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Copying the compressed KNOPPIX file to hard disk and making it bootable
without doing a full Linux distribution install to hard disk is often called a
poor man's install.
To install SPADA to a hard disk and make it dual bootable with Microsoft
Windows (NT, 2000 or XP) use the below instructions. For Microsoft Windows 9*
you will have to use the MBR method or research other ways to boot the image.
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Create a
FAT partition slightly larger than than the CD, 800MB is a good size.
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Copy all the files and
directories from the CD to the 800MB partition. Dragging and dropping
from Microsoft Windows Explorer is OK for this.
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Get
WINGRUB from
http://sourceforge.net/projects/grub4dos these instruction were for 0.02
Build 6.
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Install
WINGRUB under Microsoft Windows.
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Create a
/boot/GRUB directory in the SPADA partition and create a file menu.lst like
the one below in that directory.
color black/cyan
yellow/cyan
timeout=5
default=0
title Default Boot
Windows
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1
boot
title SPADA26
kernel (hd0,1)/boot/isolinux/spada26 ramdisk_size=100000 init=/etc/init lang=us
apm=power-off vga=791 nomce quiet fromhd=/dev/hda2
initrd (hd0,1)/boot/isolinux/spadart26.gz
boot
title SPADA24
kernel (hd0,1)/boot/isolinux/spada24 ramdisk_size=100000 init=/etc/init lang=us
apm=power-off vga=791 nomce quiet fromhd=/dev/hda2
initrd (hd0,1)/boot/isolinux/spadart24.gz
boot
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Adjust the
disk and partition number to reflect your setup. e.g. hd0,1 represents the
first hard disk second partition. hd0,0 represents the first hard disk
first partition. This can be a little confusing for first time grub
users so be careful. There is a partition list application under the WINGRUB
tool menu that can help identify your disk setups.
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Also adjust the fromhd to
reflect your setup. For example if you copied all the CD files to your
primary controllers second disk and first partition the line would read
fromhd=/dev/hdb1
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Next open
the WINGRUB application and using the file menu open the menu.lst file you
created.
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The
preferred method is to install Grub to the MBR of the partition holding the
SPADA files however I have seen instances where this partition is not
available in the Grub menu, in these cases Grub can be installed to the
boot.ini of Microsoft Windows and started from there. This is done by
choosing the Install Grub application from the WINGRUB tool menu then choose
the desired boot method. I do not think Microsoft Windows writes to a disk
before booting past the boot.ini but this has not been tested so may not be
true. SPADA does not lock the disks until well into it's boot process
so writes may occur using the boot.ini method. The MBR method is safer
an avoids using Microsoft Windows during the boot process.
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That is it,
all going well you should be able to dual boot between SPADA and Microsoft Windows.
All the normal disclaimers apply you are playing around with your boot
options so backup vital data in case you trash your drive etc.. Also SPADA
is still loading from a compressed image file so no changes can be made to
the SPADA filesystem exactly as if it was booted from CD.
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