How I added a SLAX Module to 2.15CE

[kishore]

I added Slax Module to Puppy 2.15CE as follows,

mount -oloop /mnt/home/modules/Sticker_Book_0_1_3.mo /mnt/modules/s01
unionctrl / --add /mnt/modules/s01

And some more modules that way.

That works fine.

But when I remove the unionfs directories and unmount the modules,
I can not mount another SLAX module.

This way we can add a script to rc.local0, so that all the (or selected) modules from SLAX modules directory will be mounted in the System.

[raffy]

Excellent - thanks!

Would it should be possible to write a mo2sfs script - Puppy 2.17 handles sfs mounting with one click.

[sbaguz]

...and what about a mo2pup/mo2pet?

[kishore]

Rather converting it to 'pup' or 'pet', how about using the modules as it is,
just including them in system with startup script.

That way the 'pup_save' file will be untouched,
and Puppy & SLAX will coexist on the harddisk and
Puppy will still use the SLAX packages without increasing the size of 2fs/3fs/sfs files.
One file can be kept in modules directory of SLAX, which will decide what modules to be loaded in Puppy.

[kishore]

If there are SLAX modules in the directory /mnt/home/modules,
Script "addtopuppy" will add SLAX modules listed in "puppylist" to the / filesystem of Puppy.

1. addtopuppy
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exec < puppylist
while read line
do
dirname='ls /mnt/home/modules/$line | tr -d ".mo"
mkdir -p /mnt/slax/$dirname
mount -oloop /mnt/home/modules/$line /mnt/slax/$dirname
unionctl / --add /mnt/slax/$dirname
done
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2. puppylist

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Sticker_Book_0_1_3.mo
Qemulator_all_0_4_5.mo
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[basd]

I'm trying to use the unionctl command found here. The .mo package mounted okay and I can browse its directories.

But, when I run the unionctl command the response is "/ is not a valid union."

Is this something that has to be run at boot, or can I run it at the time I want to mount the .mo? My mounted directory contains "opt" "usr" and "var" directories, so the goal is to link them to the existing directories of the same names.

Thanks.

[kishore]

Which version of Puppy, you are using.

It worked well with Puppy 2.15CE, as it uses "unionfs".

Latest versions use "aufs".
These versions will give you error "/ is not a valid union."

I'll try it on "aufs".

[basd]

I'm running 2.17. After making my post, I did suspect that the aufs /unionfs issue might be the problem (although I was unclear as to which was running on 2.17).

Is there a comparable command for aufs?

Thanks.

[kishore]

Tried adding a SLAX module mounted directory '/mountedMO1' to '/'
It worked well.

Used following command for that
mount -o remount,append:/mountedMO1=ro /

I've to add one line to /etc/fstab for that,
none / unionfs 0 0

For Removing the directory, use
mount -o remount,del:/mountedMO1 /

To create a new Union '/NewUnion', use
mount -t aufs -o br:/mountedMO1=ro:/mountedMO2=ro testing /NewUnion

I tried this with '09_opera-9.02-i486-1kjz.mo'

[akhmad_santoso]

Hi, this is my first post here.

I'm using 2.17 and I can use *.mo files from slax by renaming the extension into *.sfs, place them in /mnt/home (this is frugal install), open them in bootmanager and reboot. It seems to work like ordinary Puppy's *.sfs files. (I have managed to use Audacity 123 and Wine 0.9.16 modules from slax in this way).

[kishore]

Yes, that's the easiest way to add the SLAX module to Puppy.
But bootmanager allows us to add only 3 sfs files.
It'll be better to increase that count.

If this count is increased, We can add more SLAX modules to
Puppy, just by creating links /mnt/home/module.sfs to
/mnt/home/modules/module.mo

And can we add more loop devices ?

[HairyWill]

DIY extra loop devices
http://puppylinux.org/wikka/SfsModuleCreation
says

echo "Making more loop devices..."
mknod /dev/loop5 b: 7 5
mknod /dev/loop6 b: 7 6
mknod /dev/loop7 b: 7 7

[kishore]

Yes, as per http://puppylinux.org/wikka/SfsModuleCreation
Added more loop devices.
But works upto /dev/loop7 only.

How can I specify more than 8 loop devices?

i.e. max_loop=255

[magerlab]

will slax mo. work in puppy 3.0?
there's a module for russian console support
i want to try it

[ecomoney]

IF I understand it correctly, a .mo and and .sfs file are the same, to convert to a .sfs file you simply rename the .mo file.

Perhaps the longer term solution would be to make the puppy startup scripts automount .mo files as well as .sfs's?

[muggins]

to see what the relevant .mo contains you can mount it to a temporary location, just as with a .sfs file, & browse the contents with rox-filer. e.g.

mkdir /xxx
mount -o loop /xxx.mo /xxx

most .mo files work directly with puppy. but occasionally you might run into trivial, and sometimes bigger, library issues. as bk has moved pup3.00 to slackware library compatibility, that should resolve these sort of issues if you're running pup3.0.

[BarryK]

Puppy 3.00 has gone back to unionfs, the new 2.x series. They recommend using 'mount -o remount....." rather than 'unionctl ....'. There are some docs, attached: