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#221 Post by gcmartin »

@Benny7440, thanks for your comments.

I have a request of you, if you don't mind. Would you post your steps that you used on this thread, please.
Reason: It may be generally applicable to others (even though others have not had this specific problem)

What would be helpful to understand which of the 3 methods in the manual you followed; namely Basic or BootMenu'd or MultiPup (if you used the guide you know which one by the Table of Contents.)

One items that everyone gets when they start Netboot is that when it is started from the Menu>Network>Netboot Server YOU are asked whether you want Normal OR Debug start. "Choose Debug".

Go to your PXE PC (laptop) and boot it. When it stops, as you say, there will be messages on the Netboot server's window on what occurred up to that point.. Post that on the thread.

Next, I have to ask, have you tried to do this from ANY OTHER PC ON YOUR LAN? (I've got a funny feeling it worked.)

Lastly, there has ONLY been one other occasion where a PC would not boot. I have an older PowerSpec PC with an original P4 which stops about mid-way thru PXE boot. I have since found that a BIOS update solves that issue. (You may not be able to find an update to your laptop though) In rhis case, you must agree that the problem is not the ISO or the Netboot server, but the PXE PC itself!

In any event, even though PupyLuvr may not have tried Netbooting a MultiPUP, it has and does work from Netboot and the Guide is accurate (as far as I know).

Lastly, you or anyone can comment on anything in that guide right in the guide itself, should you choose. Its been viewed and downloaded over 1000 times since Jamesbond developed the tools for Netbooting.

When commenting there, be as complete with details as you can. Any information you share might help us pinpoint the problem.

Hope you can be a help to the rest of us.

Thanks in advance

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#222 Post by benny7440 »

Thanks for responding, gcmartin!

I first read some threads in this & other forums/websites about PXE booting. After thinking about it for not too long decided to try the ready BIOS included feature in this HP-Compaq nx9010 notebook.

I went back to the googledoc you prepared, d/l DNSMASQ (almost sure it was the 32-bits version, even though it was to be run in the 64-bits VAIO; tried checking this by comparing the links in the googledoc with my FF d/l history but had a reference to google in the googledoc link, so it was 'impossible' to verify this) & the netboot script files; installed & ran the 'mknetboot.sh' script. I opened a shell & ran the script from there, now I'm going to repeat the process by using instruction 4.b because I started Netboot -Server & it gave me the message: "Could not find kernel image: vmlinuz" which I suspect that it resulted in a non-persistent folder/files the last time I ran the script. Probably, I had to move the directory/file(s) outside to another location for that to be persistent... At the momemt of running I didn't ticked any of the 2 alternatives on the screen (running as 'root' & 'terminal emulation', I guess I'm remembering it right). It finished without any indication of an error.

Until now I followed the Basic method as per googledoc. I'd noticed the Debug Tab there but didn't use it, yet. Now, I'm preparing to give this a try with that feature selected, after I gather its output data I'll include that below (probably at the end of the post).

I haven't tried this with any other pc yet nor at any other network. This thing of updating the BIOS comes again & again, I've read that it might go horribly wrong, rendering the machine useless; in percentage (%), how risky is this?

I don't have any doubt as to the accuracy of your assertion of MultiPup booting up from/within PXE, in fact, I'm in the process of trying that, next.

Is the Edit button on top of the googledoc to be used for adding any comments to it?

Thank you again, gcmartin, for both: your help with this issue &, especially, for all the good work you have done within the forum!

The output of the screen is included below:

"dnsmasq: started, version 2.55 DNS disabled
dnsmasq: compile time options: IPv6 GNU-getopt no-DBus no-I18N DHCP TFTP
dnsmasq-dhcp: DHCP, IP range 10.0.0.110 -- 10.0.0.200, lease time 1h
dnsmasq-tftp: TFTP root is /root/tftpboot
dnsmasq-dhcp: DHCPDISCOVER(eth0) 00:0d:9d:5d:b3:66
dnsmasq-dhcp: DHCPOFFER(eth0) 10.0.0.138 00:0d:9d:5d:b3:66
dnsmasq-dhcp: DHCPREQUEST(eth0) 10.0.0.138 00:0d:9d:5d:b3:66
dnsmasq-dhcp: DHCPACK(eth0) 10.0.0.138 00:0d:9d:5d:b3:66
dnsmasq-tftp: sent /root/tftpboot/pxelinux.0 to 10.0.0.138
dnsmasq-tftp: error 0 TFTP Aborted received from 10.0.0.138
dnsmasq-tftp: failed sending /root/tftpboot/pxelinux.0 to 10.0.0.138
dnsmasq-tftp: sent /root/tftpboot/pxelinux.0 to 10.0.0.138
dnsmasq-tftp: sent /root/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default to 10.0.0.138
dnsmasq-tftp: sent /root/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/vmlinuz to 10.0.0.138
dnsmasq-tftp: sent /root/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/initrd.gz to 10.0.0.138
dnsmasq-tftp: failed sending /root/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/initrd.gz to 10.0.0.138
"

After this I decided to let it go its way & I saw a series of dots appearing after the last line printed, later it reboot & started it all over again in its own. All this was done while I was/am listening to a webradio station (wqxr) & I'm thinking if this too network intensive procedures shouldn't be performed simultaneously or it shouldn't matter??? I've tried the PXE thing without being streaming but the results were the same. After they finish streaming Mahler's The Titan I'll try it again, EXCLUSIVELY using the lan conn. for this purpose only.

This last trial failed more or less at the same spot as the previous one. I checked line by line the results from this last trial & it's exactly the same as the one posted above. But I learned something that might be useful: in the process before loading the initrd.gz file there's an error. I can't say how to correct the issue or what it really means but maybe you, gcmartin, would know the exact meaning of it.

Edit: I continued reading & performed the suggested edition of the default file adding "PDEV1=rootfs" to line #5 that included APPEND...; the only difference today was that I included the insertion before the last clause in that line while the first time I did it (the other day) was at the end of the line. Preparing to run it again in Debug mode. BTW, I'm trying to boot PL431.

The output of the debugging screen of Netboot - Server follows:

"dnsmasq: started, version 2.55 DNS disabled
dnsmasq: compile time options: IPv6 GNU-getopt no-DBus no-I18N DHCP TFTP
dnsmasq-dhcp: DHCP, IP range 10.0.0.110 -- 10.0.0.200, lease time 1h
dnsmasq-tftp: TFTP root is /root/tftpboot
dnsmasq-dhcp: DHCPDISCOVER(eth0) 00:0d:9d:5d:b3:66
dnsmasq-dhcp: DHCPOFFER(eth0) 10.0.0.138 00:0d:9d:5d:b3:66
dnsmasq-dhcp: DHCPREQUEST(eth0) 10.0.0.138 00:0d:9d:5d:b3:66
dnsmasq-dhcp: DHCPACK(eth0) 10.0.0.138 00:0d:9d:5d:b3:66
dnsmasq-tftp: sent /root/tftpboot/pxelinux.0 to 10.0.0.138
dnsmasq-tftp: error 0 TFTP Aborted received from 10.0.0.138
dnsmasq-tftp: failed sending /root/tftpboot/pxelinux.0 to 10.0.0.138
dnsmasq-tftp: sent /root/tftpboot/pxelinux.0 to 10.0.0.138
dnsmasq-tftp: sent /root/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default to 10.0.0.138
dnsmasq-tftp: sent /root/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/vmlinuz to 10.0.0.138
dnsmasq-tftp: sent /root/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/initrd.gz to 10.0.0.138
"

At first sight (sorry, no line by line comparison now) looks to me the same as the above one.
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#223 Post by benny7440 »

Yesterday I made a mistake & included in the section for the isos to be included the DSL iso link (absolute linking, not relative; hope this's what was intended here).
Later I found out that there was a space especially for that (which I've forgotten from my first attempt at this many months ago).

How to fix this before proceeding; deleting the link if I can mount the directory where all this was created, deleting the whole directory & start all over again or there's another better way to do this?

Thanks for any help on this!

Edit: Found a button titled reset within the MultiPup cd/dvd creator & pressed on that & started all over again. This time I didn't make the error concerning DSL, OK.

My issue now is, after continuing the process, what it mentions in a tiny screen that opened: "You have chosen to create ...Yes to continue and create Your ISO.
Total size = 63M". Isn't this amount for the size of the iso to be burned ridiculous, especially when you take into account what's going to be contained in the cd: 1) PL431, 2) PL528.005, 3) PuppyStudio3.1 & 4) DSL?

Now I know I need some help to continue this...
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#224 Post by benny7440 »

Think I found a mistake in what I was doing, I installed MultiPup right besides its' pet file; which is located in "/mnt/home/gen_d/ls". That was probably getting me that message of an iso file of just 63M. I checked the size & free space within /mnt directory & it showed that its' size is 6273MB & its' free space is just 1% (or zero).

I then uninstalled MultiPup, deleted the directory it creates besides the pet file & installed anew. When running MultiPup for the first time I choose to use sda3 partition (ext3) which is about 1.7GB (all free space).

It worked better but still I found something curious, the small screen that appears as a final sanity check before creating the iso image shows that its size is just 283 M.

Am I missing something here? Am I suppose to see what the referred iso files add up to (clearly more than 600MB)?

Thanks for any tips on this!
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#225 Post by gcmartin »

Hi

I'm sorry ofr the delay. I grabbed the Puppy Linux 5.28-005. To get a version that I had tested before, I used Playdays's Plus-Libre edition as this more nearly matches what I have found works without Office issues that I have with the Abiword+products.

This is what I did:
  1. downloaded the ISO
  2. ran mknetboot.sh
  3. started Netboot server and selected debug mode
At my laptop, I started it and it booted without ANY issues. In part 2 of the document, I did the same thing and it too worked...stopping at the boot-menu. And, to be consistent, in part 3 of the document, I ran MultiPUP. to have it make an ISO. Following same instructions in doc, I ran the mkmulti and booted the laptop across the LAN for the 3rd time without issues.

I have had NO problems, but, I can see that something is wrong with your MultiPUP and maybe the steps you are taking.

Question for @Benny7440
  • Would you mind taking a moment and just Download&Setup the same PL528-005 ISO I used sucessfully to see if you're getting a PXE build problem, please? Insure that the md5 checksum is accurate when you download.
I am curious as where this service is breaking down. (Also, would like to include this problem in the Troubleshooting portion of the Guide.) If it happens that it fails again on transfer, I am inclined to look at your laptop for something wrong. Regardless of what the outcome is, please post your what you see in the debug screen as this matches success/failure of OS transfer to the PXE PC.

P.S. Also, please try this with any other PC you may have on your LAN to see if this problem is isolated to your laptop.

Question for @PupyLuvr
  • @PupyLuvr, have you ever had any troubles that you can share in having a PXE boot a MultiPUP ISO?
I ask becasue I've never seen a response from you since we set this up for MultiPUP use last year wven though others have found it to work without issue.

Hope this helps

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#226 Post by benny7440 »

Thanks for responding, gcmartin!

I d/l the recommended iso file, md5sum checked OK, ran the script, started Netboot - Server & started the HP. It got farther along its way but printed the following message on screen:

"Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,12) 566KB free base memory after PXE unload
gPXE initializing devices...
"

This's a big iso file & this lappy just has 512MB of RAM. Do you have an idea why PL431 isn't working in my case? :?:

The output for the first 2 trials (first one from Power On, the second one after letting it restart on itself) of PXE follows:

dnsmasq: started, version 2.55 DNS disabled
dnsmasq: compile time options: IPv6 GNU-getopt no-DBus no-I18N DHCP TFTP
dnsmasq-dhcp: DHCP, IP range 10.0.0.110 -- 10.0.0.200, lease time 1h
dnsmasq-tftp: TFTP root is /root/tftpboot
dnsmasq-dhcp: DHCPDISCOVER(eth0) 00:0d:9d:5d:b3:66
dnsmasq-dhcp: DHCPOFFER(eth0) 10.0.0.138 00:0d:9d:5d:b3:66
dnsmasq-dhcp: DHCPREQUEST(eth0) 10.0.0.138 00:0d:9d:5d:b3:66
dnsmasq-dhcp: DHCPACK(eth0) 10.0.0.138 00:0d:9d:5d:b3:66
dnsmasq-tftp: sent /root/tftpboot/pxelinux.0 to 10.0.0.138
dnsmasq-tftp: error 0 TFTP Aborted received from 10.0.0.138
dnsmasq-tftp: failed sending /root/tftpboot/pxelinux.0 to 10.0.0.138
dnsmasq-tftp: sent /root/tftpboot/pxelinux.0 to 10.0.0.138
dnsmasq-tftp: sent /root/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default to 10.0.0.138
dnsmasq-tftp: sent /root/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/vmlinuz to 10.0.0.138
dnsmasq-tftp: sent /root/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/initrd.gz to 10.0.0.138
dnsmasq-tftp: failed sending /root/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/initrd.gz to 10.0.0.138


Now I'm trying it after editing the default.cfg file with PDEV1=rootfs.

dnsmasq: started, version 2.55 DNS disabled
dnsmasq: compile time options: IPv6 GNU-getopt no-DBus no-I18N DHCP TFTP
dnsmasq-dhcp: DHCP, IP range 10.0.0.110 -- 10.0.0.200, lease time 1h
dnsmasq-tftp: TFTP root is /root/tftpboot
dnsmasq-dhcp: DHCPDISCOVER(eth0) 00:0d:9d:5d:b3:66
dnsmasq-dhcp: DHCPOFFER(eth0) 10.0.0.138 00:0d:9d:5d:b3:66
dnsmasq-dhcp: DHCPREQUEST(eth0) 10.0.0.138 00:0d:9d:5d:b3:66
dnsmasq-dhcp: DHCPACK(eth0) 10.0.0.138 00:0d:9d:5d:b3:66
dnsmasq-tftp: sent /root/tftpboot/pxelinux.0 to 10.0.0.138
dnsmasq-tftp: error 0 TFTP Aborted received from 10.0.0.138
dnsmasq-tftp: failed sending /root/tftpboot/pxelinux.0 to 10.0.0.138
dnsmasq-tftp: sent /root/tftpboot/pxelinux.0 to 10.0.0.138
dnsmasq-tftp: sent /root/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default to 10.0.0.138
dnsmasq-tftp: sent /root/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/vmlinuz to 10.0.0.138
dnsmasq-tftp: sent /root/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/initrd.gz to 10.0.0.138
dnsmasq-dhcp: DHCPDISCOVER(eth0) 00:0d:9d:5d:b3:66
dnsmasq-dhcp: DHCPOFFER(eth0) 10.0.0.138 00:0d:9d:5d:b3:66
dnsmasq-dhcp: DHCPREQUEST(eth0) 10.0.0.138 00:0d:9d:5d:b3:66
dnsmasq-dhcp: DHCPACK(eth0) 10.0.0.138 00:0d:9d:5d:b3:66
dnsmasq-tftp: sent /root/tftpboot/pxelinux.0 to 10.0.0.138
dnsmasq-tftp: error 0 TFTP Aborted received from 10.0.0.138
dnsmasq-tftp: failed sending /root/tftpboot/pxelinux.0 to 10.0.0.138
dnsmasq-tftp: sent /root/tftpboot/pxelinux.0 to 10.0.0.138
dnsmasq-tftp: sent /root/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default to 10.0.0.138
dnsmasq-tftp: sent /root/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/vmlinuz to 10.0.0.138
dnsmasq-tftp: sent /root/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/initrd.gz to 10.0.0.138


This last output was obtained exactly as the previous one & a kernel panic message followed, too.

Edit: After starting to try MultiPup have noticed that my memory icon in the taskbar is showing RED. Two questions here: 1) is there something I can delete/move that's been created & not deleted by MultiPup to alleviate this? 2) is it possible that low memory is causing the PXE boot failure?
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#227 Post by benny7440 »

Have no idea why the last post was posted twice but I saw a little bracket saying something about error 110 - server timed out. It warned me of a probable posted message while I was responding & have a look at the thread & make adjustments, as necessary. I decided, after having a look at it, to delete the contents of the duplicate; this's the substitute text.
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#228 Post by gcmartin »

@PuppyLuvr are you there?

@Benny7440
From what I can tell, you DO NOT HAVE A NETBOOT SERVER PROBLEM. You are hitting a problem at the laptop. Do you have another LAN PC?

You MAY be hitting a memory problem, and I dont have any PCs that have less thatn 1GB.

But, I am wondering if you have ANY other PCs on your LAN that you can merely shutdown for a temporary test. Let's assume you have another PC on your LAN, would you PXE boot it to see if you get the same results.

The distro I used might be a little heavier that the normal PL528-005, but it has worked without any issues, so, you could also try the original PL528-005 of April (this works just as well as the one I showed as tested).

Post back here what you see

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#229 Post by benny7440 »

I decided to delete some files (/mnt+etc.) & move some big ones out of the partition I'm using & augmented somewhat my 'personal storage fle'; then rebooted.

I ran MultiPup again after resetting to see if something changed. It showed me that the iso image was to be about 666 MB, but at the final screen it showed me it was going to be 288 MB.

I wish I understood more about this!

Edit: I'm in a rush now, so I have to shutdown & deal with this later on.

Thanks for everything!
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#230 Post by jamesbond »

benny7440 wrote:This's a big iso file & this lappy just has 512MB of RAM. Do you have an idea why PL431 isn't working in my case? :?:
Make sure you have enough space in your /tmp directory (run df -h from terminal) in your netboot-server OS.
For puppy 4.3.1, mknetboot.sh needs at least 250MB there.
Check the size of the /tmp/netboot/initrd.gz after you run mknetboot.sh. It has to around 102MB. Anything less and you've got an incomplete initrd.gz
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#231 Post by benny7440 »

To gcmartin: I'm going to try to PXE boot a desktop that's lying besides me in this afternoon. No promise it could boot via lan, I'm not sure what bios it has. In any case I'll post anything about it afterwards. Thanks!

To jamesbond: At this posting moment I can't do what you ask me to do because I did what I've posted below before reading anything today & don't want to delete everything to start all over again. Not surprising, it appears that that's precisely what I must do later on (see below in italics) because my memory isn't enough for creating an iiso image with MultiPup.

I've moved outside the mounted partition (root) everything iso. Augmented with this my memory a lot, nonetheless, after running MultiPup again & right before making the image I checked the sizes & noticed the following:
1) When checking the iso file size by pressing on 5th button, counting from the top on MultiPup main screen, it shows 615M from standard isos & 51M from Alien (DSL);
2) When pressing the 6th button on the same screen (Click to create your iso image) it reports that the total size is 538M (a substantial decrease in size);
3) I checked the taskbar icon for memory availability before creating the image & it again is showing a slab in red but after clicking on it shows 780M;

I really can't make sense of what I'm experiencing with this MultiPup thing!

Note: The version I'm using for the DSL isn't the one I see in one of the MultiPup screens, I''m using dsl-4.4.10-initrd.iso. Could this make such a huge diference in the outcome?


Thanks for any help!

Edit: What exactly the button saying 'Create a MultiPup PET' do?
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#232 Post by gcmartin »

Benny7440

Frist
What JamesBond is expressing is a concern that the mknetboot.sh command ended with an error. Did you notice an error when you ran this command? Could you run it again and send the results that you see in the terminal window?

ALSO
On your NETBOOT Server (not the PXE PC), open a terminal and send the results of the following command

Code: Select all

# free
Thanks in advance

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#233 Post by benny7440 »

I didn't mention this before because I considered it Not Important, but I remembered something in the signature of one moderator that said "sometimes what the person asking isn't telling us is the clue to answer the question".

The first time I ran MultiPUP I used the Menu>Utility entry but it never worked again, it's there but no results after clicking on it. The way I'm starting the application now is by clicking on the icon that appears in / (root).

The DSL version I'm linking isn't equal to the one advised in MultiPup. After absolute-linking DSL it reports failing to 'mount/unmount' dsl.

Is any of what I've said can cause a deviation from what's expected as a good result?

Thanks for any help on this!
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#234 Post by gcmartin »

benny7440 wrote:I didn't mention this before because I considered it Not Important, but ... The DSL version I'm linking isn't equal to the one advised in MultiPup. ...
In trying to help, I see that I am missing what you are really trying to do.

So, even though I have given some solid advice on use of Netboot for booting a Puppy ISO, that does seem to be your aim.

I defer this back to the OP for assistance with your efforts.

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#235 Post by puppyluvr »

:D Hello,
OK, as I said, I know nada about Net booting, with or without MultiPup!!
So I can address the MultiPup questions with confidence.. The rest....
However, I see in the error msgs that it is creating files in /root/tfpt/
This could explain your savefile issue..
I also notice that although it mentions vmlinuz and initrd.gz, it does not mention the main .sfs file.. I do not know the signifigance of that...
The original menu entry for MultiPup is an installer, to prevent running from within the savefile, explain why, and assist (hopefully) in choosing an acceptable install location.
The "Create MultiPup Pet" does the same thing, and may correct your menu issue, just follow directions.. You should not have an executable in /root... MultiPup should install to /usr/local/bin/multipup.... The menu entry should, after a correct install, point there...

As I said, I only know the MultiPup side of the situation...
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#236 Post by puppyluvr »

:D Hello,
Well, I went back over MultiPup with a mind to update it, so make it more "universal"...
Things to contend with:

:?: Stupid Thunar.. (oops, sorry Thunar guys..)
See, MultuPup was/is a RoxApp.. Since it calls Rox for its windows, it has to separately call Thunar, and its functionality is different, and it is a thorn in my side.. Funny thing is I run an Xfce4 desktop in Lupen, but it calls Rox by default.. Does Saluki have no Rox? Or does it, by default, call Thunar??

:?: USB...
I use legacy Grub.. Ive never used anything else...
Works great for multi menu layering in CD`s and DVD`s..
USB has "pupmode" stuff to deal with as well..


:mrgreen: Aliens..
Too much for too little...
Aint worth the trouble...
Too many, to much disparity...

So I am looking at all my "spaghetti monster" code going wow.. Could be a bit more direct, ya think.. LOL I learned as I went along.. But it works, well.. and fast... And it meets the size limits for posting here! That was the hurdle supreme.. Small, efficient, effective.. All script, all built-ins used where possible.. 8)
I cant believe I wrote all that.. :shock:
Catdudes part is so much cleaner... :roll:

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#237 Post by puppyluvr »

:D Hello,
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#238 Post by benny7440 »

Thanks gcmartin & puppyluvr for responding!

To gcmartin first: After reading your last post I had the feeling that here's a misunderstanding in relation to what I'm trying to do. I was trying at the beginning to boot up that HP with a puppy OS, since for some still unknown reason my live cd wasn't functioning & after learning something about PXE I wanted to try it because then I might be able to go around making a boot floopy to help booting up the cd iso.

My ultimate goal was to move a big file from a partition that was showing it was READ-ONLY (it's located in the VAIO hdd) but this issue is now resolved by other means. Still, since I've invested so much time & effort trying to PXE-boot the HP with a Puppy iso from the VAIO I want to keep trying. In fact, today I tried the desktop but it didn't show signs of life (last 2 times I booted it up was using the Flash pendrive containg DSL but in both consecutive trials, once it finished booting up it shutdown: NOT REBOOT). My alternatives keep decreasing but I'll try to open, clean it if necessary, reseat the rams, possibly the cpu & check the different P/S outputs before another attempt. Guess I've another hopefully still working P/S from an old Gateway desktop & probably another older than than that. In the end, having many P/Ss is good but not useful if it isn't the problem in the first place.

I'll try my best to try to PXE boot that desktop from the VAIO using the PL431 iso, BIOS permitting.

To puppyluvr: I'm now proceeding to uninstall/install MultiPup outside root & run it again. I installed it at the location you suggested, now the icon in the Menu>Utility does nothing & the icon at /usr/local is doing the same thing: nada. I can't locate any other icon in the desktop or anywhere to start the application.

Need to close operations for now (probably for the rest of the day). My intentions at the moment are to uninstall it again & reinstall it & recheck. After that I'll post any news, good or bad.
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#239 Post by gcmartin »

@PuppyLuvr

Issues when using current version of MultiPup to create an ISO of 3 versions of Puppy SLACKO: namely Slacko, SlackoPAE, and FATSlacko.

MultiPUP shows no sign of any errors that it encounters, but, the ISO will NOT boot any of the SLACKOs!

Reason:
The INITRDs that MultiPUP creates for each distro points to a non-existent images.gz

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title FATSlacko-5.3.3x-SCSI Use Savefile
root (cd)
kernel (cd)/FATSlacko-5.3.3x-SCSI/vmlinuz root=/dev/ram0 PFILE=ask
initrd (cd)/FATSlacko-5.3.3x-SCSI/image.gz

title FATSlacko-5.3.3x-SCSI Normal boot
root (cd)
kernel (cd)/FATSlacko-5.3.3x-SCSI/vmlinuz root=/dev/ram0  PFILE=pup001-none-65536
initrd (cd)/FATSlacko-5.3.3x-SCSI/image.gz

title FATSlacko-5.3.3x-SCSI Run in ram
root (cd)
kernel (cd)/FATSlacko-5.3.3x-SCSI/vmlinuz root=/dev/ram0 PFILE=no
initrd (cd)/FATSlacko-5.3.3x-SCSI/image.gz

title Return to Main Menu
configfile (cd)/boot/grub/menu.lst
Would someoene verify this and offer a remedy.

Additionally
I am not sure if MultiPUP is equiped to handle the following Puppy derivatives, either:
  • Barry's 4 derivatives for x86 PCs (Wary/Racy?Drake/Precise)
  • FATDOG600
  • LightHoue64
  • along with Slacko
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#240 Post by smokey01 »

gcmartin, try Multipup-3.3-Hacked from here.
http://www.smokey01.com/software/Fatdog ... Hacked.pet

It works on Fatdog64 but you do need to change cpio to get the bootsplash working. You also need to remove the .gz from initrd.gz in the menu.lst file.
http://www.smokey01.com/software/Fatdog ... o-2.11.pet
This is the full version, not the cutdown BusyBox version.

It also works on Slacko, Exprimo and Saluki, if you install Rox.

Here is a quick and dirty video to show you how to use it.
http://www.smokey01.com/videos/Multipup.mp4

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