How-To install Devx or any .SFS FULL HD STEP BY STEP

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#41 Post by 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.
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#42 Post by 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.
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It works for me.

#43 Post by 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!

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Re: It works for me.

#44 Post by sikpuppy »

have any of you guys tried this? http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 836#352836

Much easier than all this stuffing around, perhaps.
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Re: It works for me.

#45 Post by foreirongold »

sikpuppy wrote:have any of you guys tried this? http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 836#352836

Much easier than all this stuffing around, perhaps.
Tried using that to mount devx_431 under a fresh hard drive install of puppy 4.3.1. It mounted successfully but upon reboot (with devx still 'installed' or symlinked in the mount at boot folder) the kernel would fail to detect my CD-ROM drive and Xorg would no longer start. When devx is 'uninstalled' or removed from the boot folder it doesn't give this error.

I'd say some files are conflicting but I'm not that interested in tracking them down given that the manual method described earlier works like a charm.

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#46 Post by Doglover »

Successful with dpup-484..... works like a charm. javascript:emoticon(':lol:')

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#47 Post by Dennola4 »

Hi,

sorry to bump an old thread here but I'm having troubles. I followed the instructions exactly for installing devx_431 and it seems to be there:

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# gcc -v
Using built-in specs.
Target: i486-t2-linux-gnu
Configured with: ../configure --prefix=/usr --bindir=/usr/bin --sbindir=/usr/sbin --libdir=/usr/lib --datadir=/usr/share --includedir=/usr/include --infodir=/usr/info --mandir=/usr/man --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var --disable-debug --without-libpam --without-pam --disable-libpam --disable-pam --host=i486-t2-linux-gnu --enable-__cxa_atexit --disable-checking --disable-bootstrap --disable-libstdcxx-pch --disable-multilib --enable-languages=c,c++ --disable-libmudflap
Thread model: posix
gcc version 4.2.2
# gcc
gcc: no input files
But I can't seem to ./configure or make -- and the error message is always the same:

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# gcc test.c
gcc: error trying to exec 'cc1': execvp: No such file or directory
EDIT: Nevermind -- turns out when I executed the command that generates devcopy.txt, I didn't wait long enough before closing the rxvt session and not all files were moved.

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#48 Post by maxpro4u »

Do these instructions work for 5.1? I just did a full install.
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#49 Post by ken geometrics »

maxpro4u wrote:Do these instructions work for 5.1? I just did a full install.
The method should work on all versions with only minor modifications.

You need to be sure to use the devx???? that belongs to the system
in question.

It may be a good idea to turn this into a script that gets made active if we do a full install.

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#50 Post by ken geometrics »

maxpro4u wrote:Do these instructions work for 5.1? I just did a full install.
The method should work on all versions with only minor modifications.

You need to be sure to use the devx???? that belongs to the system
in question.

It may be a good idea to turn this into a script that gets made active if we do a full install.

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#51 Post by maxpro4u »

ken geometrics wrote:
maxpro4u wrote:Do these instructions work for 5.1? I just did a full install.
The method should work on all versions with only minor modifications.

You need to be sure to use the devx???? that belongs to the system
in question.

It may be a good idea to turn this into a script that gets made active if we do a full install.
Yes, I just downloaded the lupu_devx_510.sfs. I think I am going to do some poking around here before proceeding.
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#52 Post by Iguleder »

If you need simpler instructions with pictures, go here.

I hope this helps :)
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just a slight bump

#53 Post by spongedaddy »

Thanks, Iguleder!

Tried your suggestion with my new full hd install of 5.00 and it went perfectly. I was a little nervous with all the copying/clicking I was doing, but python came up just fine and C is running too.

So I daresay this works all the way to 5.0+.

Many thanks again!

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#54 Post by sunburnt »

Hi DesertPuppy;
Q: Why do you call yourself "DesertPuppy" if your in Mississippi?

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#55 Post by Nexus »

Thanks for this guide, desertpuppy. It worked flawlessly.

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