Unable to Remaster X-Tahr
Unable to Remaster X-Tahr
i'm sure i'm just doing this wrong, but can't boot from remastered x-tahr
My steps:
Method 1:
- Mount xtahr 2.0 ISO.
- Launch "Remaster Puppy live-cd".
- Choose mounted xtahr 2.0 ISO for source files.
- Choose no on all customization-steps.
- Choose no on last step, to make iso.
- Use pburn to burn iso to DVD
Method 2:
Same as above, but copy my save-file to temp folder before making iso.
Method 3:
Same as above, but burn iso to usb drive with unetbootin
Method 4:
Same as above, but use ISO-Master to make iso from temp folder created by remaster-puppy. Then use pburn to burn that iso to DVD.
Nothin boots.
My steps:
Method 1:
- Mount xtahr 2.0 ISO.
- Launch "Remaster Puppy live-cd".
- Choose mounted xtahr 2.0 ISO for source files.
- Choose no on all customization-steps.
- Choose no on last step, to make iso.
- Use pburn to burn iso to DVD
Method 2:
Same as above, but copy my save-file to temp folder before making iso.
Method 3:
Same as above, but burn iso to usb drive with unetbootin
Method 4:
Same as above, but use ISO-Master to make iso from temp folder created by remaster-puppy. Then use pburn to burn that iso to DVD.
Nothin boots.
Try this: LazY Remaster Suite - - remastering the main sfs from settings made completely in a GUI.
After remaster is done, just copy the new main .sfs around where ever needed.
After remaster is done, just copy the new main .sfs around where ever needed.
Thx, but it says " it comes as a RoxApp". I'm running xfce/thunar.
So, Remaster Puppy live-CD doesn't work?
So, Remaster Puppy live-CD doesn't work?
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Are you doing this when booted up in Xtahr?
If running Xtahr and using the save.
Remaster Puppy Live CD should use what is in the save, because the save is part of the running Xtahr.
No save selection is needed
Does Xtahr normally have a zdrv sfs?
If yes, you need to choose to make it.
It gives you a good backup of the re-master.
After making the iso.
Look inside it and see if it looks like it has the needed files.
Then use Pburn to burn a live CD using this iso you made.
You are sure the place you used to store the re-master process on, had enough room?
If running Xtahr and using the save.
Remaster Puppy Live CD should use what is in the save, because the save is part of the running Xtahr.
No save selection is needed
This could be the problem.- Choose no on all customization-steps.
Does Xtahr normally have a zdrv sfs?
If yes, you need to choose to make it.
Try making the iso.- Choose no on last step, to make iso.
It gives you a good backup of the re-master.
After making the iso.
Look inside it and see if it looks like it has the needed files.
Then use Pburn to burn a live CD using this iso you made.
You are sure the place you used to store the re-master process on, had enough room?
The things they do not tell you, are usually the clue to solving the problem.
When I was a kid I wanted to be older.... This is not what I expected
YaPI(any iso installer)
When I was a kid I wanted to be older.... This is not what I expected
YaPI(any iso installer)
- yesbigpup wrote:Are you doing this when booted up in Xtahr?
- what is "save selection"?No save selection is needed
- yes. when Remaster asks "do you like to make zdrv_xtahr_2.0.sfs, the separate driver file", i click "Yes".Does Xtahr normally have a zdrv sfs?
If yes, you need to choose to make it.
Next, Remaster says "After examining /tmp/root, click OK to add /root in puppy_xtahr_2.0.sfs file"
Next, Remaster adds /tmp/etc to "the .sfs file".
Next, i proceed without adding anything to isolinux.
Next, Remaster says to check contents of /initrd/mnt/dev_save/puppylivecdbuild/. I do see zdrv file there.
Next, Remaster says "click Yes to burn CD, click No to make iso". I clicked "No.
Remaster says "the iso was created". But i cannot find the iso anyplace. This is a new problem.
With LazY, I got a dir containing:ITSMERSH wrote:Try this: LazY Remaster Suite - - remastering the main sfs from settings made completely in a GUI. After remaster is done, just copy the new main .sfs around where ever needed.
initrd.gz
puppy_my-xtahr_2.0.sfs
Is that correct? How to make the iso?
THX
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Yes, that's correct.With LazY, I got a dir containing:
initrd.gz
puppy_my-xtahr_2.0.sfs
Is that correct? How to make the iso?
Just mount the original .iso, copy the files to a different directory (for the .iso name), replace its initrd and the .sfs with the new ones. If you didn't rename the Puppy by Lazy Remaster Suite, the new initrd.gz is NOT needed.
Puppy should have a right-click option (or even pburn) to create a bootable .iso (boot.cat is the dependent file for a bootable .iso)
Do you really need a .iso to be created?
in automated script, what's difference between Custom and Pristine?nic007 wrote:Try the attached script OR the automatic script here: http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... eb#1001289
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The customized remaster version saves the hardware settings/configuration for your specific computer. You will want to use this version if you are going to use the remaster on the same computer because it saves you the trouble of setting things up again.johnywhy wrote:in automated script, what's difference between Custom and Pristine?nic007 wrote:Try the attached script OR the automatic script here: http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... eb#1001289
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The pristine remaster version does not save the hardware settings/configuration for a specific computer. You will use this version if the remastered iso is going to be used on other/different computers (eg. distributing it to other users) In this case, the hardware settings/configuration for the other computer will have to be set up afresh.
pristine failed for me, details here:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 61#1001461
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 61#1001461
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still can't remaster.
but i CAN remaster if i boot x-tahr without a save-file.
any suggestions?
synopsis:
* Got the Success message, but did not get an iso
* free space in savefile: 5 GB
* "genisoimage" is in /usr/bin
* working directory: htfs harddrive, 100GB total, 40GB free. Puppy has write-access.
* when i run Remaster Puppy live-CD from menu, it asks me to choose working directory. I pick a partition with plenty free space.
* I do get output, but the sfs is abnormally small. the size of the base sfs in /initrd/mnt/dev_save/puppylivecdbuild is 5.0 MB. Should be hundreds of MB's.
* After Remaster Puppy reports that the iso was created, i cannot find any iso on /initrd/mnt/dev_save
* I don't get the progress window below, when remastering with my big save-file.
* If Boot without the savefile and do a remaster with the builtin remaster, I got the progress window below. At the end, i got an iso file.
any ideas?
THX
but i CAN remaster if i boot x-tahr without a save-file.
any suggestions?
synopsis:
* Got the Success message, but did not get an iso
* free space in savefile: 5 GB
* "genisoimage" is in /usr/bin
* working directory: htfs harddrive, 100GB total, 40GB free. Puppy has write-access.
* when i run Remaster Puppy live-CD from menu, it asks me to choose working directory. I pick a partition with plenty free space.
* I do get output, but the sfs is abnormally small. the size of the base sfs in /initrd/mnt/dev_save/puppylivecdbuild is 5.0 MB. Should be hundreds of MB's.
* After Remaster Puppy reports that the iso was created, i cannot find any iso on /initrd/mnt/dev_save
* I don't get the progress window below, when remastering with my big save-file.
* If Boot without the savefile and do a remaster with the builtin remaster, I got the progress window below. At the end, i got an iso file.
any ideas?
THX
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Hi.
I've updated the LazY Remaster Suite.
Additional option to make a new .iso file.
No mounted .iso or cd necessary at all.
All files/dirs from boot directory (where the Puppy .sfs is located) are copied
into the build directory. So, make sure everything is there.
Note: you could end up with a huge .iso, if there's lots of additional .sfs modules located at the boot directory (where the Puppy .sfs is located).
I've updated the LazY Remaster Suite.
Additional option to make a new .iso file.
No mounted .iso or cd necessary at all.
All files/dirs from boot directory (where the Puppy .sfs is located) are copied
into the build directory. So, make sure everything is there.
Note: you could end up with a huge .iso, if there's lots of additional .sfs modules located at the boot directory (where the Puppy .sfs is located).
i was able to make an ISO from a new, unmodified x-tahr that has a save-file.
so some mod that i did on my modified x-tahr is breaking the remaster.
how to compare installed package list?
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=114079
so some mod that i did on my modified x-tahr is breaking the remaster.
how to compare installed package list?
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=114079
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FWIW:
As nic007 has told you, there's something wrong with your SaveFile/folder. Here's what I'd do:
1. Boot into the X-tarh which works. Open SFS-Load and Puppy Package Manager and make a note (screenshot) of the current applications you've installed/loaded and have functioning.
2. Create a NEW Frugal Install or just a new SaveFile starting with the files in the original ISO. You'll use the note/screenshots for rebuilding your Puppy.
3. Except for Qt and python SFSes, Do Not Load any SFSes. The advantage of SFSes are the ease with which you can 'upgrade' an application -- unload the old, load the new, see if it works and doesn't present a conflict with other applications. Including application SFSes in your puppy_version_number.sfs either locks you into an old version, or wastes space when you SFS-load a new version. The exceptions are QT and python which are used by other applications, sometimes are supplemented by additional libs or versions, but are rarely updated. SFSes can be added to an ISO so that they may be copied to /mnt/home.
4. Use a SaveFile rather than a SaveFolder. Make frequent backup as you install pets so that you can revert if necessary.
5. Test each pet when it's installed to make certain it works and doesn't conflict with other applications.
6. Remaster when you're finished installing/testing. If the remaster application you use permits it, create a separate zdrv.
7. The most important component you want to remaster is the Puppy_Version_number.sfs. There are tools for editing ISOs. For example in Xenialpup64 there's Menu>Multimedia>ISOMaster. Running it, you can open the original ISO, delete old Puppy_Version_number.sfs [optionally old vmlinuz & zdrv] and add your remastered Puppy_Version_number.sfs [and optionally, updated updated vmlinuz, zdrv]. Xenialpup64 also has Menu>Multimedia>BurnISO2CD. X-tahr is likely to have included similar tools; or you can install them.
mikesLr
As nic007 has told you, there's something wrong with your SaveFile/folder. Here's what I'd do:
1. Boot into the X-tarh which works. Open SFS-Load and Puppy Package Manager and make a note (screenshot) of the current applications you've installed/loaded and have functioning.
2. Create a NEW Frugal Install or just a new SaveFile starting with the files in the original ISO. You'll use the note/screenshots for rebuilding your Puppy.
3. Except for Qt and python SFSes, Do Not Load any SFSes. The advantage of SFSes are the ease with which you can 'upgrade' an application -- unload the old, load the new, see if it works and doesn't present a conflict with other applications. Including application SFSes in your puppy_version_number.sfs either locks you into an old version, or wastes space when you SFS-load a new version. The exceptions are QT and python which are used by other applications, sometimes are supplemented by additional libs or versions, but are rarely updated. SFSes can be added to an ISO so that they may be copied to /mnt/home.
4. Use a SaveFile rather than a SaveFolder. Make frequent backup as you install pets so that you can revert if necessary.
5. Test each pet when it's installed to make certain it works and doesn't conflict with other applications.
6. Remaster when you're finished installing/testing. If the remaster application you use permits it, create a separate zdrv.
7. The most important component you want to remaster is the Puppy_Version_number.sfs. There are tools for editing ISOs. For example in Xenialpup64 there's Menu>Multimedia>ISOMaster. Running it, you can open the original ISO, delete old Puppy_Version_number.sfs [optionally old vmlinuz & zdrv] and add your remastered Puppy_Version_number.sfs [and optionally, updated updated vmlinuz, zdrv]. Xenialpup64 also has Menu>Multimedia>BurnISO2CD. X-tahr is likely to have included similar tools; or you can install them.
mikesLr
Hi mikeslr, that's great! But those aren't my only changes.mikeslr wrote:1. Boot into the X-tarh which works. Open SFS-Load and Puppy Package Manager and make a note (screenshot) of the current applications you've installed/loaded and have functioning.
-- I removed several items with Remove builtin packages. For this, i think i need to look at /root/.packages/woof-installed-packages and/or /root/.packages/builtin_files/. What's the difference? Plz see http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 82#1001882
-- I customized the xfce desktop. I'm hand-copying my setup from various xfce config screens.
-- added some custom startup commands. Hand-copied.
-- not sure if i installed any pets, how can i tell? Would they be listed in the puppy Uninstaller?
That's awesome. i didn't use any SFS's. But, if i did, i would want to bundle any SFS's with the iso so they auto-load on the live-cd. I'm making this to share with friends, so any SFS's need to load on first boot, and get installed on a frugal install. Everything must work without any extra setup (except internet, timezone etc). Is there a way to achieve that, while still allowing future frugals to use the sfs-load on-the-fly to switch 'em out?3. advantage of SFSes are the ease with which you can 'upgrade' an application. Including application SFSes in your puppy_version_number.sfs either locks you into an old version, or wastes space when you SFS-load a new version.
What does copying to /mnt/home achieve? Are you saying i do that during the remaster? Or end-user does that?SFSes can be added to an ISO so that they may be copied to /mnt/home.
Your comments about backing up savefile, testing etc relate to setting up a puppy. Thx, but no problem there. Just trying to remaster this puppy on which everything works. I've already gone through the pain of testing, installing, configuring.
Isn't that my hardware drivers? I want the live-cd to work on any box, not just my box. I thought to make a remaster which is not hardware-specific, i should not create the zdrv. No?create a separate zdrv.
X-tahr has BurnISO2CD and isomaster.
- Why?7. The most important component you want to remaster is the Puppy_Version_number.sfs.
Can i make up anything? Can it be a name instead of a number?In ISOMaster. delete old Puppy_Version_number.sfs and add your remastered Puppy_Version_number.sfs
- Why? What does that achieve? If i create a zdrv during remaster, are you saying both the zdrv i created, plus the old zdrv will be in the iso?[optionally old vmlinuz & zdrv]
Tbh, I don't believe there's anything "wrong" with my save file. I don't believe it's corrupt. The OS boots and works perfectly.
Instead, i think one of my customizations is breaking the remaster. That would be proven If i duplicate my setup exactly, and then can't remaster again.
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@johnywhy
Did you try to remaster your Puppy by using the latest version of LazY Remaster Suite?
It comes with option to create a .iso (one can enable/disable this in the GUI). Also it will copy everything from the install directory (where the puppy .sfs is) to the build directory, and so everything will be in the .iso.
I have tested this on a remaster of Music2Go and everything went fine.
Just to mention...
Did you try to remaster your Puppy by using the latest version of LazY Remaster Suite?
It comes with option to create a .iso (one can enable/disable this in the GUI). Also it will copy everything from the install directory (where the puppy .sfs is) to the build directory, and so everything will be in the .iso.
I have tested this on a remaster of Music2Go and everything went fine.
Just to mention...
I shall try, after i recreate a fresh puppy, just to make sure my save-file isn't bad.ITSMERSH wrote:Did you try to remaster your Puppy by using the latest version of LazY Remaster Suite?
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