How do I edit my pup_save.3fs file?

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How do I edit my pup_save.3fs file?

#1 Post by Runemaster »

I am currently running from cd only with a dinky little 32meg save and my other pup save won't boot. I think I misspelled something in the rc.local file trying to get my wireless card to work. at boot up it just stops at: cannot remove *text that I misspelled* and then It just stops and thats it. So if there is some way I could open up my save file kind of like you do with the program exploref2s except exploref2s can't write to it. If I couls just get into my save file and edit my rc.local file I would be back in business. any help would be very much appreciated!
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#2 Post by vern72023 »

mount the sfs file and thenyou shd be able to treat it like any other set of files
in rxvt tr
mount -o loop /mnt/XXX/pup_save.3fs /mnt/data
where the XXX is whatever mount point the hardware you have it on is mounted
then all its contents are visible and can be manipulated

example
my backup pup_save.3fs is on my second usb drive so I use MUT to mount the usb stick then do
mount -o loop /mnt/sdb1/backup/pup_save.3fs /mnt/data

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#3 Post by GuestToo »

type:

mount -o loop /initrd/mnt/dev_save/pup_save.3fs /mnt/data

(all one line)

your files are in /mnt/data

when you are finished, type:

umount /mnt/data

that's umount, not unmount

but first, the save file seems to have been damaged

do not mount it, and type:

fsck.ext3 -vf /initrd/mnt/dev_save/pup_save.3fs

fsck = File System ChecK
(like scandisk)

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#4 Post by Runemaster »

Results:

sh-3.1# mount -o loop /initrd/mnt/dev_save/pup_save.3fs/mnt/data
Can't find /initrd/mnt/dev_save/pup_save.3fs/mnt/data in /etc/fstab

I looked at fstab and thought about typing something in but I said to myself that I'd probably screw that up too. so what now???(just to let you know I'm an advanced user, I am not a novice, BUT nor am I an expert, you guys may not be either but you know more than I do so to me you're experts.) I've spent an entire 2 months hacking away in the console trying to get my wifi card to start up at boot. But I went and screwed up, most likely by something that I misspelled. So all your help is very much appreciated as you are helping me revive over 2 months of my progress. I would be pretty mad If I had to start over, but not at you guys, but at myself, I'm going to start to save my pup_save from now on and if I have troubles I can go into windows and use it to replace the damaged one. :D
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#5 Post by vern72023 »

mount -o loop /initrd/mnt/dev_save/pup_save.3fs/mnt/data
needs to have a space before the second /mnt

mount -o loop /initrd/mnt/dev_save/pup_save.3fs /mnt/data


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Crap!!!

#6 Post by Runemaster »

Well you guys, looks like I'm gonna have to start from scratch again, but actually I don't mind. In the other one I had a bunch of crap compiled that I hardly used so I'm cool. but thanx for your help guys. I'll remember the command for the commandline though for future use :wink: But if any of you could help my with my other topic about my wifi card that would be cool too :)
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An idea...

#7 Post by slvrldy17 »

Where the file with the error is concerned - have you tried booting up in RAM only and then opening it in a text editor? Mount the drive in MUT, open the file with Beaver or the like. If you have any idea where the error is or when it started you might be able to find and correct it that way.
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#8 Post by Runemaster »

It doesen't matter now, because some how it got deleted, but I don't care, I had a bunch of crap compiled that I didnt even use anyways, right now I'm using 3 or 4 incomplete pcs to make my own and load puppy on to that (I've got it made, Ijust can't figure out why the fan on the processor or anyhting else on the motherboard isen't working. It will power up and all devices work except it seems likw the motherboard isent getting power, I've got it plugged in and I don't know, oh well I'll figure it out in the morning, I'm tired.) see you guys later!
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#9 Post by cegil »

hi and maybe someone here can help me.

i have puppy ver 2.01 and ver 2.00 and ver 1.04.

somehow, i messed up something on the ver 2s such
that i no longer can use the seamonkey/mozilla or the opera browsers.

i can get sign onto my isp (bellsouth), okay, but i get
the password reset screen from bellsouth and it says that
i must use internet explorer in order to reset the password.

i called bellsouth support, but they do not support linux, so i
tried version 1.04 and it works fine (moilla), but when i go back to the ver 2s, the problem is still there.

is there some kind of way that i can restore the version 2 save file,
so that it thinks that
i am doing an initial run (setup), again, huh?

also, as an afterthought, can i go into windows and locate the
pup save 3fs and pup 200 3fs files, delete them, will that work, in making [him]
think that i am installing anew, huh?



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#10 Post by cegil »

Hi and alas

I got the problem fixed, as described in my previous post (above).

I deleted the save_3fs file and loaded from 2.01 version and it started
from scratch again. The only things I lost was my Opera download
and a partial spreadsheet, that I can reconstruct.


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#11 Post by sunburnt »

Here's a little diddy I made to help me mount files easily.
It'll auto mount the following files:

Puppy1: image.gz, image, usr_cram.fs

Puppy2: initrd.gz, initrd, pup_save*.3fs, pup_*.sfs


With unrecognized files, it will ask for the file type.
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