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simargl

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PostPosted: Fri 08 Mar 2013, 19:21    Post subject:  alphaOS [closed]
Subject description: .. new forum is at http://alphaos.tuxfamily.org/forum		  
alphaOS is simple and minimalistic Linux distribution based on Puppy Linux, built from
Arch Linux packages and uses pacman as the default package manager. Unlike official
Puppy systems, it has openbox window manager combined with dynamic menu update
and support for loading up to 20 additional sfs modules.

Homepage:
http://alphaos.tuxfamily.org/

Downloads:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/alphaos/files
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PostPosted: Sat 09 Mar 2013, 05:22    Post subject:  
How can you call that "from scratch" when you use ages-old code from Puppy? Confused
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simargl

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PostPosted: Sat 09 Mar 2013, 06:12    Post subject:  
... compiled from scratch. If you don't know what that means please visit link bellow.
http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs
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PostPosted: Sat 09 Mar 2013, 06:23    Post subject:  
I get curious on if it make you automatically booted as root
what password does root have?
Can you place the files on NTFS and then boot without
needing any linux partition made like ext3 or ext4

what is the menu.lst for grub4dos used for your Lightnix 001

title Lightnix 001 Linux
kernel (hd0,0)/Lightnix001/vmlinuz PMEDIA=atahd PDEV1=sda1 psubdir=Lightnix001 pfix=fsck
initrd (hd0,0)/Lightnix001/initrd.gz

or what do you use?
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PostPosted: Sat 09 Mar 2013, 06:29    Post subject:  
Currently it looks like this:
Quote:
title lightnix RAM mode (sda6/lightnix)
find --set-root --ignore-floppies --ignore-cd /lightnix/initrd.gz
kernel /lightnix/vmlinuz psubdir=lightnix pmedia=atahd pfix=ram,fsck
initrd /lightnix/initrd.gz
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PostPosted: Sat 09 Mar 2013, 08:25    Post subject:  
pfix=ram,fsck

would that mean you have a lightnix save file
and that you don't load it but still check the integrity of it?

Regardless I will test the OS when you have xorg and firefox or chrome going.

You did not answer if it boots with root=root password=lightnix
automatically or if it boot into user=user password=user
or user=live password=live
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PostPosted: Sat 09 Mar 2013, 09:32    Post subject:  
nooby wrote:
You did not answer if it boots with root=root password=lightnix
automatically or if it boot into user=user password=user
or user=live password=live

It boots without any password to tty1 as user root. But if change to tty2 you need to type
password, which by default is toor, just like in archpup because they are built with same rootfs.

And, thanks for your interest Razz
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PostPosted: Sat 09 Mar 2013, 19:25    Post subject:  
Name is changed to Lightning OS, needs more work but currently system is functioning OK,
meaning that xorg with 3D support (tested with game assault cub), sound and internet all work.

Here is DISTRO_SPECS:
Quote:
DISTRO_NAME='Lightning OS'
DISTRO_VERSION='001'
DISTRO_BINARY_COMPAT='none'
DISTRO_FILE_PREFIX='ltn'
DISTRO_COMPAT_VERSION='none'
DISTRO_KERNEL_PET='3.8.2'
DISTRO_XORG_AUTO='yes'
DISTRO_TARGETARCH='i686'
DISTRO_IDSTRING='0001LGTN10032013XXXXXXXXXXXX1234'
DISTRO_PUPPYSFS='ltn_001.sfs'
DISTRO_ADRVSFS='adrv-*_001.sfs'
DISTRO_YDRVSFS='extra_001.sfs'
DISTRO_ZDRVSFS='zdrv_001.sfs'
DISTRO_PUPPYDATE='Mar 2013'
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PostPosted: Sat 09 Mar 2013, 20:18    Post subject:  
Do you have a download link? So we can have a look.
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PostPosted: Sun 10 Mar 2013, 04:35    Post subject:  
seems somebody else?
also thought of that name?

Lightning OS
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lightning-OS/402616869818705
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PostPosted: Sun 10 Mar 2013, 06:41    Post subject:  
nooby wrote:
seems somebody else?
also thought of that name?

Lightning OS
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lightning-OS/402616869818705

Yes, you are right it is opensuse based distro with gnome 3.
So name is changed to .. .. Alpha OS! What do you think?

First post updated with more detailed explanations.
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PostPosted: Sun 10 Mar 2013, 17:01    Post subject:  
I have one problem with mount command and different behavior in AlphaOS compared to Archpup.

Problem is with partition /dev/sda5, formatted as NTFS. With command:
Code:
mount /dev/sda5 /mnt/sda5
it is mounted read-write in Archpup but read-only in AlphaOS.

mount command is provided by package util-linux plus ntfs-3g and fuse are installed for supporting ntfs filesystem in both OS'.

Only way to get write access to ntfs partition in AlphaOS is mounting with command ntfs-3g.
... and I don't want that because it breaks earlier scripts that use just mount command for everything.

Edit: Never mind, I've adjusted scripts to check fstype before mounting...
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PostPosted: Mon 11 Mar 2013, 07:03    Post subject:  
makepfile.sh, save file creator script from Archpup, made by me and much improved by mavrothal
(in his pre theoretical phase) is improved so it will read variables from /etc/distro_specs.
It's now usable in any Puppy linux, on the other hand does anyone really care...

Beta version of alphaOS Laughing will be available today!
Warning: It's not for the beginners!
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PostPosted: Mon 11 Mar 2013, 10:19    Post subject:  
I hope it will boot up frugally on NTFS
unless it is impossible or very difficult
to provide that feature. Archpup does
so would it be possible to borrow how
they do it?
Just a friendly suggestion.
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PostPosted: Mon 11 Mar 2013, 11:21    Post subject:  
Iso is uploaded, check first post for the link.
nooby wrote:
I hope it will boot up frugally on NTFS
unless it is impossible or very difficult
to provide that feature. Archpup does
so would it be possible to borrow how
they do it?
Just a friendly suggestion.

Thanks for your suggestion.
I didn't test it but frugal installation on NTFS should work.
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