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dolphin wrote: i know what am i doing

sorry... didn't mean to patronise, I know what I am doing, but I still made the mistake.

still dont work with me

yes yes
it work!!
thanks to all

llol_slim wrote:

dolphin wrote: i know what am i doing

sorry... didn't mean to patronise, I know what I am doing, but I still made the mistake.

sorry for being emotional

I think if you use puppy 2.17 or later, there is a simpler way:
1. download the devx_xxx.sfs
2. place it anywhere you like
3. click on it and a rox window should appear which display the content of the sfs file.
4. open rox, go to slash window (that is: "/", not "root")
5. go to the window that display sfs content, crtl-a to select them all.
6. drag them all to the "/" window.

It works everytime for me too, less typing (but hard on my right wrist,

akhmad_santoso that would be good for normal sfs files, but with the devx sfs if you don't use the
options when copying the files all of the links may not setup right.

Also by doing it your way it leaves a directory in the /mnt call +(whatever the name of the sfs file is).

but that is a good tip for getting to see what is in a sfs file.

is the same procedure to be followed for kernel-src_301.sfs also??

It works with Dingo A6 too, thanks !!

Okay I love you for this... I've been trying for hours to figure out how to get this to compile and this is the first guide that actually worked!

something kinda weird happened to me
i installed wNOP yesterday then i installed a large number of .sfs files using your way - worked perfectly then I installed something i shouldnt have installed and buggered it up ... no problems
reinstall took bout 10mins
went to install .sfs files and ... got the same message as mini
i'm really scratching my head with this one
ps. i got install down to a fine art - always experimenting, always stuffing up, always learning - so my procedure was exactly the same as the previous day
am i going nuts or is my computer telling me something profound?
going to try it on a standard 301 install
be back soon...
cheers
martin

gday
back again
installed 301 and sucessfully loaded MUs 008 addons - thank you MU
I am thinking that my copy of wNOP is corrupt
gonna download it again and check the MD5sum
then reinstall it...
but not tonight
getting tired
so you will have to wait to see if i have success
cheers
martin
ps. i did get that 'failed' message with
#mount -o loop xxxx_301.sfs /data
but i changed it to
#mount -o loop /xxxx_301.sfs /data
NB: I tried many different combinations such as this in wNOP with no avail

Hi desertpuppy, thank you for the guide in installing sfs to a full hd installation of puppy linux. Is there a guide also to uninstall those sfs files in case you don't need it anymore?

Thank you in advance.

a brief update on my previous reply..
i am able to now load my .sfs files onto wNOP (an xfce environment)
only by doing the following:

1. go to command prompt and enter xwin startjwm
(it takes you back to xfce)
2. Load the .sfs via said instructions
3. here's the catch - load all of them in the one session!
If you poweroff/reboot you will not be able to any more .sfs files as you get the same message above.

I have tested this many times in the past week while testing cedega
re: http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=28644
and the test results are the same
weird huh!
also i have found that sometimes on the standard 3.01 requires you to mount then unmount one .sfs file before the process can begin - even weirder!!
cheers

Hi,

I'm testing Dingo as a Virtual Box guest (on an xp host), and I really like what I see so far.

I'd like to install the VBoxLinuxAdditions, which bring significant enhancements to the virtual machine, including folder sharing, better video and mouse behaviors. I routinely install VBLA on all linux guests, using roughly the same procedure: install kernel build and headers, and gcc packages.

Unfortunately, after installing devx_400, which appears to supply all of the above (according to devcopy.txt), I am getting an error when I try to install VBLAs:

"Please install the build and header files for your current Linux kernel. The current kernel version is 2.6.21.7"

Does devx_400 install different kernel files? If so, where can I get the correct files (and how do I install them)?

Thanks!

Hello,
I downloaded the devx_400.sfs file (i'm runing Puppy 4). When I try to run the mount command I get the following error:
#mount -o loop devx_400.sfs /data
mount: you must specify the filesystem type

What do I do wrong?

RESOLVED! After reboot everything worked just fine

Just found this topic after trouble with bootmanager in Puppy 4.00

and it worked straight away.

Thanks for the great tutorial.

DesertPupppy

fantastic

my only etc/rc.d does not show etc/rc.d/rc.modules file. anyway my 412 does not.

[SO] i entered your code in both and etc/rc.d/functions4puppy and etc/rc.d/functions4puppy4. since every thing works [SO] what

btw the last bit of code, 1dconfig, did not go. rxvt came back with "command not found"


really appreciate this how-to; thanks

UltraPup

In 4.12 you don't need the line added to rc.modules because that file is not in there anymore I think it's call modulesconfig or somthing like that.

you have to type ldconfig (it is the letter L not a number 1)

DesertPuppy wrote:In 4.12 you don't need the line added to rc.modules because that file is not in there anymore I think it's call modulesconfig or somthing like that.

Hi DesertPuppy,

Does that mean in 4.12 that I can skip that step or that I have to modify another file. If I have to modify the file is the syntax the same or different.

Also what would be the implications of omitting that step (which I did)?

Thanks ........... Paul

Hi,

Another follow-up question.

If one is using the 4.12 Retro kernel, which version of devx_xxx.sfs should one use? The 4.12 one or an earlier one?


Thanks .......... Paul