SFS file issues / concerns (Not-Quite Solved...yet)

[mikeb]

Sfs files are likable.... having no limits is nice...each machine has its own set of apps to load at boot (but by filename...no boot manager) and a stock of others to load on demand. Typically there are 10-20 loaded. Also means the core pup contains core libraries and yer basic tools and a browser....handy for quick boot/fix stuff.

I also find it the cleanest way to test a new application or compile since the system is left as was after wards (or should be...hence the topic here.)

Ok people...here is my sfs loader
usage is activate /path/to/file.sfs
or add the script to rox's right click menu.
it toggles load or unload...same script.

Try it and see if you still get this strange behaviour.

mike

[slavvo67]

Sorry, I'm bringing this up again! This time, same issue with Virtualbox. I think that I'll convert SFS files to pets from now on... at least the old, somewhat obsolete PPM can still recognize when a pet has been installed and remove it.

[mikeb]

well if you want proper sfs module handling use slax or porteus or rewrite half the scripts

mike

[slavvo67]

Porteus and Slax were my favorites before I went full-time puppy. Maybe I should play in their sandboxes some more...

[Karl Godt]

Ok people...here is my sfs loader

mike

Mike, your code has this line :

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RAMSIZE=`free | grep "Total:"| tr -s " " | cut -f 2 -d " "`

But my free has this output :

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bash-3.00# free
             total         used         free       shared      buffers
Mem:       3972280       915184      3057096            0       181408
-/+ buffers:             733776      3238504
Swap:     23366352            0     23366352

Around here ( rc.shutdown ) :
#110405 fix 'free' applet output format different in later versions of busybox.
Barry's code in pup_event_frontend_d does it like this :

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free_initrd_func() { #UniPup, runs entirely in initramfs.
 #110405 fix for later versions busybox...
 memFREEK=`free | grep -o 'Mem: .*' | tr -s ' ' | cut -f 4 -d ' '`
 swapFREEK=`free | grep -o 'Swap: .*' | tr -s ' ' | cut -f 4 -d ' '`
 SIZEFREEK=`expr $memFREEK + $swapFREEK`
 SIZEFREEM=`expr $SIZEFREEK \/ 1024`

[mikeb]

Yes free in busybox has changed... more dumb linux stuff.

It also breaks the sfs loaded in lighthouse pup.

@slavvo67 nothing to stop you adding useful parts of puppy to slax... eg the wifi handling.

mike