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#21 Post by williepabon »

L18L:

Thanks a lot for the help given. Now, I am able to edit initrd.gz without problem, but, following instructions on Part B of, http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=57380 did not produce the effect I was expecting (a quicker shut down). I inserted the recommended line (PUPMODE=12) below esac and shut down a few times, but couldn't perceive any improvement in shut down times. Maybe I'm doing something wrong or I need to do something else. :? I'm revising my steps again to see if I made a mistake. Thanks again for your help.
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After revising, I found the line esac a number of times in the init script. Now I'm confused where I should insert the PUPMODE=12 statement.

After some additional experimenting I found out that apparently, PupRescue precise boots with a fresh initrd.gz file. I can modify the file, but after shut down and start up, the modifications to initrd.gz are gone.

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Re: PupRescue_Precise

#22 Post by L18L »

williepabon wrote:.. I found the line esac a number of times in the init script. Now I'm confused where I should insert the PUPMODE=12 statement.
I would take "esac followed by blanc line ... " around line 911
williepabon wrote:After some additional experimenting I found out that apparently, PupRescue precise boots with a fresh initrd.gz file. I can modify the file, but after shut down and start up, the modifications to initrd.gz are gone.
Did you follow the instruction (see image) which is saving the change?
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#23 Post by williepabon »

L18L:

Thanks for answering. Yes, I followed the instructions as the image shows. I even ran the script again to verify that the line I inserted was there. My init script has esac following with blank lines in the following:
line 317 ;;
line 318 esac
line 319 (blank)

line 875 ;;
line 876 esac
line 877 (blank)

line 921 *) RDSH="yes" ;;
line 922 esac
line 923 (blank)

line 1887 ;;
line 1888 esac
line 1889 (blank)

Thanks.
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Re: PupRescue_Precise

#24 Post by L18L »

williepabon,
hope this helps
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#25 Post by williepabon »

L18L:

The thread that you gave me talks about a utility called PupSaveConfig. Do you think this utility would help me, at least, to decide to save or not to save at shut down? Will it work with PupRescue_Precise? Thanks.
wp

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pupsaveconfig 'save or not'

#26 Post by Pelo »

pupsaveconfig 'save or not' : that seems already included in Precise rescue, that's a good thing. Pupsaveconfig works everywhere, excepted.. ?.
I use v. 2.2.2, not 2.2.5.
BOOT USB : I get a boot process to replace Puprescue one from another Precise distro. It works (now).
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#27 Post by wimpy »

I use a dedicated iso directory to test isos. I just copy each iso into it's own directory inside the iso directory and unarchive it. I then make the appropriate adjustment to menu.lst and voila!. The puprescue- precise iso works fine and can be booted from grub4dos, no problems.
However, when I tried this with puprescue.2.5.iso I got an Error 15 File not found message. Has anybody done a frugal install of the puprescue.2.5 iso successfully?
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#28 Post by CatDude »

Hi
wimpy wrote:...Has anybody done a frugal install of the puprescue.2.5 iso successfully?
I assume you mean PupRescue_2.5.iso
if so, then the answer to your question is Yes

The following stanza works for me using Legacy Grub:

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# Linux bootable partition config begins
  title PupRescue 2.5 (on sda11)
  rootnoverify (hd0,10)
  kernel /pr25/vmlinuz pmedia=atahd pdev1=sda11 psubdir=pr25
  initrd /pr25/initrd.gz 
# Linux bootable partition config ends

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#29 Post by wimpy »

@CatDude Thanks for the reply. I'm using grub4dos and all I do is add the following to menu.lst for each distro that I am testing

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title distro 
  find --set-root --ignore-floppies
  kernel /iso/distro/vmlinuz   psubdir=iso/distro pmedia=atahd pfix=fsck
  initrd /iso/distro/initrd.gz
Works so far for all distros, except that puprescue_2.5.iso.
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#30 Post by CatDude »

@ wimpy
wimpy wrote:@CatDude Thanks for the reply. I'm using grub4dos and all I do is add the following to menu.lst for each distro that I am testing

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title distro 
  find --set-root --ignore-floppies
  kernel /iso/distro/vmlinuz   psubdir=iso/distro pmedia=atahd pfix=fsck
  initrd /iso/distro/initrd.gz
Works so far for all distros, except that puprescue_2.5.iso.
OK, once again you refer to the ISO as: puprescue_2.5.iso
yet the actual name of the one i have here is: PupRescue_2.5.iso
Where did you get this thing from :?:
Did you check the md5sum when you downloaded the file :?:

Here is the md5sum of the ISO that i have here: 624765761faa77868800d7969b23de39 PupRescue_2.5.iso
and the 3 files of interest inside of that ISO are these:
  • bf18f3fa38e4f19f3ae74fec6b081a1e initrd.gz
    6a83667442e5840d68a7b92988749693 PupRescue_2.5.sfs
    51adeb52099a1a89bb1c2e5f98e48245 vmlinuz
Do your files match these :?:

Any chance you could provide a copy of your actual menu.lst
and a screeny showing the files in the subdir where they reside, it may help


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#31 Post by wimpy »

Yes! You're quite right. The iso file I've been using is PupRescue_2.5.iso. I may have referred to it differently above, but it is the same file and the md5sum check is correct. I have already supplied above a template of the menu.lst entry for all the distros I've tried.
I've since deleted all the files in that iso/PupRescue_2.5 folder (bar the iso file which I unarchived in that folder). Without changing menu.lst, I rebooted and this time it went through OK and it boots from grub4dos. Thanks for your help.
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#32 Post by CatDude »

Hello wimpy
wimpy wrote:Yes! You're quite right. The iso file I've been using is PupRescue_2.5.iso. I may have referred to it differently above, but it is the same file and the md5sum check is correct.
Fair enough, but it saves any confusion if you refer to it correctly.
wimpy wrote:...You say that you have successfully done a frugal installation of this iso.
Correct.
wimpy wrote:...If you are able to boot it from grub4dos would it not be more appropriate for you to supply your menu.lst entry.
I never mentioned anything about using grub4dos, i did say "The following stanza works for me using Legacy Grub:"
But just for you i made a quick install on a flash drive using grub4dos,
i was able to boot it using either of these two stanza's:

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title PupRescue 2.5 (sdb1/pr25)
  find --set-root --ignore-floppies --ignore-cd /pr25/initrd.gz
  kernel /pr25/vmlinuz   psubdir=pr25 pmedia=usbflash pfix=fsck
  initrd /pr25/initrd.gz

title PupRescue 2.5 (sdb1/pr25) RAM mode\nBoot up Puppy without pupsave
  find --set-root --ignore-floppies --ignore-cd /pr25/initrd.gz
  kernel /pr25/vmlinuz   psubdir=pr25 pfix=ram
  initrd /pr25/initrd.gz
I have attached the complete menu.lst below (remove the fake .gz)

wimpy wrote:...Of all the puppy distro isos I've tried this is the only one without a isolinux.bin and a isolinux.cfg.
That's because it is set up to use Grub.

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#33 Post by wimpy »

I was busy editing my post while you were answering it. I thought that my post sounded a tad rude, and in any case I had confirmed that grub4dos will boot the iso. I am grateful for your help.
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Two YUMI ISOs for Pup Rescue 2.5 and Precise PupRescue

#34 Post by Gooplusplus »

Two new USB YUMI-compatible ISOs for Pup Rescue 2.5 and Precise Pup Rescue

http://www.gooplusplus.com/pup-rescue-2.5-yumi.iso --- ( lupu-PupRescue_2.5-YUMI.iso )
http://www.gooplusplus.com/precise-pup-rescue-yumi.iso --- ( Precise-PupRescue-YUMI.iso )

Download the ISO, start YUMI and select Lucid Puppy Linux or Precise Puppy Linux.

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The original CDROM ISO for PupRescue 2.5 and Precise PupRescue lacked any isolinux files to help it work with YUMI USB Multiboot software.

Since we plan to add PupRescue to one of our new USB Multiboot KUDOS collections, we added a few files to enable YUMI use.

You can find Gooplusplus USB Multiboot collections at this link: http://www.gooplusplus.com/multiboot-collections/

We have not tested everything in these YUMI-compatible versions of PupRescue but the basics seem to work.

We noted that while networking works, there is no default web browser in PupRescue 2.5 so you will have to add one.
Fortunately, Precise Pup Rescue includes the SeaMonkey (Firefox) web browser.

Unfortunately, after YUMI installs the distro files to your USB flash drive, YUMI might not add the new entry to syslinux.cfg

You can manually edit /multiboot/syslinux.cfg to ADD THIS TEXT:
#start lupu-pupRescue-2.5
LABEL Puppy Rescue 2.5
MENU LABEL Puppy Rescue 2.5
MENU INDENT 1
CONFIG /multiboot/lupu-PupRescue_2.5-YUMI/isolinux.cfg
APPEND /multiboot/lupu-PupRescue_2.5-YUMI/
#end lupu-pupRescue-2.5
#start Precise-PupRescue-YUMI
LABEL Precise Puppy Rescue
MENU LABEL Precise Puppy Rescue
MENU INDENT 1
CONFIG /multiboot/Precise-PupRescue-YUMI/isolinux.cfg
APPEND /multiboot/Precise-PupRescue-YUMI/
#end Precise-PupRescue-YUMI


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