again i require your help
i want to make a frugal install on the second partition
antix is installed on /sda1

all files in iso are extracted to second partition / sda3 / frugal / * (yes sd3 is my second partition)
made a file /e.t.c./grub.d/11_frugal , chmod 755 then sudo update-grub

file contents:
menuentry"boot frugal" {
set root=(hd0,1)
linux / frugal / vmlinuz ro quiet splash
initrd / frugal / initrd.img
}


i remember doing frugal install before, but it was somehow different
did antix13 used grub legacy?
can you give me some pointers, where to look?

edit:
after reading some more i figured i should put the files in a directory called antiX cause it seemed to search them there
changed menu entry accordingly :
menuentry" boot frugal" {
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 'cff4df6f-0243-4caa-b5aa-05a52268124f'
linux /antiX/vmlinuz ro quiet splash
initrd /antiX/initrd.gz
}

it boots first part, then it says

scan usb,cd devices, look for boot files antiXlinuxfs
retry for 10 seconds
fatal error
no usb, cd devices found

i understand it looks for files on cd,usb, but i dont have any idea how to change this __{{emoticon}}__

For the parameters on the kernel-line please look here:


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My frugal entry looks like this.

menuentry 'antiX-xorg-sid-386' --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'osprober- gnulinux-/Remaster/work/antiX-16-a1-xorg-sid-386-sid-core/iso/antiX/vmlinuz--2c53bf5a-8caa-4534-beb1-f5aa04050918' {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,msdos1'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos1 2c53bf5a-8caa-4534-beb1-f5aa04050918
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 2c53bf5a-8caa-4534-beb1-f5aa04050918
fi
linux /Remaster/work/antiX-16-a1-xorg-sid-386-sid-core/iso/antiX/vmlinuz bdev=sda3 bdir=Remaster/work/antiX-16-a1-xorg-sid-386-sid-core/iso/antiX quiet splash=v nosysv=LX vga=795
initrd /Remaster/work/antiX-16-a1-xorg-sid-386-sid-core/iso/antiX/initrd.gz
}

So try adding bdev=sda3 bdir=antiX to the linux line

BTW - My entry is for grub2. If you are using grub-legacy, then see the post above mine

i am using grub2
also posted to linuxforums, and i have found this to be working, by myself __{{emoticon}}__

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menuentry"---------- boot frugal" {
linux (hd0,3)/antiX/vmlinuz bootdev=sda3 quiet splash=v disable_srv=LX
initrd (hd0,3)/antiX/initrd.gz
}

i was just wondering if i could use bootdir, bootdev, bdir, bdev but couldnt find these switches anywhere on grub docs
are these interchangeable? i assume they are specific to antix,going to try it now
thank you very much for your help

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i see antix 15 has an option to install frugal, but
is it hard to manually install grub to newly formatted hdd
then put the menuentry myself?
it seems i cant get grub to install to a hdd without an os