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Ghost Dog
Joined: 27 Jan 2012
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 Posted: Wed 04 Apr 2012, 06:18 Post subject:
 Booting from USB, doesn't read save file?
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Hi everyone,
I'm running the latest Slacko, and when I save on logout, it creates a savefile, but it doesn't see it when I boot it from USB. The CD will see the save file, and load my saved desktop, but the USB doesn't for some reason, and it's fresh all over again.
Is this because my syslinux.cfg file ends with "pfix=copy"?
If I take that out, will it see the save file on my computer?
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rcrsn51
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Location: Stratford, Ontario
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| Posted: Wed 04 Apr 2012, 06:40 Post subject:
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Does your syslinux.cfg file contain "pmedia=cd"? If so, change it to "pmedia=usbflash".
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Ghost Dog
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| Posted: Wed 04 Apr 2012, 07:57 Post subject:
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Yes, it has "pmedia=cd".
It doesn't read save files for some reason.
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rcrsn51
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| Posted: Wed 04 Apr 2012, 08:04 Post subject:
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| Ghost Dog wrote: | | Yes, it has "pmedia=cd".It doesn't read save files for some reason. |
OK. What happens when you change it to "pmedia=usbflash"?
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Ghost Dog
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| Posted: Wed 04 Apr 2012, 08:11 Post subject:
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Whoops, I meant to write "pmedia=usbflash".
Sorry. 
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rcrsn51
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| Posted: Wed 04 Apr 2012, 08:13 Post subject:
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Please post your syslinux.cfg file.
Also, where is the save file located on the flash drive? At the root of the drive or in a folder?
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Ghost Dog
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| Posted: Wed 04 Apr 2012, 08:22 Post subject:
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| Code: | default puppy
display boot.msg
prompt 1
timeout 50
F1 boot.msg
F2 help.msg
F3 help2.msg
label puppy
kernel vmlinuz
append initrd=initrd.gz pmedia=usbflash pfix=copy |
Pupsave is on the hard drive, sda1.
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rcrsn51
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| Posted: Wed 04 Apr 2012, 08:28 Post subject:
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| Ghost Dog wrote: | | Pupsave is on the hard drive, sda1. |
Usually, if you boot off a flash drive, Puppy assumes that the pupsave file is there too.
Remove the "pmedia=usbflash" argument completely. Maybe Puppy will search farther for the pupsave.
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mahaju
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| Posted: Fri 06 Apr 2012, 08:52 Post subject:
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if the save file is on the hard drive shouldn't it be pmedia = satahd (or whichever parameter represents the hard drive)?
I don't know in much detail about how the syslinux.cfg file works, but I remember when I used to boot puppy from USB, I had to give pmedia = satahd for it to detect the save file located on the hard disk (the hard disk had many partitions and the save file was on one of them, but puppy could detect that by itself).
If I didn't give this parameter puppy would load a fresh copy of itself since the USB did not contain any other extra information besides the puppy boot files
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