Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

divisionmd · Joined: 14 Jul 2007 Posts: 592

Hello,

- I can get psubdir working with grub but it does not seem to work with syslinux. (extlinux.conf).

anyone got a working configuration of this? tried many different settings.

My extlinux.conf now looks like:

say Test Boot
default Test
timeout 50
prompt 1

label Test
kernel /Test/vmlinuz
append psubdir=/Test initrd=/Test/initrd

From the above vmliunz and initrd are loaded from correct locations but the save file is not loaded... .??
Question

Thanks for help,

Best regards,
Johan

rcrsn51 · Posted: Tue 10 Jul 2012, 13:26 Post subject:

What type of device is this for? A flash drive? A CD remaster?

ETP · Joined: 19 Oct 2010 Posts: 310 Location: UK

divisionmd
Reproduced below is an extract from my working syslinux.cfg for a USB stick. (I am assuming that is what you are using). Extlinux and syslinux are substantially the same. In any event the APPEND line is and initrd should be the first item.

ICPUG · Joined: 24 Jul 2005 Posts: 1278 Location: UK

The initial / in psubdir is not required and used to cause failures in older puppies. Not sure whether it does these days but I would use

psubdir=test

in the append line.

The initial / IS required when referencing vmlinuz and initrd.gz

You say the save file is not loaded. Is the sfs file loaded?

divisionmd · Joined: 14 Jul 2007 Posts: 592

Hello All,

- Thanks for all the input.

- Will test and report back.

Best regards,
Johan

divisionmd · Joined: 14 Jul 2007 Posts: 592

Tested a few lines - but none work.

Using one harddisk - and want to boot from harddisk.

Attaching my conf file (as a .zip) and a screenshot from the screen.

initrd and vmlinuz loads from correct place but save file does not load from the correct place .. .

Thanks for any help or input,

Best regards,
Johan

ICPUG · Joined: 24 Jul 2005 Posts: 1278 Location: UK

Ah! - you're using Fatdog. That does things differently.

I haven't used Fatdog yet but I have read the faq about boot options here:

http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/fatdog/web/faqs/boot-options.html

psubdir is not a parameter for Fatdog

It seems to suggest that if you want the save file to be found in a directory below the root you use

search=1

There is quite a bit more on the save file which I have not read. I'll leave it to you.

What intrigues me is how you got Fatdog to load with psubdir using grub!

rcrsn51 · Posted: Wed 11 Jul 2012, 14:06 Post subject:

divisionmd · Joined: 14 Jul 2007 Posts: 592

Hello,

RCRSN51: "Run Control Panel > Utilities > Savefile Argument Builder. " that command i dont have there "Save file argument builder"

- can i start that program from a console command instead?

- added to the end of the config file "search=1" but still no luck..

do you have a working example on how to load save files from a sepcific folder which i can learn from?

Thanks for help,

Best regards,
Johan

rcrsn51 · Posted: Thu 12 Jul 2012, 10:23 Post subject:

divisionmd · Joined: 14 Jul 2007 Posts: 592

Hello,

- Installed gub and now its working fine!

- Thanks everybody for help!

Best regards,
Johan

rcrsn51 · Posted: Thu 12 Jul 2012, 11:26 Post subject:

divisionmd · Joined: 14 Jul 2007 Posts: 592

Hello rcrsn51,

- Installed grub from the control panel - the one built in to fatdog.

However at closer look it still does not work - this my config:

title Test (sda1)
uuid 2f6f5dac-b0f4-46fe-b2d4-f22ca1819979
kernel /DMDS-64-Reload/vmlinuz pmedia=atahd pfix=fsck psubdir=DMDS-64-Reload
initrd /DMDS-64-Reload/initrd

This works grub setup i know works - but on bootup after grub it still says "searching" for the save file.

So same thing in grub as in syslinux.. .

Any clue on what to do test?

Thanks for help,

Best regards,
Johan

CatDude · Joined: 03 Jan 2007 Posts: 1355 Location: UK

Hello divisionmd

rcrsn51 · Posted: Tue 17 Jul 2012, 04:27 Post subject: