installing slacko on USB

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Project_Paatt
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installing slacko on USB

#1 Post by Project_Paatt »

i have an 8gb flash drive. i planned to split it into two partitions with a 2gb in front (ext2 so other OSes cant touch it) for puppy with the rest for storage. so i used unetbootin to put a live version on another flashdrive so i could install without wasting a disc. ANYWAYS, that all worked, installed fine and everything.
Slacko5.3.3, ext2, 2gb

Ive noticed a few times that on my installed puppy, every once in a while it doesn't read sda as the flashdrive but as my installed HDD on the computer and sometimes switches back (not really a problem... just curious if it could cause a problem)

the bad part is it doesn't shutdown correctly. when i tell it to shutdown, X shuts off and im left on a console, when i type in "poweroff" it saves session, and goes back to console again. However, reboot seems to work.
All this only happens when i save session, if i choose to not save session during the first shutdown, it shuts down perfectly every time (as long as i continue to choose to not save session)

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#2 Post by dk60902 »

Boot up Slacko with your your USB and then use the puppy utilities to create an install on your 8 GB USB drive. I do a manual install rather than unetbootin. I don't have any experience with unetbootin for Puppy. Go to the puppylinuxworld channel on youtube and there is a tutorial to install Slacko onto a USB. I think there is a series on the channel, "let's use Slacko".

Plug in the 8 gb drive after booting Slacko. Open Gparted. Partition into 2GB (ext2 if that's what you want)) and the remaining 6 GB you can format FAT32. On Gparted, right click the first partition, select manage flags and then tick the boot box. Copy 3 puppy files into your 1st partition (initrd.gz, vmlinuz, and the Slacko sfs file). Then run Grub4Dos.

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#3 Post by bigpup »

Ive noticed a few times that on my installed puppy, every once in a while it doesn't read sda as the flashdrive but as my installed HDD on the computer and sometimes switches back (not really a problem... just curious if it could cause a problem)
On a computer with one internal hard drive :
sda - should always identify the internal hard drive.
sdb - should always identify the USB external flash drive.
The things they do not tell you, are usually the clue to solving the problem.
When I was a kid I wanted to be older.... This is not what I expected :shock:
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#4 Post by Sylvander »

A handy video on the topic of...
How To Do A USB Install Of Puppy Linux Slacko 5.3.2.4 FAST!
I assume the method would be the same on all Puppies.
I did this on Slacko-5.3.3.1-SCSI.

The above is by Icyos at Youtube.
Here are all of his Slacko videos if you are interested.

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#5 Post by rcrsn51 »

bigpup wrote:On a computer with one internal hard drive :
sda - should always identify the internal hard drive.
sdb - should always identify the USB external flash drive.
If the computer has an internal card reader, or is attached to a printer with a card reader, the flash drive might move to a different device.

That's why it's a good idea to boot the flash drive using its UUID. Grub4dos sets this up.

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#6 Post by bigpup »

Good point rcrsn51 :)
Always need to consider hardware setup of computer.
Always hard to advise without knowing exact setup of computer! :shock:
The things they do not tell you, are usually the clue to solving the problem.
When I was a kid I wanted to be older.... This is not what I expected :shock:
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#7 Post by rcrsn51 »

bigpup wrote:Always hard to advise without knowing exact setup of computer! :shock:
I could never figure out why my flash drive became sdc1 whenever I had a test Canon printer plugged in. I finally discovered that it had a card reader that I never knew about!

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#8 Post by bigpup »

A wise man said.
You must be smarter than the equipment you are operating. :shock: :wink:

Project_Paatt,
About the shutdown issues. Long shot, but you could try this:
Try boot option

acpi=off
or
acpi=force
The things they do not tell you, are usually the clue to solving the problem.
When I was a kid I wanted to be older.... This is not what I expected :shock:
YaPI(any iso installer)

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