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In bios try changing the boot device order so that usb is first.I can see the usb from the bios, but after I select it, it doesn't start puppy but my usual mint.
[/quote]bigpup wrote:In bios try changing the boot device order so that usb is first.I can see the usb from the bios, but after I select it, it doesn't start puppy but my usual mint.
Make sure this gets saved when you exit the bios setup.
Are you really sure you got a good download of the Puppy iso?
What is the computer make and model?
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$ inxi -Fxz
System: Host: UX305FA Kernel: 4.11.0-14-generic x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 5.4.0)
Desktop: Cinnamon 3.4.6 (Gtk 3.18.9) Distro: Linux Mint 18.2 Sonya
Machine: System: ASUSTeK (portable) product: UX305FA v: 1.0
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: UX305FA v: 1.0
Bios: American Megatrends v: UX305FA.213 date: 10/12/2015
CPU: Dual core Intel Core M-5Y71 (-HT-MCP-) cache: 4096 KB
flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 5587
clock speeds: max: 2900 MHz 1: 911 MHz 2: 1099 MHz 3: 966 MHz
4: 901 MHz
Graphics: Card: Intel Broadwell-U Integrated Graphics bus-ID: 00:02.0
Display Server: X.Org 1.18.4 drivers: (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
Resolution: 1920x1080@60.00hz
GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 5300 (Broadwell GT2)
GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 17.0.7 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio: Card-1 Intel Wildcat Point-LP High Definition Audio Controller
driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
Card-2 Intel Broadwell-U Audio Controller
driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:03.0
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.11.0-14-generic
Network: Card: Intel Wireless 7265 driver: iwlwifi bus-ID: 02:00.0
IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives: HDD Total Size: 263.8GB (26.4% used)
ID-1: /dev/sda model: SanDisk_SD7SN3Q2 size: 256.1GB
ID-2: USB /dev/sdb model: DataTraveler_2.0 size: 7.8GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 9.5G used: 6.7G (75%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda3
ID-2: /home size: 221G used: 55G (26%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda4
ID-3: swap-1 size: 4.30GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda2
RAID: No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 50.0C mobo: 27.8C
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: 25500
Info: Processes: 236 Uptime: 54 min Memory: 2021.1/7884.5MB
Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 5.4.0
Client: Shell (bash 4.3.481) inxi: 2.2.35
Will folllow your advice now. I'll post the results in a few minutespeterw wrote:Hi overkill22
There is good advice above but, as well, just thinking about your problem and alternative solutions. Part of the issue is to get a Puppy going and then there are more options - we use the term, "chicken and egg - what comes first?".
So, you can boot into Mint and other Distros but not Puppy and you can use the dd command. As it so happens one of Puppy's relations is Fatdog and it is a hybrid iso meaning it can be either burnt to CD OR dd onto a USB stick. Once you have Fatdog you can install a Puppy other ways. (And I know that Puppy can be easily made into a hybrid relatively easily but lets stick with Fatdog for the moment.)
Here is the Fatdog page: http://distro.ibiblio.org/fatdog/web/.
1. Download the iso from one of the mirrors.
2. Plug in your usb and "lsblk" to see what is its reference - should be sdb if that is the only usb device plugged in. Change below if it is not sdb
3. sudo umount /dev/sdb
4. Open terminal where you have downloaded the iso and then use it for following
4. sudo dd bs=4M if=input.iso of=/dev/sdb && sync
Takes a while. That should be it. Now reboot and select the USB from your laptop - one of the F10, F11, F12 keys normally. And it should boot OK.
I managed to install the iso on the usb and it boot until the bootmanager. When I select Fat Dog I have an error of memory (couldn't find memory) and then kernel panic.peterw wrote:Hi overkill22
There is good advice above but, as well, just thinking about your problem and alternative solutions. Part of the issue is to get a Puppy going and then there are more options - we use the term, "chicken and egg - what comes first?".
So, you can boot into Mint and other Distros but not Puppy and you can use the dd command. As it so happens one of Puppy's relations is Fatdog and it is a hybrid iso meaning it can be either burnt to CD OR dd onto a USB stick. Once you have Fatdog you can install a Puppy other ways. (And I know that Puppy can be easily made into a hybrid relatively easily but lets stick with Fatdog for the moment.)
Here is the Fatdog page: http://distro.ibiblio.org/fatdog/web/.
1. Download the iso from one of the mirrors.
2. Plug in your usb and "lsblk" to see what is its reference - should be sdb if that is the only usb device plugged in. Change below if it is not sdb
3. sudo umount /dev/sdb
4. Open terminal where you have downloaded the iso and then use it for following
4. sudo dd bs=4M if=input.iso of=/dev/sdb && sync
Takes a while. That should be it. Now reboot and select the USB from your laptop - one of the F10, F11, F12 keys normally. And it should boot OK.
I used the right commands, and installed it correctly, sudo and iso too.peterw wrote:Hi overkill22
I have never seen your problems before. Normally, everything just works.
First to check the detail. You sudo dd bs=4M if=input.iso of=/dev/sdb && sync and I, maybe should have been more specific by saying sudo dd bs=4M if=Fatdog64-710.iso of=/dev/sdb && sync I presume you download that 710.iso.
Secondly, what is the make and model of that laptop. It seems strange that it could not find the memory and panicked.
So it got to the menu screen and when you selected the appropriate entry it started to load but got stuck when it did not find any RAM. I usually do a frugal install which only takes a few minutes, but tonight I will find time to carry out my instructions and then I may be able to advise better.
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$ inxi -Fxz
System: Host: UX305FA Kernel: 4.11.0-14-generic x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 5.4.0)
Desktop: Cinnamon 3.4.6 (Gtk 3.18.9) Distro: Linux Mint 18.2 Sonya
Machine: System: ASUSTeK (portable) product: UX305FA v: 1.0
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: UX305FA v: 1.0
Bios: American Megatrends v: UX305FA.213 date: 10/12/2015
CPU: Dual core Intel Core M-5Y71 (-HT-MCP-) cache: 4096 KB
flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 5587
clock speeds: max: 2900 MHz 1: 911 MHz 2: 1099 MHz 3: 966 MHz
4: 901 MHz
Graphics: Card: Intel Broadwell-U Integrated Graphics bus-ID: 00:02.0
Display Server: X.Org 1.18.4 drivers: (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
Resolution: 1920x1080@60.00hz
GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 5300 (Broadwell GT2)
GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 17.0.7 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio: Card-1 Intel Wildcat Point-LP High Definition Audio Controller
driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
Card-2 Intel Broadwell-U Audio Controller
driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:03.0
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.11.0-14-generic
Network: Card: Intel Wireless 7265 driver: iwlwifi bus-ID: 02:00.0
IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives: HDD Total Size: 263.8GB (26.4% used)
ID-1: /dev/sda model: SanDisk_SD7SN3Q2 size: 256.1GB
ID-2: USB /dev/sdb model: DataTraveler_2.0 size: 7.8GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 9.5G used: 6.7G (75%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda3
ID-2: /home size: 221G used: 55G (26%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda4
ID-3: swap-1 size: 4.30GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda2
RAID: No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 50.0C mobo: 27.8C
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: 25500
Info: Processes: 236 Uptime: 54 min Memory: 2021.1/7884.5MB
Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 5.4.0
Client: Shell (bash 4.3.481) inxi: 2.2.35
ok, I'll try that.bigpup wrote:Puppy should be able to boot with no problem on this computer.
Those specs indicate, a normal computer, that Puppy boots on all the time.
Have you tried to put Puppy on a different USB flash drive?
Tried to use a different USB port to plug the drive into?
On the USB flash, are all the file names in lower case?
In the computers bios. Are you sure secure boot is disabled and or legacy boot is enabled?
I know you said the md5 checks OK.
I would still try a fresh new download of the iso.
Get them from here:
http://distro.ibiblio.org/puppylinux/
Could try Xenialpup. it has a much newer Linux kernel.
http://distro.ibiblio.org/puppylinux/test/xenialpup/
Do not know why this would be of any help, but I have seen posts in the forum about having to make two partitions on the USB flash drive.
First one, say 1GB in size, formatted fat32, flagged boot.
Second one, what is left, formatted anything, Ext 3 would be good format to put the Puppy save on.
Install Puppy to the first partition.
With which method should I install Puppy in this case?bigpup wrote: Do not know why this would be of any help, but I have seen posts in the forum about having to make two partitions on the USB flash drive.
First one, say 1GB in size, formatted fat32, flagged boot.
Second one, what is left, formatted anything, Ext 3 would be good format to put the Puppy save on.
Install Puppy to the first partition.
I'll try this with fatdog.peterw wrote:overkill22
I have had some further thoughts about why Fatdog did not complete the boot process. You can pass extra instructions to the boot process. A list of some pf them can be seen if you press the F1 to F4 buttons when you get to the Fatdog menu. So for example, whatever one of the 9 menu items you choose, you select press tab and add the instructions. What I would like you to try is after initrd add "mem=1950m waitdev=10" without the quotations marks.
Unetbootin should be good to use to do the install to first partition.bigpup wrote:Puppy should be able to boot with no problem on this computer.
Those specs indicate, a normal computer, that Puppy boots on all the time.
Have you tried to put Puppy on a different USB flash drive?
Tried to use a different USB port to plug the drive into?
On the USB flash, are all the file names in lower case?
In the computers bios. Are you sure secure boot is disabled and or legacy boot is enabled?
I know you said the md5 checks OK.
I would still try a fresh new download of the iso.
Get them from here:
http://distro.ibiblio.org/puppylinux/
Could try Xenialpup. it has a much newer Linux kernel.
http://distro.ibiblio.org/puppylinux/test/xenialpup/
Do not know why this would be of any help, but I have seen posts in the forum about having to make two partitions on the USB flash drive.
First one, say 1GB in size, formatted fat32, flagged boot.
Second one, what is left, formatted anything, Ext 3 would be good format to put the Puppy save on.
Install Puppy to the first partition.
I think I was telling every step I took. The picture in the first page could be the most useful hint since it report what puppy is looking for.bigpup wrote:Thanks for sticking with this and trying to get it working!
This is really not normal for Puppy.
There are a bunch of questions to answer and things to try.
Need specific answers!!
When you try something need to see:
You do what?
You see what?
Any small thing, could be the clue to what is causing this.
WE ONLY KNOW WHAT YOU TELL US!!!!
I've tried this way too, no luck either.bigpup wrote: Unetbootin should be good to use to do the install to first partition.