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@mories
maybe i understand the problem.

Old puppies always mount the partition that has the main sfs.
Recent puppies unmount the partition if the PC has enough RAM to store the whole sfs.
The sfs_load mounts the patition as old puppies.

Ok, it will be fixed. Please wait a while.
Tnx mories.

UPDATE: sfs_load-1.2.pet. See the top of this topic.

This is a small bugfix release. You need not upgrade if you are happy with the version you are currently using.
But all the pupplet developers are encouraged to upgrade to this new version for their new release.

#26 Sep 2011 v1.2: fix was undesired mount (thanks to mories), fix was fleezed input in combobox, fix ramsize

Hi,

I have Lucid Puppy 5.2.8 running on a 2GB flash drive, and PUPMODE=7.

I tried to use Load-on-the-Fly for lupu_devx_528-3.sfs, but it told me that this is experimental for PUPMODE=7. I clicked OK to this message. It then gave me a fatal error (see screenshot, attached).

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puppynoob101

link in first post downloads a file named sfs_load-1.2.gz,
just rename it to sfs_load-1.2.pet and it will install
Edit: its fixed now

Test release: sfs_load-1.2.9.pet available. See the top post.
The first supports unionfs (Racy 5.1.110). Also expected to work on usual Puppy.
(Version 1.2 and older do not support most recent Racy 5.1.110, kernel 3.0.7 with unionfs patch. )

Any body can give me a clue or a link, how run this apps at transparent background (command line) without gui? This because I love fresh frugal, and control the system with startup script.
Before, I created a startup script, and use ln or cp command. Of course this method have a lot trouble and work.
Thanks ....

mhanifpriatama wrote:how run this apps at transparent background (command line) without gui?

For the usage, on the terminal, type:

Thank you Shino

Sfs_load-1.2.9 was able to successfully load the latest Racy devx (unionfs) and libreoffice-3.4.3, an sfs I had previously constructed. (Applications tested and working).

Cheers

Working for me as well, in a Puppy 4.2 derivative... Great stuff...

thanks.... sfs_load --help

fyi: Tested on Lucid Puppy 5.2.8, PUPMODE=7 --> NOT working

thanks puppynoob101 and thkn777 for the report.
I could reproduce the failure with PUPMODE=7.

Currently it does not support PUPMODE=7 (saving session in entire partition on a flash device).
Use the bootmanager to load sfs.
But i recommend to make a fresh install and save your session in a file to make PUPMODE=13, not to the entire partition.

EDIT: sfs_load v.1.3 supports PUPMODE=7, but i still recommend saving your session in a file(so that the PUPMODE=13), not to the partition.

I have updated Russian translation for sfs_load.

13 Nov 2011 v1.3: fix could not unload excess sfs(>6) with some version of busybox, PUPMODE=7(same as PUPMODE=2), error message at unload failure

added to wiki
http://puppylinux.org/wikka/SFSLoad

also have you seen, SFSdirloader, seems like SFSLoad has a similar function?

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=44601/

Yes but as I remember????? SFSdirloader does not work on all puppies.

I had to do very time consuming manual editing for it to work on my lupu513 that actually are a Snow Puppy 5. And I have forgotten how
to do it again if I would need to add anything.

So I would instead recomment either Shinobar's load on the fly
or Seaside's SFS-Exec which is more manual but that one can fail too
and it has no error checking. One can load same file twice and it would
not complain about it. One have to keep track of what one have loaded
and not using pencil or pen or memory or write it on some notes digitally

seems like sfsdirloader isn't reliable, have you had good experience with SFSLoad?

may take SFSdirloader off wiki filesystem page here-
http://puppylinux.org/wikka/SoftwareFilesystem

seems like sfsdirloader isn't reliable

To be fair to Seaside he does tell under what circumstances
it does work reliably. His set up at home. So if the one I use
differ then he had no way of testing this at his home

So it is a bit of a lottery or know how but it is reliable at his place

Nope have only tested these and not the one you mention most likely

There is a problem with the way some SFSs are packaged

SFS-jre-1.7.0.01-20111027.sfs

and

google-earth_6.2.2074.sfs

see thread:-

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 949#586949

The permission setting breaks CUPS, is there a way SFS Load could detect and even work around this problem?

darkcity wrote:see thread:-

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 949#586949

The permission setting breaks CUPS, is there a way SFS Load could detect and even work around this problem?

Tnx darkcity for the report. But maybe nothing the SFS_load can do for this.