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[Bute]

Just found this topic after trouble with bootmanager in Puppy 4.00

and it worked straight away.

Thanks for the great tutorial.

[UltraPUP]

DesertPupppy

fantastic

my only etc/rc.d does not show etc/rc.d/rc.modules file. anyway my 412 does not.

[SO] i entered your code in both and etc/rc.d/functions4puppy and etc/rc.d/functions4puppy4. since every thing works [SO] what

btw the last bit of code, 1dconfig, did not go. rxvt came back with "command not found"


really appreciate this how-to; thanks

UltraPup

[DesertPuppy]

In 4.12 you don't need the line added to rc.modules because that file is not in there anymore I think it's call modulesconfig or somthing like that.

you have to type ldconfig (it is the letter L not a number 1)

[pdugas]

[pdugas]

Hi,

Another follow-up question.

If one is using the 4.12 Retro kernel, which version of devx_xxx.sfs should one use? The 4.12 one or an earlier one?


Thanks .......... Paul

[Bruce B]

Reading the HowTo for the first time, I think this command might fail, and
it does, you might be lucky . . .

# mount -o loop devx_301.sfs /data

. . . because the failure would not allow you to run this one.

# cp -a -v --remove-destination /data/* / >devcopy.txt

I expect conscientious computer operators and administrators understand
what they are doing and why they are doing it.

The command is self explanatory, therefore the question of what is being
done is answered within the command itself.

If anyone who can read the command, wants to explain why, I'd be very
interested, because I see no reason why.

[spongedaddy]

Thank you, DesertPuppy!!

This worked beautifully for devx_400.sfs.

"Hello, World!!" indeed!!!

[cesargaston]

problems...
i'm running 4.21, where etc/rc.d/rc.modules doesn't exists.. i'm trying UltraPUP's solution and DesertPuppy's comment about, but i still have the sica07's error but after reboot:

#mount -o loop devx_421.sfs /data
mount: you must specify the filesystem type

i'll trying another options but thank you in advance if there is any help

[cesargaston]

SOLVED (my post just before)
was a very simple error: my devx_421.sfs file was corrupt, it weights 55M instead of 77M..
that was the cause of error message :
#mount -o loop devx_421.sfs /data
mount: you must specify the filesystem type

i'm compiling my code right now, thanks!

[G0XAN]

Thanks for this DesertPuppy. It almost worked for me on Puppy4.3.1 Here is the solution I came up with...

[sikpuppy]

Here's what I did:

1) Put Devx file in root folder of hard drive
2) Start live pfix=ram session
3) Reboot saving as a puppy save file.
4) Boot into new session and choose to load devx by putting it in right hand pane when prompted.
5) Remaster live CD

Boot using this CD and perform a full HDD install and devx will be intergrated properly.

For full effect add kernel DEVX and install full DRI XORG drivers + XORG dev before remastering.

[G0XAN]

sikpuppy, your version works very well. It's what I did to add Go-openoffice into NearlyOfficePuppy.

However, after the full install I decided I wanted to add devx. I didn't want to remaster again, and this method allows for that.

[10binary]

I'm using a full install of puppy 431 on sda4 and this thread is the only thing that helped me install the devx module. I have a frugal install on sda1 and I was able to load it through the boot manager as it should. Why doesn't the boot manager allow us to load any sfs file in any location whether the install is frugal or full? I hope that gets fixed in the future, but as for now I have it working.

I tried doing it without "--remove-destination" and it froze my whole system on the next reboot. It's important!

[sikpuppy]

have any of you guys tried this? http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=352836#352836

Much easier than all this stuffing around, perhaps.

[foreirongold]