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[sc0ttman]

[FreQ]

Hi guys, and thank you Sc0ttman for that awesome tool !

Quick question though: if i choose to add a suffix to the SFS file, then the ISO created won't boot.
I get the splash image, it then loads the keyboard parameter i added (fr), then searches for Puppy files but it seems like it's looking for the original lupu_528.sfs instead of using my custom lupu_528oscar.sfs

I'm no expert in linux cfg files so i thought i'd ask.
Here's the syslinux file: am i supposed to adapt something in there to match the custom SFS file name?

[sc0ttman]

[FreQ]

Thanks for the answer mate
I'm gonna keep trying a few things and check the init scritp
I'll be experimenting with any update you post later as well, for sure!
Keep it up

[Jim1911]

Hi sc0ttman,

I agree, it works so much better than the regular remaster tool. Looking forward to the extras you mention.

Thank You,
Jim

[sc0ttman]

Woofy updated to 0.9, many fixes... See main post.

Still no kernel switching yet... Here's the "To Do":

- option to install pkgs into SFS, downloaded from default repo of ISO
- update DISTRO_NAME to $NAME, in DISTRO_SPECS
- kernel switching (supply a kernel.pet.. or ISO with your desired kernel?)
- Fluxbox, IceWM theme support
- lastly, get the terminal output, GUI and dialogs i18n'd.. with some translations

EDIT: will re-upload a fixed 0.9 in a moment...

[Jim1911]

[sc0ttman]

New woofy 0.9 re-uploaded... If you already have 0.9, get the new one!

[sc0ttman]

Any feedback on this? Anyone tested the new features? I'll assume no news is good news and no update or fix is required for a while...

[sc0ttman]

New release: Woofy 0.91

Changes:

- new method for deleting files, choose apps to remove from Xdialog checklist
- files woofy_missing_libs.txt and woofy_deleted_files.txt saved to $WORKDIR
- reverted Xdialog progress bars for SFS creation to normal rxvt window (faster)

[tuxtoo]

Hi sc0ttman

Just watched your youtube video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpMk7frOEho

The video was a great intro to Woofy. Although I had trouble concentrating on the video because of the fantastic background music. So my question is? Can you let us know the name of the track and the artist.

Yours

In anticipation.

[charlie6]

Hi scOttman !
thanks a lot for ths awesome tool !
i discovered it by yesterday (version 0.91).
I got a try on pemasu's uPup-Precise-3.7.2:
trying to remove games, abiword, and some others from the iso worked nice!;
BUT,
trying to remove Seamonkey from the iso failed:
although some references (total 4 items) on mozilla are listed in the delete list, seamonkey is still present in the new iso:
/usr/lib/seamonkey symlink
/usr/lib/seamonkey-2.13.1 folder
and the several seamonkeys desktop (browser, mail, composer, adress-book) are still present in the new puppy-precise-3.7.2.sfs file.

So a work-around here is to manualy delete them in the sfs-base.

Also trying to give another name to the puppy-precise-3.7.2.sfs ("add a suffix" option) does not seem to adapt initrd.gz accordingly: when booting from the new iso, an error message tells "...looking for puppy-precise-3.7.2.sfs ...not found".
work-around: before the "make iso" step, verify that the puppyXXX.sfs name is kept unchanged so that initrd.gz can recognize it.

thanks for any answer
charlie

[charlie6]

Hi,
1. have used woofy to remasterize pemasu's wheezy-3.5.2.5;
2. have only deleted
homebank / xcalc / xsoldier / top / tile
3. have added some pets + missing deps (listed after answering "yes" upon "missing dependencies check" box)

all remastering went well (have already used woofy for some weeks with no problem).

4. this time, i get a remasterized puppy-wheezy with missing desktp icons (these are dosplayed with the standard application_x-shellscript.png icon);
note; some icons are not broken (connection, trash, ...)
5. when clicking on icons, apllications run as expected; the only problem is no icon, as if a link between the desktop object and the corresponding theme-icon was broken.
Right-clicking on the desktop icon and definig the icon works; but i had like not to do it at each new install ...!
see screenshot below
Have tried to do in console, but no result:

[sc0ttman]

All I can think of, is you should click the 'Edit SFS' checkbox before you remaster, and then replace the globicons file in the new SFS base, with the original one from the ISO that you are remastering...


And the change suffix option probably only works in older pups... (pre woof pups, older than 4.31) ..

Glad you like woofy

[smokey01]

I think I read that there had been a change in the menu system in woof, maybe this is the problem, maybe not.

I just thought it might be worth mentioning
http://bkhome.org/blog2/?viewDetailed=00032