Dual Boot Puppy Linux With Ubuntu

PuppyLinuxissonicethatIalwayskeepitaroundevenifIdon'tneedit.Ihaveasmall
partitiononmylaptopwhereIinstalldifferentversionsofPuppy,andtheycoexistwithmy
mainUbuntu(actuallyXubuntu)system.Theinstallationisveryeasy.
LatelyIhaveinstalledPrecisePuppy5.6.1andSlackoPuppy5.5.Afterdownloading
the.isofiles,Iextractedthemandcopiedtheircontenton/dev/sda9likethis:
s u d o

s u

m k d i r
m o u n t

s d a 9
/ d e v / s d a 9

m k d
m o u
m k d
c p

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i s o
- o l o o p p r e c i s e - 5 . 6 . 1 . i s o i s o /
- p s d a 9 / p u p p y / p r e c i s e 5 . 6 . 1
i s o / * s d a 9 / p u p p y / p r e c i s e 5 . 6 . 1 /

u m o
m o u
m k d
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- a

s d a 9 /

i s o /
o l o o p s l a c k o - 5 . 5 - P A E . i s o i s o /
p s d a 9 / p u p p y / s l a c k o 5 . 5
s o / * s d a 9 / p u p p y / s l a c k o 5 . 5 /
s o /
o /
d a 9 /
a 9

Theinstallationisalreadyfinished!Butweneedawaytobootthepuppies.Wecandothisby
modifyingthegrubmenu.Firstaddtheselinesontheconfig
file/etc/grub.d/40_custom:
m e n u e n
s e
# f
l i
i n

t r y

" P u
t r o o t =
i n d - - s
n u x / p u
i t r d / p

p p y
' ( h
e t p p y
u p p

t r y

p p y
' ( h
e t p p y
u p p

L i n
0 , m
o o t
s l a
/ s l

u x

L i n
0 , m
o o t
p r e
/ p r

u x

s d o
- c k o
a c k

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s 9 )
i g n
5 . 5
o 5 .

c k o

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i g n
e 5 .
s e 5

c i s e

5 . 5

f r u g a l

( s d a 9 / p u p p y / s l a c k o 5 . 5 ) "

- - c l a s s

g n u - l i n u x

'
o r e - f l o p p i e s / p u p p y / s l a c k o 5 . 5 / i n i t r d . g z
/ v m l i n u z p m e d i a = a t a h d p s u b d i r = p u p p y / s l a c k o 5 . 5
5 / i n i t r d . g z

}
m e n u e n
s e
# f
l i
i n

" P u
t r o o t =
i n d - - s
n u x / p u
i t r d / p

s d o
- c i s
e c i

5 . 6 . 1

f r u g a l

( s d a 9 / p u p p y / p r e c i s e 5 . 6 . 1 ) "

- - c l a s s

'
o r e - f l o p p i e s / p u p p y / p r e c i s e 5 . 6 . 1 / i n i t r d . g z
6 . 1 / v m l i n u z p m e d i a = a t a h d p s u b d i r = p u p p y / p r e c i s e 5 . 6 . 1
. 6 . 1 / i n i t r d . g z

Thenrunthecommandsudoupdategrub.
NowrebootthePCandhavefunwithPuppy.

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