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jam · Joined: 14 Jul 2006 Posts: 245

Mark/Dougal:

Things appear to be working better under Puppy 2.11 standard release:

- MUT still shows the HD as an umounted device but....

- Remaster script now displays RAMDISK and HD devices, which is what I
was expecting during prior tests.

- After selecting the HD device and responding to the subsequent prompts,
the script generates the ISO successfully, but....

- If I interrupt/restart the script or re-execute the script after successful
completion, only the RAMDISK device shows up.

EDIT: Figured out how to fix the above problem - had to manually
unmount the HD device using MUT, then when I re-ran script it once
again recognized BOTH devices.

- Command line utilities do NOT seg fault under this release..

See attached probepart -m listing. Tried to attach the remaster script output to show you the devices but I reached my attached file maximum file size quota.

slapshot · Joined: 02 Apr 2006 Posts: 270 Location: Italy

Hi Dougal,

I tried your last version of pupremaster.sh but I get a XDialog error after calculating necessary space. I think it is the window that asks where to place iso file.
I believe it is a simple sintax error but I don't know so well basic script.

I'm trying to remaster an hd installation but having some troubles with prior script, so I'm trying this right now.

Thanks.

MU · Posted: Thu 16 Nov 2006, 09:13 Post subject:

Jam, it looks like if you used the option "use all programs", what mounts the second muppy_211.sfs from the CD.
You might try without it, as my mount-mechanism might not be optimal.

If you want to use those programs anyway, it might work more reliable, if you choose to copy the two .sfs files to the harddisk, because then they are mounted automatically by Puppys internal mechanisms, and not by my script.

If you confirm to create a save-file when Muppy shuts down, you get the option to copy those files for you to your harddisk ("speedwizard").

Mark

jam · Joined: 14 Jul 2006 Posts: 245

Mark: Where do I find the "use all programs" you are referring to in your last post? I seem to have missed that when I was using your distro.

Dougal · Posted: Thu 16 Nov 2006, 14:49 Post subject:

Ok, here's another version.

There was a little bug introduced when I added HairyWill's fix, where only the unmounted HD partitions were offered. Solved.

Another thing I changed is the directory used for temporarily mounting partitions: if a partition is not already mounted, it gets mounted in order to check the free space on it. It used to be done with /mnt/data, but since you might have something else mounted there� I changed it to a temporary directory.

I have also added some "debugging lines" -- echoing various parameters so that if you have a problem you can redirect the script output into a file and then post it� I'll add more of those in the future.

Jam: I might have fixed the problem you had with re-running -- see above.
You can go to your previous posts and remove the attachments if you've reaches your limit...

Slapshot: I don't know what might have causes your error. Try running the script like this:

slapshot · Joined: 02 Apr 2006 Posts: 270 Location: Italy

@Dougal:
Hi Dougal, attached log file of new remaster script.

I tried you new script it seems to work creating an iso file. But this iso at bootstrap gives the following error:
-----------------------------------------------------------
Mounting /proc : Mounting on /proc failed: /proc/mounts: no such file directory
df: /proc/mounts: no such file or directory
Remounting '/' read - write
Mounting devpts: mount: /proc/mounts: no such file or directory
Mounting /sys: mount: /proc/mounts: no such file or directory
-----------------------------------------------------------
Then, of course, other error and when it attempts to launch X:

/usr/X11R7/bin/xwin: line 35: /tmp/kbdextlayout.txt: no such file or directory.

BTW, I'm trying to remaster a full hd installation.

Thanks

Dougal · Posted: Fri 17 Nov 2006, 09:02 Post subject:

Good job, Slapshot!
Here's another version�

The problem was that a full HD install hasn't got a /initrd directory, so mounting pup_2xx.sfs on /initrd/pup_ro2 didn't work� so your remaster didn't have /proc, /dev, /mnt�

I fixed it so it'll mount on /mnt/pup_ro2.

MU · Posted: Fri 17 Nov 2006, 09:13 Post subject:

Jam,
when you boot Muppy without a pup_save.3fs, then you get a dialog, where you can choose "use all programs".
This will mount mupp_211.sfs from the CD, so that you can access for example all 50 themes for Icewm.
On your screenshot it seems, that you chose that option, as your CD-drive is mounted in /initrd.
This is what happens, if you choose this option.

Mark

jam · Joined: 14 Jul 2006 Posts: 245

Thanks Mark! I'll check that out when I try the script again using Muppy004.

EDIT: Found it! I've been racing through the that 2nd dialog box with the prompt in question and wasn't paying enough attention to the text. Now I see it...plain as daylight. My bad. Embarassed

It's time this greyhound slows down a bit... Smile

I'll try Dougal's most recent version of the script under Muppy. It's looking really good so far...2 for 2 successful, trouble-free ISOs created under Standard Puppy 2.10 & Puppy 2.11. Now Muppy004 is next in line for testing. I'm not doing a remaster off of a full HD install, but that's OK since it's already being tested.

jam · Joined: 14 Jul 2006 Posts: 245

Dougal/Mark: The script failed due to an Xdialog error when attempting to execute under Muppy004(with service pack applied). I've attached the error file for you to review. I used the most recent version of Dougal's remaster script.

slapshot · Joined: 02 Apr 2006 Posts: 270 Location: Italy

@Dougal:

It seems ok now for the previous errors. Now I got a problem after the launch of Xvesa:

cat: /etc/videomode: No such file or directory
Starting X with video mode and mouse psaux ... stand a while

and then cat: etc/TZ: No such file or directory.

Attached another report of your script.

Thank you very much for your work Smile

. Yours is a very good job, not mine Wink

.

Dougal · Posted: Sat 18 Nov 2006, 10:00 Post subject:

Jam: your problem was that probepart didn't work�that caused the partition-list parameter to be nothing, which messed up that Xdialog.

I've added a test that, if there's no partition-list, only adds the ramdisk to the dialog.

Slapshot: the videomode file is left out intentionally when you choose not to customize to your hardware -- this way it runs the xvesa wizard (or should).

The TZ file was removed for the same reason, but I've now changed the script to leave it --it's just your time-zone�

slapshot · Joined: 02 Apr 2006 Posts: 270 Location: Italy

Hi Dougal,

I'm testing your script rigth now on a VM and it seems to work. I have always this rows:

cat: /etc/videomode: No such file or directory
cat: /etc/videomode: No such file or directory

then

Starting X with video mode and mouse psaux (during Xvesa launch) then after some seconds:

Exited from X. Type "xwin ....."

but this time xwin jwm and startx works well and I can have Xvesa wizard to set 1024x768 pixels.
This afternoon I will can test it on an old pc with a cd and I can test Xorg drv so the test will be more complete.

Dougal · Posted: Mon 20 Nov 2006, 13:00 Post subject:

As I mentioned above, /etc/videomode is removed on purpose, so that the Xvesa wizard is run when you first boot. I don't know why it would give you that error... Maybe Barry could help.

jam · Joined: 14 Jul 2006 Posts: 245

Dougal: Tested the latest version of the script with your most recent changes under Muppy004 but I'm still getting the same Xdialog error under Xvesa when attempting to display the device selection dialog box. Not sure where to go from here. Let me know of any changes you'd like me to test.