Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

[pri]

sory.. i am come back again ........

is the script just for ext2 ? because when using ext3 its not work, and stoped in prompt.

[SilverPuppy]

Well, I haven't used this on anything BUT EXT3 recently, and it works fine. Just be sure you've got the partition set properly in the e2fsck line, and are using the correct scripts.

Even if the e2fsck line is messed up, it should still generally work. I'm not sure where you made a wrong turn.

[Colonel Panic]

Thanks for this Silverpuppy. I've downloaded these scripts and plan to install them on a computer at my local community centre which has EcoPup and Puppy 4.21 installed on it.

[SilverPuppy]

Just be certain to insert my pieces into the 4.21 files so you don't end up with weird behavior because something isn't right.

Search for my username "SilverPuppy" to find the pieces I've added.

[jockjunior]

Thanks for files Silverpuppy. Just what I needed for 4.3.1

much obliged

Jock

[shariebeth]

I tried this and obviously did something wrong.
I can't get back in to put the original files back. It is hanging at the "This script will run X windows for you..." and then goes to the xorgwizard part which keeps telling me to type some variation of xorg, xwin, or restart xorgwizard which won't work either.

At this point, I'm not so concerned about what I did wrong, as how to get back to fix it.
4.3.1 full install

[rjbrewer]

It might help to boot the live cd.
Mount your puppy partition.
Copy /etc/rcd from the live cd to the same place on the mounted
partition. Say yes to merge,overwrite. Remove cd, reboot
(do not save).

If that doesn't work, boot the live cd and use the universal
installer to make the full install again; this time use the
"upgrade" option. No need to do the grub install again.

A tip:
Don't experiment with your main install. Put another copy of
that installation on another partition.

Edit:
Copying the rcd from live cd to full install caused a change
of "pupmode" from 2 to 5.
It was necessary to change it back to PUPMODE 2 IN /etc/rcd
PUPSTATE.

[shariebeth]

[rjbrewer]

I see from another post that your tmp file is empty?
(it's a pain having to hunt around trying to keep up with you
on different posts)
If still empty try copying tmp from live cd to full install.
Check my edit to my previous post.

[shariebeth]

[rjbrewer]

Another lucky guess for me.

My best friend, Susan, lives in Vero Beach.

[SilverPuppy]

That is definitely NOT an approach I'd have thought to take, but I'm glad it's now working.

AFAIK, the /tmp folder SHOULD be empty at poweroff, but maybe I'm mistaken.

Just glad it's working.

[Anniekin]

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[oldroy]

166 mhz pentium, 64 meg memory, Puppy 4.3.1 full install, ext3 filesystem

SilverPuppy thank you for the zip files. I downloaded them and extracted the ext3 filesystem stuff then replaced the existing rc.sysinit and rc.shutdown files, then chmod 755 rc.sysinit and chmod 755 rc.shutdown.

Rebooted and hung at no permission etc.

Rebooted from live cd and brought up xwin

Highlighted rc.sysinit then left clicked (Left handed mouse!) rc.sysinit and changed permissions to "make executable" . Repeated for rc.shutdown.

Rebooted, worked but some things were still missing.

Left clicked on r.c.sysinit, change permission, "give owner read/write"

Rebooted from the hd and everything works normally again.

Shut the power off then booted from the HD. File checker came on and cleaned up. Impressive. Everything works normally.

One possible improvement: My Debian "Lenny" box runs the test script every 30th time the system is started. I think it may be possible to add that feature to full install Puppy.

[BarryK]

Handling of improper shutdown for full hd installations is now officially supported. This will apply to future puppies built from Woof.

I have announced this here:

http://bkhome.org/blog/?viewDetailed=01434

I plan to build Quirky Puppy 010 in a couple of days, so any of you guys who are interested can give it a try out. I'll announce Quirky 010 on my blog when it is available.