
I run it off the CD, always, and often "toram" which works.
On the second hard drive, I have SuSE 6.3.
I must say that SuSE 6.3 is better suited to this machine than DSL, apparently
because the kernel is older, and lighter.
If you can get ahold of a copy of SuSE 6.3, and are willing to put up with the
complicated configuration, it is nice. To do a quick install once you figure out SuSE, save your files on a floppy, and stick 'em in there to get everything going like you want it. Runs Opera 6.03, and has Wvdial 1.40. (Download Opera onto the running SuSE system with lynx.)
SuSE 6.3 sets up three partitions, so I use a small 500 MB hdd to boot it using
loadlin, and a msdos menu.
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Would have just partitioned the drive to include the MSDOS partition, but these
Caviar 21000 (and 22000) drives get to where they will not install MSDOS, but
will do SuSE just fine. I get people to give them to me, since Windows won't go
on them anymore, so they think it's a bad drive!
It pays to run multiple OS's on the same hardware, as a comparison, to see
what is going on, etc. Lots of fun!
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Having said all that about SuSE, DSL is much easier to get up and running! (mainly because of this forum)
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