another usb-pen booting problem

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another usb-pen booting problem

#1 Post by jtouso »

Puppy 1.0.3 Great!!
But with my pen-usb-flash can

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#2 Post by babbs »

jtouso,

I have a couple quick questions/things to try...

What brand/size is your USB device?
Does your device have a write-protect switch that may be set to read only?
Have you used this device on a previous version of Puppy?
Have you tried to reinstall Puppy to the device?

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#3 Post by Guest »

PNY Attache 128.
The switch is on write.
I have re-installed 2-3 times, same error

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#4 Post by babbs »

I'm sorry, but this one is beyond me. Hopefully, as the day comes to a close, the smart people will get on here with a real good answer.

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#5 Post by Flash »

Usually, when you get a request for a password when trying to boot Puppy it's because there is a bad pup001 (or equivalent) file on the hard drive. I'm not familiar with using Puppy from pen drives but perhaps the situation is similar. If you boot Puppy from the CD without the pen drive in, then look at the contents of the pen drive with ROX, what do you see?

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#6 Post by BungaDunga »

Same kind of problem here. Here's the files on my USB after attempting to boot:

There shouldn't be a pup001 file on the HD, there isn't the proper partition for it to write to the HD.
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#7 Post by BarryK »

Install-to-usb script offers two options to install.
The script states that the second of is now preferred,
there is also a warning that umsdos now not supported.

The script is actually in a transition phase, and option-1 needs
to be removed, as umsdos no longer works.

It appears from your picture of files and folders that you chose
option-1.

Please install again, and choose the preferred option.

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#8 Post by BarryK »

I'm just now running through the install script.
When it gets down to asking you to choose option 1 or 2, it states this:

UPDATE: Puppy 1.0.2 uses 2.6 kernel, which does not support umsdos,
hence now can only offer Option 2...
(1.0.3 has 2.4 kernel but umsdos now permanently not supported)

...meaning, choose Option 2 only.

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#9 Post by BarryK »

...hey!
i just looked at the install-to-usb script and i have hardwired it to only accept option 2, so option 1 can't even be chosen.

so, how did you install to usb?
you've done it wrong.

Firstly, you should use the script.

If for any reason you can't, you need a correct syslinux.cfg file, containing PSLEEP= and PFILE= parameters.

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#10 Post by BungaDunga »

My syslinux.cfg looks like this:

default vmlinuz root=/dev/ram0 initrd=image.gz
append PSLEEP=25 PHOME=sda1 PFILE=pup100-none-262144 PKEYS=us

I used the script to set it up- I

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#11 Post by BarryK »

ah okay, yes, syslinux.cfg looks alright.

It's been awhile since I played with the boot floppy, and I never needed it for booting usb.

So, let's think... it depends on the kind of boot floppy.
if it is using tiny.exe, then the invocation line with tiny.exe will need to have the PSLEEP and PFILE parameters.
since we are using the floppy to boot, not the usb.

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#12 Post by BungaDunga »

Yes- it has tiny.exe on it. I am guessing I

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#13 Post by BarryK »

Yes, the PFILE parameter is needed.

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#14 Post by BungaDunga »

Ok. Adding that parameter seems to work- it boots.

However, it says it can't find a partition and thus can't save data. I, indeed, don't have a partition set up for linux but shouldn't it be able to save directly to the USB like it can a CD? Or is this not possible yet?

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#15 Post by jtouso »

I 'm continuing with the same problem as the screen captures in previous user . Text screen with question about password.
I install Puppy on usb-pen with the script after a live-cd boot and also from windows after extracting the archives with isobuster and copy to usb. Both with the file without .txt (now I can't remember the name)
Help again

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