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[veronicathecow]

Hi thanks I have found it on the memory card (using my main PC
The contents of the file are
pkeys=en waitdev=3 savefile=direct:local basesfs=device:mmcblk0p1:/fatdogarm/fd-arm.sfs

[woodenshoe-wi]

Is the fd-arm.sfs file in the fatdogarm directory on the SD card?

Are you still getting the "Cannot load basesfs" error when booting?

[veronicathecow]

Yes still same error.
Files in root(as are all the files) not in a folder

[woodenshoe-wi]

The only file that belongs in the fatdogarm directory is fd-arm.sfs

But you can probably edit the cmdline.txt file to remove the fatdogarm directory from the basesfs path if you don't want to put it in a directory.

[veronicathecow]

Woof Woof, up and running!
I just created the folder and moved the file across and it has booted up to desktop.

Many thanks for your help woodenshoe-wi

[woodenshoe-wi]

Glad to help.

I knew it should work because I had tested this version myself, just had to figure out what went wrong.

[RetroTechGuy]

Thanks Don. The Pi3 is currently on my radar -- been wondering what versions of Puppy to play with.

[don570]

[woodenshoe-wi]

The fault could be with the program veronicathecow used to un-compress the zip file. Everything worked fine for me without any changes.

If you make the changes to config.txt that I wrote about in http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=988299#988299
you should be able to boot this on your Pi2.

[veronicathecow]

Hi don570, Pi is booting to big white and black analouge clock.
Cant seen to save the session though
When I try to close down I follow all the instructions i get the following error

Problem: fdsave.ext.4 on /dev/mmbclkop1 already exists. Please choose a different name.

With a different name it does save, but then on reboot it does not load this save file with a different name.

[veronicathecow]

Thanks woodenshoe-wi that's a good thought I will check.
"The fault could be with the program veronicathecow used to un-compress the zip file. Everything worked fine for me without any changes. "

[veronicathecow]

Hi woodenshoe-wi, yes you were right I hadn't chosen the correct options to expand the directories so I have re-installed that correctly now, thank you.

I am still getting similar problems though
Problem: fdsave.ext4 on /dev/mmbclkop1 already exists. Please choose a different name.

With a different name it now does not save but says
Problem: Unable to create tmsave.ext4 on /dev/mmcblk01p. Please chose another device/partition.

[woodenshoe-wi]

I didn't have any problem creating a save file, but mine is named fdsave.ext4

I don't know if fdsave.ext.4 with the extra "." in between "ext" and "4" is a typo or part of the problem. If there is nothing important in it maybe you could try deleting it from the SD card with the computer and trying again?

If you are getting errors is there enough free space on the SD card?

[veronicathecow]

Just a typo.

[veronicathecow]

I did a complete re-install with the corrected file structure and the results posted were from that. It's a 32gb card and I have tried a 29gb and 10gb save file, both same problem. However a 512 and a 1024 file size work.
Will try other sizes tomorrow.