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by rfrye7533
Sun 22 Mar 2009, 16:34
Forum: Puppy Derivatives
Topic: BoxPup 4.1.2 w/ zdrv_412.sfs disk remaster procedure
Replies: 0
Views: 1597

BoxPup 4.1.2 w/ zdrv_412.sfs disk remaster procedure

Please keep in mind that I have no idea what your experience or proficiency level is so I wrote this for a newbie. Please don't take offense if it seems that I am talking down to you. What you need is any old copy of the puppy live-CD before 4.1.0. I recommend the following procedure to remaster the...
by rfrye7533
Mon 23 Feb 2009, 15:25
Forum: Puppy Derivatives
Topic: Boxpup 4.1.2 released
Replies: 133
Views: 121863

My guess is that there should be a zdrv_412.sfs listed here, but the live cd runs just fine. I went to ibiblio.org to check for the file and none was available in the sfs files directory. I was able to do a workaround. I copied zdrv_400.sfs from an old puppy 4.0 iso and renamed it zdrv_412.sfs. The...
by rfrye7533
Sun 22 Feb 2009, 20:12
Forum: Puppy Derivatives
Topic: Boxpup 4.1.2 released
Replies: 133
Views: 121863

BoxPup fails full hd install

Hello. Not really a noob. Had a problem installing BoxPup 4.1.2 as full hd installation. The universal installer exits prematurely. Here are teh last few lines of output from the universal installer: Copying initrd.gz... Copying .sfs files... cp: cannot stat `/mnt/sr0/zdrv_*.sfs': No such file or di...
by rfrye7533
Sun 19 Oct 2008, 15:03
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: devx_400.sfs won't load
Replies: 6
Views: 1992

All, Thanks for your patience and help. Muggins, I must confess that I read that section of the tutorial but it seemed to trickle out of my brain before it could get hold. After your prompting I followed the procedure, which I think is only deficient in that it doesn't make it painfully obvious to t...
by rfrye7533
Sun 19 Oct 2008, 00:47
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: devx_400.sfs won't load
Replies: 6
Views: 1992

devx_400.sfs won't load

Hello, I have a hard disk install of puppy 4.0. I downloaded devx_400.sfs and put it in the '/' directory. I have followed the instructions for enabling devx_400.sfs through the boot manager. The boot manager allows me to move the file to the right side list, it's still there after reboot, but invok...