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Posted: **Tue 27 May 2008, 15:07**

Just found this topic after trouble with bootmanager in Puppy 4.00

and it worked straight away.

Thanks for the great tutorial.

Posted: **Mon 02 Feb 2009, 16:56**

DesertPupppy

fantastic

my only

etc/rc.d does not show etc/rc.d/rc.modules file. anyway my 412 does not.

[SO] i entered your code in both and etc/rc.d/functions4puppy and etc/rc.d/functions4puppy4. since every thing works [SO] what

btw the last bit of code, 1dconfig, did not go. rxvt came back with "command not found"

really appreciate this how-to; thanks

UltraPup

Posted: **Mon 02 Feb 2009, 23:57**

In 4.12 you don't need the line added to rc.modules because that file is not in there anymore I think it's call modulesconfig or somthing like that.

you have to type ldconfig (it is the letter L not a number 1)

Posted: **Sun 29 Mar 2009, 21:32**

DesertPuppy wrote:In 4.12 you don't need the line added to rc.modules because that file is not in there anymore I think it's call modulesconfig or somthing like that.

Hi DesertPuppy,

Does that mean in 4.12 that I can skip that step or that I have to modify another file. If I have to modify the file is the syntax the same or different.

Also what would be the implications of omitting that step (which I did)?

Thanks ........... Paul

Posted: **Mon 30 Mar 2009, 22:36**

Hi,

Another follow-up question.

If one is using the 4.12 Retro kernel, which version of devx_xxx.sfs should one use? The 4.12 one or an earlier one?

Thanks .......... Paul

Posted: **Wed 08 Apr 2009, 20:01**

Reading the HowTo for the first time, I think this command might fail, and
it does, you might be lucky . . .

# mount -o loop devx_301.sfs /data

. . . because the failure would not allow you to run this one.

# cp -a -v --remove-destination /data/* / >devcopy.txt

I expect conscientious computer operators and administrators understand
what they are doing and why they are doing it.

The command is self explanatory, therefore the question of what is being
done is answered within the command itself.

If anyone who can read the command, wants to explain why, I'd be very
interested, because I see no reason why.

Posted: **Sat 20 Jun 2009, 16:30**

Thank you, DesertPuppy!!

This worked beautifully for devx_400.sfs.

"Hello, World!!" indeed!!!

Posted: **Sun 02 Aug 2009, 19:12**

problems...
i'm running 4.21, where etc/rc.d/rc.modules doesn't exists.. i'm trying UltraPUP's solution and DesertPuppy's comment about, but i still have the sica07's error but after reboot:

#mount -o loop devx_421.sfs /data
mount: you must specify the filesystem type

i'll trying another options but thank you in advance if there is any help

Posted: **Sun 02 Aug 2009, 20:49**

SOLVED (my post just before)
was a very simple error: my devx_421.sfs file was corrupt, it weights 55M instead of 77M..
that was the cause of error message :
#mount -o loop devx_421.sfs /data
mount: you must specify the filesystem type

i'm compiling my code right now, thanks!

Posted: **Sun 08 Nov 2009, 21:59**

Thanks for this DesertPuppy. It almost worked for me on Puppy4.3.1 Here is the solution I came up with...

STEP 1.
First make sure you have downloaded the devx_431.sfs

NOTE: I always download it to / - that is the top directory not /root but /

STEP 2.
There is no step 2 as Puppy431 seems to have sfs support built-in. The 'modprobe squashfs' command is in /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit

STEP 3:
Double-clicking on the sfs file mounts it as /mnt/+devx_431.sfs

In the /mnt directory you should see +devx_431.sfs, and in there you should be able to see all the contents of the sfs

STEP 4:
open up a terminal window from the / directory and type the following:
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cp -a -v --remove-destination /mnt/+devx_431.sfs/* / >devcopy.txt
NOTE: there is a space between --remove-destination and /mnt
Also there is a space between /mnt/+devx_431.sfs/* and /
And a space between / and >devcopy.txt

it will seem like puppy has paused for a few seconds
(depends on speed of computer) just wait , when you see the # sign
again you are good to go.

NOTES:
At this point I got an error
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cp: cannot overwrite non-directory '/usr/share/cups/model' with directory 
'/mnt/+devx_431.sfs/usr/share/cups/model'
but since the model directory in the sfs is empty I don't think it matters (BTW the model directory on the HD is a symlink to the ppd directory)

The devcopy.txt file will show you everything
that got copied over and where it went to.[/b]

STEP 5:
now type:
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#umount /+devx_431.sfs
#sync
that will unmount the sfs file and if you
check /mnt/+devx_431.sfs will now be empty again.

STEP 6:

This next step may or may not be needed but I do it just to be sure:

type:
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#ldconfig
STEP 7:

to test to make sure it all worked type:
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#gcc
and you should get a response like:
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gcc: no input files

I hope this small contribution to DesertPuppy's excellent work will help those using more recent versions of Puppy.

Edit: Today the mount command worked for me - probably finger trouble yesterday. Still don't need to add the modprobe squashfs for Puppy 4.3.1

Posted: **Mon 09 Nov 2009, 00:38**

Here's what I did:

1) Put Devx file in root folder of hard drive
2) Start live pfix=ram session
3) Reboot saving as a puppy save file.
4) Boot into new session and choose to load devx by putting it in right hand pane when prompted.
5) Remaster live CD

Boot using this CD and perform a full HDD install and devx will be intergrated properly.

For full effect add kernel DEVX and install full DRI XORG drivers + XORG dev before remastering.

Posted: **Mon 09 Nov 2009, 20:15**

sikpuppy, your version works very well. It's what I did to add Go-openoffice into NearlyOfficePuppy.

However, after the full install I decided I wanted to add devx. I didn't want to remaster again, and this method allows for that.

Posted: **Thu 12 Nov 2009, 20:30**

I'm using a full install of puppy 431 on sda4 and this thread is the only thing that helped me install the devx module. I have a frugal install on sda1 and I was able to load it through the boot manager as it should. Why doesn't the boot manager allow us to load any sfs file in any location whether the install is frugal or full? I hope that gets fixed in the future, but as for now I have it working.

I tried doing it without "--remove-destination" and it froze my whole system on the next reboot. It's important!

Posted: **Fri 13 Nov 2009, 00:34**

have any of you guys tried this? http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 836#352836

Much easier than all this stuffing around, perhaps.

Posted: **Fri 05 Feb 2010, 00:26**

sikpuppy wrote:have any of you guys tried this? http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 836#352836

Much easier than all this stuffing around, perhaps.

Tried using that to mount devx_431 under a fresh hard drive install of puppy 4.3.1. It mounted successfully but upon reboot (with devx still 'installed' or symlinked in the mount at boot folder) the kernel would fail to detect my CD-ROM drive and Xorg would no longer start. When devx is 'uninstalled' or removed from the boot folder it doesn't give this error.

I'd say some files are conflicting but I'm not that interested in tracking them down given that the manual method described earlier works like a charm.

Posted: **Fri 05 Feb 2010, 01:09**

Successful with dpup-484..... works like a charm. javascript:emoticon(':lol:')

Posted: **Mon 16 Aug 2010, 10:30**

Hi,

sorry to bump an old thread here but I'm having troubles. I followed the instructions exactly for installing devx_431 and it seems to be there:

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# gcc -v
Using built-in specs.
Target: i486-t2-linux-gnu
Configured with: ../configure --prefix=/usr --bindir=/usr/bin --sbindir=/usr/sbin --libdir=/usr/lib --datadir=/usr/share --includedir=/usr/include --infodir=/usr/info --mandir=/usr/man --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var --disable-debug --without-libpam --without-pam --disable-libpam --disable-pam --host=i486-t2-linux-gnu --enable-__cxa_atexit --disable-checking --disable-bootstrap --disable-libstdcxx-pch --disable-multilib --enable-languages=c,c++ --disable-libmudflap
Thread model: posix
gcc version 4.2.2
# gcc
gcc: no input files

But I can't seem to ./configure or make -- and the error message is always the same:

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# gcc test.c
gcc: error trying to exec 'cc1': execvp: No such file or directory

EDIT: Nevermind -- turns out when I executed the command that generates devcopy.txt, I didn't wait long enough before closing the rxvt session and not all files were moved.

Goodbye World.

Posted: **Sat 21 Aug 2010, 14:20**

Do these instructions work for 5.1? I just did a full install.

Posted: **Sat 21 Aug 2010, 15:48**

maxpro4u wrote:Do these instructions work for 5.1? I just did a full install.

The method should work on all versions with only minor modifications.

You need to be sure to use the devx???? that belongs to the system
in question.

It may be a good idea to turn this into a script that gets made active if we do a full install.

Posted: **Sat 21 Aug 2010, 15:49**

maxpro4u wrote:Do these instructions work for 5.1? I just did a full install.

The method should work on all versions with only minor modifications.

You need to be sure to use the devx???? that belongs to the system
in question.

It may be a good idea to turn this into a script that gets made active if we do a full install.

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