I'm still trying to get puppy on the Thinkpad A30 with 10.4 and 1.0.5
both works fine as live CD, after hd install only 1.0.4 works and 1.0.5 prompts an error:
edit: compleet error message:
"Sorry, cannot start X. File /usr/X11R6/bin/X missing.
If X is supposed to be installed, probably Puppy is unable to mount usr_cram.fs to /usr"
during the installskript I get an error while grub is installed:
" tmp/boot/boot/grub/menue.lst is missing.
Nevertheless its reported to be a successful install.
Did a new try with a cd-r instead of an cd-rw. Same result.
Every time I prepared the the disk bofore with fdisk and mkfs.exts / mkswap. (hda1: 5GB ext2 / hda2: 1gb swap / hda3 24GB data)
hd install: 1.0.4 works, 1.0.5 no x (solved)
hd install: 1.0.4 works, 1.0.5 no x (solved)
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There's a bug with 1.0.5... now I'm forgetting the details.
Anyway, if you boot the live-cd, then mount the hard drive partition that you
installed to, then look and see if it has a directory /usr.
If not, get Rox to show hidden files, then see if there is a /.usr_cram directory.
...if so, rename /.usr_cram to /usr
Anyway, if you boot the live-cd, then mount the hard drive partition that you
installed to, then look and see if it has a directory /usr.
If not, get Rox to show hidden files, then see if there is a /.usr_cram directory.
...if so, rename /.usr_cram to /usr
Sorry cannot find X - no hard drive
Hi, I'm getting this error now with 1.05, but the problem is that I have no hard disk on the laptop I'm using. Is there any simple - ie. newbie - way round this to get it working or do I have to revert back to 1.0.0?
this is surely a problem with the pupXXX file, which is generated at the first run. I'm not sure how to get this working, but to figure out if thats the problem do this:
find and delete the pup001 file on the hd of the notebook and then boot it with puppy. Make sure to boot it with option 3 and DON'T give it any hd parition to write the pup001 file (just hit enter when asked for a partition) and see if this works.
update to the hd install problem:
Just noticed that pupget won't be able to write binary anywhere, so you have to do some more after copy the .usr_cram to the hd:
delete the link usr (which pionts to /.usr_cram) and then rename /.usr_cram to /usr. After that you get correct pupget installs.
find and delete the pup001 file on the hd of the notebook and then boot it with puppy. Make sure to boot it with option 3 and DON'T give it any hd parition to write the pup001 file (just hit enter when asked for a partition) and see if this works.
update to the hd install problem:
Just noticed that pupget won't be able to write binary anywhere, so you have to do some more after copy the .usr_cram to the hd:
delete the link usr (which pionts to /.usr_cram) and then rename /.usr_cram to /usr. After that you get correct pupget installs.
mclien,
Thinking back, I think that I already did put a fix for that problem of
/usr being a link to /.usr_cram in the install-to-h.d. script in 1.0.5.
So, I'm puzzled why you are getting the problem.
Look at /usr/sbin/install-hd2 and see if there is code in there that is supposed
to fix the problem. There will be lines with ".usr_cramfs" in them, and a
test to see if /usr is a link (using the "readlink" program).
Thinking back, I think that I already did put a fix for that problem of
/usr being a link to /.usr_cram in the install-to-h.d. script in 1.0.5.
So, I'm puzzled why you are getting the problem.
Look at /usr/sbin/install-hd2 and see if there is code in there that is supposed
to fix the problem. There will be lines with ".usr_cramfs" in them, and a
test to see if /usr is a link (using the "readlink" program).