I tried pdev1=sda5 to no avail However I think I'm on the track of the problem. I noticed that I hadn't removed the sd card I'd used to install Puppeee so I took it out. The result was that I now get the message I was previously getting
It looks like the eeepc isn't using the frugal install at all! Or maybe its looking for the .sfs file, failing to find it and then using the one on the sd card.eee-504.sfs not found.Dropping out of initial-ramdisk console...
/bin/sh: can't access tty: job control turned off
I have checked the hashes for the 504.sfs files installed on sda5 and the sd card. They are identical.