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[Sit Heel Speak]

Ah. I was confusing Lighthouse with its Mariner add-on.

Same principle holds, just surf to

http://www.lhpup.org/sfs/lhp-mar-02_215.sfs

and save it to disk, then treat it like any other .sfs. That is, if a frugal (co-exist, option 1) install of Puppy with an already-existing pup_save.2fs, then you put the .sfs in /mnt/home, from where it will be recognized at next boot. And if a hard disk install, then you have to mount -o loop it and copy it to / (if you are using a hard disk install then you probably already know how to do that). Errrr, I should admit here, I have not yet tried the auto-sfs-chooser-at-boot-time yet. Perhaps that simplifies things and my instructions are not only obtuse but actually needless .

[tazoc]

[Sit Heel Speak]

[djthor]

Please excuse that post being in the wrong place above. I was in a hurry and have not posted here before. Allow me to introduce myself, as I'm new here, names Dale, but you can call me what you wish. I've migrated to puppy after trying close to 30, maybe more live cd distros. Initially mystified by the multi-session option, and that is my chosen way to run this puppy. I've read through a lot, most of the posts, to learn all I could. I would like to thank all the mods and others who have provided helpful information, so I could set all your puppies up uniquely multisession. I enjoy the heck out of these puppies, and have begun passing out copies to friends and relatives, and helping them set it up. I feel like I owe you all something, and would love to help out, however I most likely still need some help myself. But am learning fast. To the creator, Barry, please don't stop, this is totally awesome. The above post should have been here.

Currently using Lighthouse pup multi-session with added mariner sfs and pkg sfs from 215ce, so it's just loaded with beauty and tons of nice progs.

heh, windows refugee
Dj

[tazoc]

Welcome, djthor
Thank you for the comments and feedback. Barry and his team are doing a great job, indeed. Nice, I like that you're sharing Puppy with friends. Good to hear that you are testing Lighthouse as well. I think you are giving back already. woof woof!

I'm working on Lighthouse215Beta5, news at www.lhpup.org as well as an SFS addon that includes K3b www.k3b.org, a great CD and DVD burning application, and The GIMP image editor from Nathan Fisher's excellent pgs graphics and desktop publishing suite.
Take care,
TazOC

[Sit Heel Speak]

@tazoc: I've now made a full hdd install of lhpbeta4 pus the two .sfs's, and so far, so good. It appears there's a new Puppy master in town. You've put a lot of thought into the menu system; nice structure, nice looks. Admirable work...

[tazoc]

SHS,
That's very kind. Naaa, Sit,Heel,Speak is the master! Taz(OC) just runs after it! love to tweak whatever I'm using and to practice scripting www.die.net/doc/linux/abs-guide when I have an idea. I appreciate your feedback and I'm glad your setup is working. The menus in Linux, and in most any system with plenty of apps installed, can be daunting. Ideally one could point and click to choose the layout, ordering of entries, hide unused ones or move groups and change categories at will. But I've tried to make them reasonably balanced and complete without wandering too far from Puppy's menu system. Some of the menu system's best ideas came from rarsa, MU in Muppy, Nathan Fisher, BK and others on this forum.

I'm reluctant to advocate the full HDD install for anyone unfamiliar with the pitfalls one is likely to encounter. (Start | Help | Hints and Tips | Installation "Note: A traditional full hard-disk install is not recommended.")

How did you get the SFS modules to merge? Can you load and unload them? Though the full install is very common with other distros and may have a few advantages, I've found that the frugal install is generally simpler and easier to update and modify with existing tools and methods in Puppy. It's also easier to dual-boot with Puppy 2.17, without repartitioning. If you already have full GRUB installed, see www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=132160#132160
Thanks so much for your comments,
TazOC

[Sit Heel Speak]

[tazoc]

SHS,
Ahh Interesting! I know next to nothing about compiling. Never even tried the devx_2nn.sfs module or any kernel work. "Compiling a real-time kernel" sounds very cool though. Maybe someday I'll have to learn about it.

Have you ever tried 'cp -ax' instead of 'cp -R'? MU suggested it in a post a while back. Works well for me, though I can't really explain the difference. cp --help didn't shed much light for me, except that 'cp -a' is the same as 'cp -dpR'.

Sometimes I use Rox-Filer to copy and if I'm sure about over-writing I hold down the Alt+Y keys. I wonder what command that would be equivalent to? Hmm probably something dangerous!
Take care,
TazOC

[melmc]

Great job tazoc! I am glad you have included the sfs files. I view Firefox, Thunderbird and K3b as essentials. The sfs files are working great with Lighthouse but I have a question regarding their use with 2.17. The website says make a symlink to it. My question is from what? My understanding is that a link requires a from and a to. It looks like you have only specified the to. Maybe the from is understood as assumed by those more knowledgeable than me but I am confused.

[melmc]

On further reflection I may have figured out what I was confused about. Do you mean create a symlink in your home directory to "pgs_K3b-12.17-02_215.sfs" named " pgs_K3b-12.17-02_217.sfs"?

[tazoc]

[melmc]

I am running Lighthouse from CD with the sfs files on a usb flash. Firefox updated automatically but has to reinstall the update every session. Is there any way I can fix this, i.e. install the update permanently.

[tazoc]

[melmc]

The update entry shows the same as yours. The date of installation shows when it was first installed. Yet, every time I first run Firefox during a session it indicates that it is installing the update before it starts.