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Project_Paatt
Joined: 10 Jul 2012 Posts: 1
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Posted: Tue 10 Jul 2012, 17:38 Post subject:
installing slacko on USB Subject description: inconsistant drive names, wont shutdown affter saving, other smal lquestions |
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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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dk60902

Joined: 26 Sep 2010 Posts: 233 Location: In front of my computer
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Posted: Tue 10 Jul 2012, 18:53 Post subject:
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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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bigpup

Joined: 11 Oct 2009 Posts: 12977 Location: S.C. USA
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Posted: Wed 11 Jul 2012, 00:00 Post subject:
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Quote: | 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.
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Sylvander
Joined: 15 Dec 2008 Posts: 4422 Location: West Lothian, Scotland, UK
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Posted: Wed 11 Jul 2012, 03:57 Post subject:
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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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rcrsn51

Joined: 05 Sep 2006 Posts: 12801 Location: Stratford, Ontario
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Posted: Wed 11 Jul 2012, 04:44 Post subject:
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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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bigpup

Joined: 11 Oct 2009 Posts: 12977 Location: S.C. USA
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Posted: Wed 11 Jul 2012, 14:11 Post subject:
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Good point rcrsn51
Always need to consider hardware setup of computer.
Always hard to advise without knowing exact setup of computer!
_________________ 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
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rcrsn51

Joined: 05 Sep 2006 Posts: 12801 Location: Stratford, Ontario
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Posted: Wed 11 Jul 2012, 14:15 Post subject:
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bigpup wrote: | Always hard to advise without knowing exact setup of computer!  |
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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bigpup

Joined: 11 Oct 2009 Posts: 12977 Location: S.C. USA
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Posted: Wed 11 Jul 2012, 14:22 Post subject:
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A wise man said.
You must be smarter than the equipment you are operating.
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
YaPI(any iso installer)
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