Macpup 2.17.1 Alpha 1

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#106 Post by Meshica7 »

Yes! I am actually posting this from the live cd.I am not sure where to look for the info.The Linux files system is very new to me. :lol:

juan

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#107 Post by prit1 »

Can you open the program pmount and see the partitions that are shown?

Try mounting each partition and see if you can locate a /boot/grub directory.

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#108 Post by Meshica7 »

Image

I did not see a /boot/grub directory.I also opened the Pdisk Partition Manage and did not see anything with a /boot/grub.

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#109 Post by prit1 »

click on the icon next to /mnt/hdc1 and navigate to /boot/grub directory.
locate the menu.lst file and paste the contents here please.

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#110 Post by Meshica7 »

Here ya go!


# GRUB configuration file '/boot/grub/menu.lst'.
# generated by 'grubconfig'. Wed Apr 16 20:26:14 2008
#
# The backup copy of the MBR for drive '/dev/hdc' is
# here '/boot/grub/mbr.hdc.15359'. You can restore it like this.
# dd if=/boot/grub/mbr.hdc.15359 of=/dev/hdc bs=512 count=1
#
# Start GRUB global section
#timeout 30
color light-gray/blue black/light-gray
# End GRUB global section
# Linux bootable partition config begins
title Linux (on /dev/hdc1)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdc1 ro vga=normal
# Linux bootable partition config ends
# Linux bootable initrd config begins
title Linux initrd /mnt/hdc1/boot/initrd.img-2.6.18-6-686 (on /dev/hdc1)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdc1 ramdisk_size=10251 root=/dev/ram0 rw
initrd /mnt/hdc1/boot/initrd.img-2.6.18-6-686
# Linux bootable initrd config ends
title Install GRUB to floppy disk (on /dev/fd0)
pause Insert a formatted floppy disk and press enter.
root (hd0,0)
setup (fd0)
pause Press enter to continue.
title Install GRUB to Linux partition (on /dev/hdc1)
root (hd0,0)
setup (hd0,0)
pause Press enter to continue.
title - For help press 'c', then type: 'help'
root (hd0)
title - For usage examples, type: 'cat /boot/grub/usage.txt'
root (hd0)

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RAM

#111 Post by Meshica7 »

Mem: 254748

Swap: 746980

Total: 1001728


take care!

juan

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#112 Post by prit1 »

@Meshica7: Can you post the contents of your fstab file. This file can be located in /etc folder on your /dev/hdc1. You must first run livecd, then open pmount and mount the /dev/hdc1. Then click on the icon next to /dev/hdc1 and navigate to /etc folder. Open the fstab file and post the contents here.

Looks like we might be able to give frugal a try.

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#113 Post by Django »

Hello Prit 1
Still waiting for Cel to post his remastered version.
Wy is it taking him so long?
It's like a carrot dangling on a stick in front of me. :lol:

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#114 Post by prit1 »

@Django: Am sure few others are waiting for Cel's remaster too. I cannot speak for him. Let's wait patiently. :)

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#115 Post by Meshica7 »

Here ya go Prit1....
  • /dev/hdc1 / ext3 defaults 0 1
    none /proc proc defaults 0 0
    none /sys sysfs defaults 0 0
    none /dev/pts devpts gid=2,mode=620 0 0
    /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,rw 0 0


I may only be online for a short time tonight.Not feeling well and need to get some rest.Thank God tomorrow is Friday! :mrgreen:

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#116 Post by prit1 »

@Meshica7:

please boot using the live cd again and mount the cd (using pmount program , click on /dev/hda1 or whichver says CD). Also mount /dev/hdc1. Now copy the files from the CD to /dev/hdc1 (by dragging them from one window to the other and choosing "copy".

Now navigate to /boot/grub folder on /dev/hdc1. Open the menu.lst file. Delete all lines except the lines with the color and timeout and add the following:

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title Macpup 2.17.1 Alpha1
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
kernel (hd0,0)/vmlinuz root=/dev/ram0 pmedia=idehd 
initrd (hd0,0)/initrd.gz 
Now reboot. Post back what happens.

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#117 Post by Meshica7 »

Prit...

Just to make sure....


Is this what the file should look like after I alter it?



timeout 15

color cyan/blue white/blue


title Macpup 2.17.1 Alpha1

rootnoverify (hd0,0)

kernel (hd0,0)/vmlinuz root=/dev/ram0 pmedia=idehd

initrd (hd0,0)/initrd.gz




At any rate,here's what happened after I saved the new file and rebooted:

Now executing 'init' script in initial-ramdisk...

(Note: initial ram-ramdisk is retained and in /initrd after bootup)
Loading kernel modules...done
Looking for Puppy in hdc1...done
Loading swap partition /dev/hdc5...done
Mounting /dev/hdc1 on (initrd)pup_rw...done
Creating tmpfs for pup_217.sfs on (/initrd)/mnt/tmpfs...done
Copying pup_217.sfs to tmpfs...mounting on (initrd)/pup_ro2...done
Creating unionfs on (/initrd)/pup_new (to become '/')...done
init: applet not found
Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!
_


Well,it got along further than any other time.
However...now I am getting this message even when I try to boot from the Macpup CD. I am posting this using the Puppy Linux CD.

Does this help you any?

Talk to ya soon.

Juan

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Update to boot problems

#118 Post by Meshica7 »

Prit,


I just tried booting from the CD again and it did fine.Got network and everything.Before that,I tried booting from the HD and I got the No Grub error.

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Update to boot problems

#119 Post by Meshica7 »

Prit,


I just tried booting from the CD again and it did fine.Got network and everything.Before that,I tried booting from the HD and I got the No Grub error.

Thanx!

Juan

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#120 Post by prit1 »

@Meshica7: I am sorry for the delay in getting back. Was in meetings and trainings at work even through the weekend. I am sorry to say that I am not sure how we can resolve this issue with the Grub. I am not an expert on these. I have sent a PM to a person I think might know, but did not get a response yet. I will let you know if I get any response or find any solution.

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#121 Post by Meshica7 »

No problem! This is a lot of fun just getting my feet wet!In the meantime I will be checking out the other Pups in the litter like Teen Pup,Graph Pup,and Simple Pup.Havin' fun and learnin' tons!
I appreciate all of your help.At least I can still rin Mac Pup in Live mode. :wink:

Take care and keep up the great work!

Juan

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#122 Post by composer »

CEL wrote:The Global Menu bar is achieved by installing a patched version of GTK and an xfce4- or gnome- panel plugin. (More info here and here.) I was able to find binary packages for these, which I can upload here if people are interested.

-CEL
Hi, I'm a Mac user, I'm tryng wnop with machintoshisch themes and so on, but I can't find GTK patches for global-menu (binaries).
I'm very interested in those binary packages ... this theme is pure OSX ... (I mean estetically) :D

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#123 Post by ttuuxxx »

hi guys if your using Mu's gtk theme chooser then this theme would work well I found while looking for other themes,
extract and move to user/share/themes/
Attachments
imetal.png
(22.57 KiB) Downloaded 1298 times
http://audio.online-convert.com/ <-- excellent site
http://samples.mplayerhq.hu/A-codecs/ <-- Codec Test Files
http://html5games.com/ <-- excellent HTML5 games :)

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#124 Post by puppyluvr »

:D Hello :D

@Prit1,
Love the Macpup, but have been running it live cd. Tonight I decided to Full H.D. install it..
Used the live cd to install..When I rebooted it I got an error:

-sh:error while loading shared library:libreadline.so.5 cannot open shared object file error 20

I wiped the partition and installed from the live cd again..same error..
Works fine w/pupsave and/or live cd...(I dont want frugal)
......Would love to make Macpup a permanent member of the kennel...Any thoughts??

.....Puppyluvr....

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#125 Post by prit1 »

@puppyluvr: Am glad you liked Macpup. When do you get this error? Does it even go into X? Or is this error occurring before that? I have never done full install of any puppy version. I prefer frugal and it has worked perfectly for me. If you have enough memory (atleast 256MB), why dont you try frugal? Otherwise we may need to find this shared library and add this to Macpup.

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