In my case it's 1 sdb 1. Use t Now select a partition between The command w writes the changes to the device and quits fdisk. If you don't want to save but quit then use q. If you changed the Id, then format the partition. After formatting you have to copy all files again. Format: mkfs. You can fix this with. Check the file system. Use the right mouse click on F: and then Properties from the context menu. You can see now, how much space is left on the device and file system type.
Extract the Plop Linux files from ploplinux Download syslinux. Open the Command Prompt in Accessories of your Windows menu. When your device won't boot, maybe the boot flag in the MBR of your device is not set or a wrong partition ID is set. With the user interface menu and hidden. For the hidden mode, you have to set the boot countdown and you have to select a default profile.
The default profile boots after the countdown. The user cannot see that there is a boot manager in the background. If you want to go into the boot manager, then press ESC. Boot countdown You can enable and disable the countdown. If the boot countdown is enabled, the boot manager waits the given time and starts after the countdown the last used profile or the default profile, depending on your settings.
At start, the boot manager set the bar to the selected option. This works for the hidden start mode too. You have the following options 1. Last booted profile 2. Default profile 3. Floppy 4. CDROM 5. You can select the default profile from a list of all visible profiles. Some controllers need this option to force usb 1. Use Mass Storage Device. Boot the X mass storage device that was found. Other devices are ignored.
You can select the text mode during the startup of an operating system. Choose between "don't change" and 80x Select the screen resolution in the boot manager. Choose between text mode 80x50 and graphic mode x, x, x, x Setup the setup password.
Disable the boot manager setup password protection with an empty password. You can install the boot manager to the MBR of your hard disk. When you do that, then the boot manager is the first program that is started when you boot from the hard disk.
That means the boot manager is started before any operating system has been started. This installation has many benefits. Some features are only available when the boot manager is installed to the MBR. As simple alternative to the MBR installation, it's easy to add the boot manager to an existing boot manager. See here. See Linux Boot Managers. There are 2 versions of the install program. Basically both versions do the same.
The only difference is that plpinst. The second version plpinstc. You have to use the second version for installation from write protected media like CD's or when you install from network or any other boot manager. With this option you install the boot manager to your hard disk. If you have an installed operating system, then the install program creates a profile for you to boot this operating system.
With the installation from floppy, the install program makes a backup of the sectors where the boot manager will be installed. The install program writes the backup to the floppy disk. With this backup it's possible to remove the boot manager completely from your hard disk. If you use the CD installation, then it's not possible to restore the sectors.
In this case the uninstall routine creates a new MBR to boot the current operating system. The partition table data won't be changed. A small program the loader is required in the MBR to start the boot manager. If you install Windows XP after the boot manager, then Windows XP will start instead of the boot manager, because the loader is overwritten with the program from Windows XP.
To setup that the boot manager starts before Windows XP you have to use Rewrite loader. The install program takes the backup that was saved on the floppy disk and writes it back to the hard disk.
With this option, the program writes a new MBR to start the current operating system. The partition table will be unchanged. When you installed the boot manager to the MBR, then you can remove the boot manager in the same way that you used to install the boot manager, but you have to use the option 4 or 5 in the install program.
The option 4 is only available when you install from floppy. When you don't want to use the install program to remove the boot manager, then you can use any other program that writes a new program to the MBR. Or you install another boot manager to the MBR. You create the install floppy with a floppy disk image.
A floppy disk image is a file that contains every sector of the floppy disk. You cannot copy the image file on a floppy disk like a common file. It's required to use a special program that writes sector per sector of the image file to the floppy disk sectors. There are many programs available to do this. Download the current boot manager plpbt Extract it to get the floppy disk image. You find the disk image in the install directory.
The name of the file is plpbtin. DOS: You can use diskimg. Windows: Write the disk image with the program rawwritewin to the floppy disk. Extract it to get the iso file. You find the iso file in the install directory. Notice: The CD installer makes no backup for a complete uninstall. See The install program. Then choose the boot manager ISO and burn it.
Extract it to get the install program. In the install directory there are 2 install programs plpinst. Use plpinstc. Hint: When you don't want to install the boot manager to the MBR then see plpbt. Extract the zip file. Open the folder Windows. When you reboot, then use the entry to install the Plop Boot Manager to the mbr. Extract it to get the boot manager install program. You find the install program plpinstc in the install directory. Add plpinstc.
Add the following lines to the config file label plpinst linux plpinstc. You start the install program when you select it from the menu or you enter plpinst at the Syslinux command prompt. You find the install program plpinstc. Info: You have to choose the correct root settings in your configuration or you get a "Error: file not found". See also this Forum entry. A better documentation comes when I have more time.
Meanwhile use the documentation of Plop Linux. For Linux click here , for Windows click here. Copy plpinstc. Then use the program plpmkboot to make the drive bootable to start plpbt. Hint: Do not use the other install program plpinst. When you don't want to install the boot manager to the MBR, then you have to use plpbt.
You can start plpbt. You cannot save boot manager settings when you use plpbt. But you can use plpcfgbt to configure plpbt. Extract it to get the floppy disk image plpbt. Extract it to get the iso file plpbt. You will find the batch program InstallToBootMenu. The batch creates an entry in your windows boot menu called "Plop Boot Manager". When you reboot, then use the entry to start the Plop Boot Manager. Use "l" small "L" to list all entries.
Remove the entry with "r ID". ID is the number you have seen with "l". See here for more info's to plpbt4win. Extract it to get the boot manager binary program plpbt. Add plpbt to the config file for Syslinux it's syslinux.
You start the boot manager when you enter plp at the Syslinux command prompt. Add to your menu. Then run update-grub2 or update-grub. When you reboot, you should be able to start the boot manager from your grub menu. Restart the install program and choose the option 5 to write a fresh MBR program and remove the Plop Boot Manager start routine. Just remove the boot manager entry and update the configuration when its required for the program.
There is one script for Windows and one script for Linux in the zip file. The scripts are using mkisofs from cdrtools. You have to run create-iso. You get a file called plpbtmycd. That's your new boot manager iso file. You must have installed mkisofs. You have to run sh create-iso. This program is available as source code for Linux and Windows. You start the program from a command shell. If you run the program without parameters then you will see the help information.
Infos about int19h see here. If you don't press it, the booting continues without the boot manager. When you use a Linux boot manager, then you can pass some parameters with "append" to plpbt. Example syslinux. Download the zip file mkisofs. It contains the required binaries of cdrtools-latest. Extract mkisofs.
Remember the folder you are extracting the files. Download ploplinux When you open the mkisofs folder, then you should see the ploplinux You can add your files to the ploplinux Create the ISO with mkisofs. Run the program plpmkiso. Enter the Plop Linux version you want to create Now my program runs mkisofs with the required parameters and creates the ISO image.
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