Puppy Linux Discussion Forum Forum Index Puppy Linux Discussion Forum
Puppy HOME page : puppylinux.com
"THE" alternative forum : puppylinux.info
 
 FAQFAQ   SearchSearch   MemberlistMemberlist   UsergroupsUsergroups   RegisterRegister 
 ProfileProfile   Log in to check your private messagesLog in to check your private messages   Log inLog in 

The time now is Mon 23 Jul 2018, 08:11
All times are UTC - 4

 Forum index » House Training » Users ( For the regulars )
puppy boot options.
Moderators: Flash, Ian, JohnMurga
Post new topic   Reply to topic View previous topic :: View next topic
Page 2 of 4 [49 Posts]   Goto page: Previous 1, 2, 3, 4 Next
Author Message
blopa6

Joined: 15 Apr 2008
Posts: 32
PostPosted: Tue 16 Apr 2013, 11:01    Post subject: Pfix=copy  
I'm using Slacko 5.5, and I have the iso file saved on a USB stick, I want to load everything in RAM and get the USB power by default will not let me
the command that I use is pfix = copy?
from already thank you very much


Estoy usando Slacko 5.5 , tengo la iso y el archivo de guardar en en una memoria USB , quiero que cargue todo en Ram y poder sacar el USB que por default no me deja
el comando que debo usar es pfix=copy ?
desde ya muchas gracias
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message 
tmoulder

Joined: 17 Jun 2011
Posts: 4
PostPosted: Tue 23 Apr 2013, 09:29    Post subject: Boot profile  
I've been using puppy off and on for a few years, and now have slacko running full install on an older PC with the Nouveau nvidia driver. It's the first distro I've run on this hardware that did not need a mess of teaking out of the box to get that card to work. Kudos!

Anyway, since this is a discussion on boot options, I've been checking out various posts about speeding up puppy boot time. I saw the emphasis was on hardware detection, and this can be one reason it takes so long to boot for such a comparatively small distro (my time is about 45 seconds, good but not great).

So I was wondering - and I have no idea how difficult this would be - what about a boot option like ubuntu offers to create a profile? The profile would create a file of the drivers actually used in the hardware on the computer, and load those only instead of doing a search at boot time.

This could be automatically disabled on a live disc / usb / what-have-you (since you never know the hardware in such a case). On a frugal install, the profile could be checked first and executed if found.

Just throwing it out there.

Thanks!

TM
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message 
live

Joined: 10 Feb 2010
Posts: 223
PostPosted: Wed 09 Apr 2014, 04:22    Post subject:  
I propose to add one option to the boot menu.

"Boot with sfs on current media"

This way when booting starts, puppies wouldn't be looking for all partition, but only on the booting one, which would result in a faster boot.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message 
Pelo

Joined: 10 Sep 2011
Posts: 12591
Location: Mer méditerrannée (1 kms°)
PostPosted: Sat 20 Sep 2014, 04:32    Post subject: PF3 boot options : puppy psavemark=" " (partition nr)
Subject description: francophones : voir notre synthèse		  
label puppy
kernel vmlinuz
append initrd=initrd.gz pmedia=usb
Add psubdir=XXXXXX
synthèse en français ici, claquez !
puppy psavemark= (number of your partition)
_________________
Passenger Pelo ! don't ask him to repair the aircraft. Don't use him as a demining dog .... pleeease.

Last edited by Pelo on Sun 21 Sep 2014, 20:06; edited 3 times in total
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Yahoo Messenger 
SugarSweetStarr

Joined: 18 Sep 2014
Posts: 11
PostPosted: Sun 21 Sep 2014, 08:55    Post subject:  Boot options
Subject description: more Linux kernel options than Puppy-specific....		  
A small extract:
Code:
acpi=      [HW,ACPI,X86]
         Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
         Format: { force | off | strict | noirq | rsdt }
         force -- enable ACPI if default was off
         off -- disable ACPI if default was on
         noirq -- do not use ACPI for IRQ routing
         strict -- Be less tolerant of platforms that are not
            strictly ACPI specification compliant.
         rsdt -- prefer RSDT over (default) XSDT
         copy_dsdt -- copy DSDT to memory

         See also Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt, pci=noacpi


from https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt

There's heaps more listed there; here's another sample:
Code:
pci=option[,option...]   [PCI] various PCI subsystem options:
      earlydump   [X86] dump PCI config space before the kernel
                 changes anything
      off      [X86] don't probe for the PCI bus
      bios      [X86-32] force use of PCI BIOS, don't access
            the hardware directly. Use this if your machine
            has a non-standard PCI host bridge.
      nobios      [X86-32] disallow use of PCI BIOS, only direct
            hardware access methods are allowed. Use this
            if you experience crashes upon bootup and you
            suspect they are caused by the BIOS.
      conf1      [X86] Force use of PCI Configuration
            Mechanism 1.
      conf2      [X86] Force use of PCI Configuration
            Mechanism 2.
      noaer      [PCIE] If the PCIEAER kernel config parameter is
            enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to
            disable the use of PCIE advanced error reporting.
      nodomains   [PCI] Disable support for multiple PCI
            root domains (aka PCI segments, in ACPI-speak).
      nommconf   [X86] Disable use of MMCONFIG for PCI
            Configuration
      check_enable_amd_mmconf [X86] check for and enable
            properly configured MMIO access to PCI
            config space on AMD family 10h CPU
      nomsi      [MSI] If the PCI_MSI kernel config parameter is
            enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to
            disable the use of MSI interrupts system-wide.
      noioapicquirk   [APIC] Disable all boot interrupt quirks.
            Safety option to keep boot IRQs enabled. This
            should never be necessary.
      ioapicreroute   [APIC] Enable rerouting of boot IRQs to the
            primary IO-APIC for bridges that cannot disable
            boot IRQs. This fixes a source of spurious IRQs
            when the system masks IRQs.
      noioapicreroute   [APIC] Disable workaround that uses the
            boot IRQ equivalent of an IRQ that connects to
            a chipset where boot IRQs cannot be disabled.
            The opposite of ioapicreroute.
      biosirq      [X86-32] Use PCI BIOS calls to get the interrupt
            routing table. These calls are known to be buggy
            on several machines and they hang the machine
            when used, but on other computers it's the only
            way to get the interrupt routing table. Try
            this option if the kernel is unable to allocate
            IRQs or discover secondary PCI buses on your
            motherboard.
      rom      [X86] Assign address space to expansion ROMs.
            Use with caution as certain devices share
            address decoders between ROMs and other
            resources.
      norom      [X86] Do not assign address space to
            expansion ROMs that do not already have
            BIOS assigned address ranges.
      nobar      [X86] Do not assign address space to the
            BARs that weren't assigned by the BIOS.
      irqmask=0xMMMM   [X86] Set a bit mask of IRQs allowed to be
            assigned automatically to PCI devices. You can
            make the kernel exclude IRQs of your ISA cards
            this way.
      pirqaddr=0xAAAAA   [X86] Specify the physical address
            of the PIRQ table (normally generated
            by the BIOS) if it is outside the
            F0000h-100000h range.
      lastbus=N   [X86] Scan all buses thru bus #N. Can be
            useful if the kernel is unable to find your
            secondary buses and you want to tell it
            explicitly which ones they are.
      assign-busses   [X86] Always assign all PCI bus
            numbers ourselves, overriding
            whatever the firmware may have done.
      usepirqmask   [X86] Honor the possible IRQ mask stored
            in the BIOS $PIR table. This is needed on
            some systems with broken BIOSes, notably
            some HP Pavilion N5400 and Omnibook XE3
            notebooks. This will have no effect if ACPI
            IRQ routing is enabled.
      noacpi      [X86] Do not use ACPI for IRQ routing
            or for PCI scanning.
      use_crs      [X86] Use PCI host bridge window information
            from ACPI.  On BIOSes from 2008 or later, this
            is enabled by default.  If you need to use this,
            please report a bug.
      nocrs      [X86] Ignore PCI host bridge windows from ACPI.
                 If you need to use this, please report a bug.
      routeirq   Do IRQ routing for all PCI devices.
            This is normally done in pci_enable_device(),
            so this option is a temporary workaround
            for broken drivers that don't call it.
      skip_isa_align   [X86] do not align io start addr, so can
            handle more pci cards
      firmware   [ARM] Do not re-enumerate the bus but instead
            just use the configuration from the
            bootloader. This is currently used on
            IXP2000 systems where the bus has to be
            configured a certain way for adjunct CPUs.
      noearly      [X86] Don't do any early type 1 scanning.
            This might help on some broken boards which
            machine check when some devices' config space
            is read. But various workarounds are disabled
            and some IOMMU drivers will not work.
      bfsort      Sort PCI devices into breadth-first order.
            This sorting is done to get a device
            order compatible with older (<= 2.4) kernels.
      nobfsort   Don't sort PCI devices into breadth-first order.
      pcie_bus_tune_off   Disable PCIe MPS (Max Payload Size)
            tuning and use the BIOS-configured MPS defaults.
      pcie_bus_safe   Set every device's MPS to the largest value
            supported by all devices below the root complex.
      pcie_bus_perf   Set device MPS to the largest allowable MPS
            based on its parent bus. Also set MRRS (Max
            Read Request Size) to the largest supported
            value (no larger than the MPS that the device
            or bus can support) for best performance.
      pcie_bus_peer2peer   Set every device's MPS to 128B, which
            every device is guaranteed to support. This
            configuration allows peer-to-peer DMA between
            any pair of devices, possibly at the cost of
            reduced performance.  This also guarantees
            that hot-added devices will work.
      cbiosize=nn[KMG]   The fixed amount of bus space which is
            reserved for the CardBus bridge's IO window.
            The default value is 256 bytes.
      cbmemsize=nn[KMG]   The fixed amount of bus space which is
            reserved for the CardBus bridge's memory
            window. The default value is 64 megabytes.
      resource_alignment=
            Format:
            [<order of align>@][<domain>:]<bus>:<slot>.<func>[; ...]
            Specifies alignment and device to reassign
            aligned memory resources.
            If <order of align> is not specified,
            PAGE_SIZE is used as alignment.
            PCI-PCI bridge can be specified, if resource
            windows need to be expanded.
      ecrc=      Enable/disable PCIe ECRC (transaction layer
            end-to-end CRC checking).
            bios: Use BIOS/firmware settings. This is the
            the default.
            off: Turn ECRC off
            on: Turn ECRC on.
      hpiosize=nn[KMG]   The fixed amount of bus space which is
            reserved for hotplug bridge's IO window.
            Default size is 256 bytes.
      hpmemsize=nn[KMG]   The fixed amount of bus space which is
            reserved for hotplug bridge's memory window.
            Default size is 2 megabytes.
      realloc=   Enable/disable reallocating PCI bridge resources
            if allocations done by BIOS are too small to
            accommodate resources required by all child
            devices.
            off: Turn realloc off
            on: Turn realloc on
      realloc      same as realloc=on
      noari      do not use PCIe ARI.
      pcie_scan_all   Scan all possible PCIe devices.  Otherwise we
            only look for one device below a PCIe downstream
            port.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message 
sindi

Joined: 16 Aug 2009
Posts: 852
Location: Ann Arbor MI USA
PostPosted: Tue 12 May 2015, 12:19    Post subject: Booting puppy 1.07 without X  
Trying to boot Puppy 1.07 off CD. Last version with OSS sound and first version with Xorg.
Toshiba Satellite 1805-S203 which when booting later puppies tells me Xvesa will not work.
Xorg does not work on here - gives me a blinking cursor on a black screen but no prompts
and no X. I can type characters, or move the cursor around with arrow keys.

The laptop has Ali5451 (trident) sound which is not working with ALSA. I got a much older
HP Omnibook working with OSS sound in Puppy 1.07 when ALSA failed. Puppy 1.07 (booted
to an older laptop) has Ali5455.o.gz, which I want to try on the Toshiba.

When I boot 1.07 I get five choices (whether to use a save file, ACPI, etc.).

I tried
boot: vmlinuz,pfix=nox

Could not find kernel image: vmlinuz,pfix=nox

How can I boot Puppy 1.07 without X? I ran across mention that pfix=nox works only on puppy
2 or later. Do I need to take apart and rewrite initrd.gz or equivalent?
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message 
Wognath

Joined: 19 Apr 2009
Posts: 405
PostPosted: Thu 14 May 2015, 21:58    Post subject: psave parameter  
The kernel line parameter psave (see http://puppylinux.org/wikka/BootParametersPuppy) is not recognized in all versions of puppy, but it can be activated using CatDude's edits of the init script contained in initrd.gz, based on the idea of forum member Crash.
How to unpack & repack initrd.gz
CatDude's edited init script (second post here) works as is in unicorn-6.0 and in unicornpup (cutdown version of Tahrpup), and might work in others, or else the edits can be added to your init script.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message 
gychang


Joined: 29 Nov 2008
Posts: 198
Location: Davis, CA
PostPosted: Sat 04 Jul 2015, 20:11    Post subject: does not work well puppy pfix=ram, tahrPup  
when I boot with a USB with the same puppy already installed on HD (frugal), it almost always find the sfs on the HD!!.

is there a problem or am I doing something wrong?
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message 
gychang


Joined: 29 Nov 2008
Posts: 198
Location: Davis, CA
PostPosted: Sat 04 Jul 2015, 20:12    Post subject:  
live wrote:
I propose to add one option to the boot menu.

"Boot with sfs on current media"

This way when booting starts, puppies wouldn't be looking for all partition, but only on the booting one, which would result in a faster boot.


this is excellent idea, since puppy pfix=ram usually does not work.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message 
bigpup


Joined: 11 Oct 2009
Posts: 10734
Location: Charleston S.C. USA
PostPosted: Sat 04 Jul 2015, 22:45    Post subject: Re: does not work well puppy pfix=ram, tahrPup  
gychang wrote:
when I boot with a USB with the same puppy already installed on HD (frugal), it almost always find the sfs on the HD!!.

is there a problem or am I doing something wrong?


puppy pfix=ram is the command to boot and not use any save file or folder.

If the Tahrpup sfs file is on the hard drive, the boot process will use it, because the hard drive is faster to read from.
Thus, you get a faster boot.

The Tahrpup sfs file on the USB and the one on the hard drive are the same file.
Those sfs files never change.
They are only used as read only files.
_________________
I have found, in trying to help people, that 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 Shocked
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message 
gychang


Joined: 29 Nov 2008
Posts: 198
Location: Davis, CA
PostPosted: Sun 05 Jul 2015, 10:58    Post subject: Re: does not work well puppy pfix=ram, tahrPup  
[quote="bigpup"]
gychang wrote:

puppy pfix=ram is the command to boot and not use any save file or folder.

If the Tahrpup sfs file is on the hard drive, the boot process will use it, because the hard drive is faster to read from.
Thus, you get a faster boot.

The Tahrpup sfs file on the USB and the one on the hard drive are the same file.
Those sfs files never change.
They are only used as read only files.


thanks for the info. Is there a command on boot to only load files on the USB stick when HD also contains same version from frugal install?
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message 
rcrsn51


Joined: 05 Sep 2006
Posts: 12227
Location: Stratford, Ontario
PostPosted: Sun 05 Jul 2015, 11:04    Post subject:  
@gychang: Please post the syslinux.cfg or menu.lst file from your USB stick. You probably want the option
Code:
pmedia=usbflash
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message 
gychang


Joined: 29 Nov 2008
Posts: 198
Location: Davis, CA
PostPosted: Sun 05 Jul 2015, 16:17    Post subject:  
rcrsn51 wrote:
@gychang: Please post the syslinux.cfg or menu.lst file from your USB stick. You probably want the option
Code:
pmedia=usbflash


thanks!!
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message 
Mike7


Joined: 18 Feb 2013
Posts: 400
PostPosted: Mon 06 Jul 2015, 10:19    Post subject:  
Hi, all.

Rhadon's install for Carolite-1-2 worked (copy files from iso then use grub4dosconfig), but I don't understand how to use the advanced grub4dos menu, nor how to add bootcodes. These are my main questions:

    -- Does Carolite install itself in RAM automatically at boot, or does this have to be commanded at boot? (In Puppeee4.4 it's an option on the boot screen.)

    -- Aren't these frugal-install Puppies all supposed to run in RAM?

    -- If Carolite isn't installing itself to RAM at boot, should I put a copy2ram bootcode in to force it? (Is copy2ram the right code for this?)

    -- How (where) do you add bootcodes: grub4dos commandline at boot?, in a particular boot config file? (what file?), after Carolite boots?

    -- Is there a bootcode to activate zswap? Is that needed to turn on zswap (which I was told is a good thing on pendrives)?

    -- Any other boot codes I should add?

    -- When should a PBS bootloader be used? (When I installed a Puppy to a 4gb ext2 partition (sba1) on an 8gb stick (sba), it would only boot if the bootloader was installed in sba, not in sba1 (the Puppy partition). Why? Can someone explain it to me, when and how to use PBS?

    -- What is the terminal command for viewing all the installed bootcpdes and kernel parameters?


Thanks.

Mike
_________________
Carolite-1.2 w/FF38 on bootable 16G flash drive; Asus eeePC 1000HA, Atom CPU, 2G RAM, 160G HDD.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message 
MrAccident

Joined: 31 Mar 2014
Posts: 238
PostPosted: Sun 13 Sep 2015, 01:21    Post subject:  
I'm posting here because I can't find a way to make a new topic in the forum. Please tell me how to do that.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message 
Display posts from previous:   Sort by:   
Page 2 of 4 [49 Posts]   Goto page: Previous 1, 2, 3, 4 Next
Post new topic   Reply to topic View previous topic :: View next topic
 Forum index » House Training » Users ( For the regulars )
Jump to:  


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
You cannot attach files in this forum
You can download files in this forum


Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group

[ Time: 0.7542s ][ Queries: 12 (0.2452s) ][ GZIP on ]