One thing that annoys me with newer Pups.
I can't save anywhere else but the USB.
I've tried Shinobar's version....and most times I've been happy.
But I had a problem here...my last post...and only Hirens got it
booting again. I spent hours with it.
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 5&start=30
Now at least the Falcon boots Vista-Win7 ERD without error.
So I have multi....multi Puppies.
None of the Puppy 5 versions let me select any other partition
or drive...only USB.
It really pees me off....why this behaviour?
What is so different..
But it has been enjoyable.
The last one I tried was Puppy Arcade 10.
And he has Shinobar's ??? Pupsave the GUI???
And because it is Puppy 4.2.1 based it gives me all the options.
If someone can't get their USB to boot, go to my post.
Instructions and the menu is there.
The folder names are there.
Hiren's utilities are all there.
As long as you extract all your files with 7 zip etc,
to the correct folders...it just works.
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And 7 zip.
Why don't we have something simple that works.
FRRRRRRRRRRRustrating.
It's woeful. A dog's dinner.
Sorry...it had to be said.
At least i can reboot into the falcon to extract it in Mini Windows.
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Next.
I saw a post by HiDeHo.
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=64525
"Hi my grub 2 experiences are as follows.
many os use grub 2 not just ubuntu this is only a guide you may need to change thing if using a separate brub2 /boot partition or another os with grub2
I wanted to create a custom grub loader with all the puppy boot options in it. i do it this way so that the main grub2 boot screen is not 1000s of lines long as each puppy needs its own entries this makes it easier and less colcated doing things this way.
from my ubuntu install i did this
i created a config file with the options in my puppy linux folder.
/dev/sda3/Puppy520/grub2.cfg
#This is a config file to get grub to boot puppy linux.
menuentry 'LUPUP 5.2.0 BOOT OPTIONS' {
insmod
set root
linux
intird
}
menuentry '01. Puppy Linux' {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,3)'
linux /Puppy520/vmlinuz psubdir=Puppy520
initrd /Puppy520/initrd.gz
and so on.
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So I had another go, tried different things, to get my boot options
back in a working Puppy USB.
And afterr many reboots...Nirvana was not reached.
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Obviously I changed his drive from >> hd0,3 to sdc1/lucid520
which works fine for me.
Considering my menu...in my Hirens link above,
is there any way to get my boot options back on my usb.
I left it out...I put it back...insmod ...it's not needed is it???
Example:
menuentry '01. Puppy Lucid 520{
insmod
set root='(sdc1/lucid520)'
linux / lucid520/vmlinuz psubdir=lucid520
initrd / lucid520/initrd.gz
}
menuentry '02. acpi=off Default on for PCs >2001, may give boot/shutdown Probs' {
insmod
set root='(sdc1/lucid520)'
linux / lucid520/vmlinuz psubdir=lucid520 puppy acpi=off
initrd / lucid520/initrd.gz
}
menuentry '03. pfix=ram Run totally in RAM ignore saved sessions' {
insmod
set root='(sdc1/lucid520)'
linux / lucid520/vmlinuz psubdir=lucid520 puppy pfix=ram
initrd / lucid520/initrd.gz
}
menuentry '04. pfix=nox commandline only, do not start x' {
insmod
set root='(sdc1/lucid520)'
linux / lucid520/vmlinuz psubdir=lucid520 puppy pfix=nox
initrd / lucid520/initrd.gz
}
menuentry '05. pfix=copy copy .sfs files to RAM (slower boot, faster running)' {
insmod
set root='(sdc1/lucid520)'
linux / lucid520/vmlinuz psubdir=lucid520 puppy pfix=copy
initrd / lucid520/initrd.gz
}
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So ideas to get the F2 menu options back.
Thanks....Chris.