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Lookinglass360 · Joined: 22 May 2009 Posts: 79 Location: Largo, Florida USA

Pistoi0
Thats what I get as well, so looks good.
Have you tried booting the disk in another machine?
I don’t have much time this morning, but will dig
into this then I get home.

Do you have an external drive you could burn a disk with?
Or perhaps an usb stick to copy the .iso to and burn with another
computer?
Getting a good burn would tell us your drive is not
burning/detecting correctly.
I have three computers that will make an MultiPup dvd-r disk but not
read them?
They will work on “some” other computers like with the multi session
issue I have run into.
Also have run in to some laptops that act the same way.
Think I have heard them described as having half drives or something to that effect.
Check back later.
Good Luck!

CatDude · Joined: 03 Jan 2007 Posts: 1358 Location: UK

Hello pistoi0

pistoi0 · Joined: 25 Oct 2005 Posts: 111 Location: Hartford, CT

CatDude, thanks for joining with Lookinglass360 in an effort to help me.

Each inside folder menu.lst matches each one that you posted.

I am posting this from a newly burned Lupu 528-004, so it seems my hardware is not fault.

I appreciate both of you for your assistance and hope someone can come up with a solution that will work for me.

puppyluvr · Posted: Sat 03 Mar 2012, 18:59 Post subject:

Hello,
Sorry, have not been around much as of late..
By the message you posted, it looks like the kernel loads, but not the initrd..
Do the folders on the disk have all their proper contents, IE vmlinuz/initrd.gz/pup.xxx.sfs??
You might try

pistoi0 · Joined: 25 Oct 2005 Posts: 111 Location: Hartford, CT

Puppyluvr,

Here is the line you gave me: vmlinuz/initrd.gz/pup.xxx.sfs??
Here is what I have initrd (cd)/slacko-5.3.2.1-SCSI/initrd.gz

Here is an example of one of my menu listings:

title slacko-5.3.2.1-SCSI Use Savefile
root (cd)
kernel (cd)/slacko-5.3.2.1-SCSI/vmlinuz root=/dev/ram0
initrd (cd)/slacko-5.3.2.1-SCSI/initrd.gz

title slacko-5.3.2.1-SCSI Normal boot
root (cd)
kernel (cd)/slacko-5.3.2.1-SCSI/vmlinuz root=/dev/ram0 psubdir=slacko-5.3.2.1-SCSI
initrd (cd)/slacko-5.3.2.1-SCSI/initrd.gz

title slacko-5.3.2.1-SCSI Run in ram
root (cd)
kernel (cd)/slacko-5.3.2.1-SCSI/vmlinuz root=/dev/ram0 pfix=ram psubdir=slacko-5.3.2.1-SCSI
initrd (cd)/slacko-5.3.2.1-SCSI/initrd.gz

title Return to Main Menu
configfile (cd)/boot/grub/menu.lst

CatDude · Joined: 03 Jan 2007 Posts: 1358 Location: UK

Hello pistoi0

I think puppyluvr was asking you to check the contents of each of the subdirectories on the disc (CD/DVD)

If you still have a copy of your custom ISO image on the hard drive,
simply click on it, then in the window that opens up,
open a console/terminal and enter the following command:

pistoi0 · Joined: 25 Oct 2005 Posts: 111 Location: Hartford, CT

CatDude, thanks for sticking with me on this. Here is my output.

# ls -1R
.:
boot
boot.catalog
index
logo.16
lupu-528.004
slacko-5.3.2.1-SCSI
squeeze-5.X.13.6-SCSI

./boot:
grub

./boot/grub:
menu.lst
Multipup
stage2_eltorito

./lupu-528.004:
boot.cat
boot.msg
help2.msg
help.msg
initrd.gz
isolinux.bin
isolinux.cfg
logo.16
lupu_528.sfs
menu.lst
vmlinuz

./slacko-5.3.2.1-SCSI:
adrv_luki_012.sfs
boot.cat
boot.msg
help2.msg
help.msg
initrd.gz
isolinux.bin
isolinux.cfg
logo.16
menu.lst
puppy_luki_012.sfs
vmlinuz
zdrv_luki_012.sfs

./squeeze-5.X.13.6-SCSI:
boot.cat
boot.msg
help2.msg
help.msg
initrd.gz
isolinux.bin
isolinux.cfg
logo.16
menu.lst
puppy_squeeze_5.X.13.5.sfs
README.HTM
[ Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported. For
the first word, TAB lists possible command
completions. Anywhere else TAB lists the possible
completions of a device/filename. ]

grub>

grub> ./boot/grub:

Error 27: Unrecognized command

grub> menu.lst

Lookinglass360 · Joined: 22 May 2009 Posts: 79 Location: Largo, Florida USA

Hi pistoi0
Was that taken from the MultiPup . iso file you created or the burned
disk?
I have looked through all my coasters and can not find any thing useful.
I started using rw disks so all pre ver. 3.3 got blanked and recycled and I
have just not had any problems that produced that grub screen or error
in this version.
Kinda hard to learn to fix something that generally Just works!

At any rate you have real help now! I will keep lookin!

I have once again learned something I did not know, if this can be solved
all the better!

Thanks puppyluvr + CatDude

CatDude · Joined: 03 Jan 2007 Posts: 1358 Location: UK

Hello pistoi0

Please don't take this as an accusation or anything,
but looking at the output from the ls command that you posted,
i have to ask one question.

Did you manually edit things when building your multipup ISO

(come on, don't be shy Wink

)

The reason i ask is this:

pistoi0 · Joined: 25 Oct 2005 Posts: 111 Location: Hartford, CT

CatDude, you flatter me! Except for assigning absolute linking, I did nothing more than click the gui buttons. As for the appearance of the grub prompt and message, that comes up immediately when attempting to load the disc. In other words, that is all that I get, nothing else.

Here is an attempt to make a one-pup .iso using Lupu with no .pets or .sfs and all I get on the screen is the grub prompt and message:

lupu-528.004

./boot:
grub

./boot/grub:
menu.lst
Multipup
stage2_eltorito

./lupu-528.004:
boot.cat
boot.msg
help2.msg
help.msg
initrd.gz
isolinux.bin
isolinux.cfg
logo.16
lupu_528.sfs
menu.lst
vmlinuz
sh-4.1#

pistoi0 · Joined: 25 Oct 2005 Posts: 111 Location: Hartford, CT

Catdude

Thank you for the PM. I will gladly try the experiment you suggest.

puppyluvr · Posted: Fri 09 Mar 2012, 23:17 Post subject:

Hello,,
pistoi0,
I am looking at your error, and although I cannot reproduce it, will try to solve it.. However...
Catdude, in looking at your error has uncovered another, more tangible problem concerning "Slacko"..
I believe the problem is related to "filemnt" mounting the ISO`s 'read only'...
This could be an issue related to unionfs, IDK...
pistoi0, i may have missed it, but what Puppy are you building the MultiPup ISO on???...
Maybe all related... Slacko may be the clue....
Tomorrow, with a clearer head.... Wink

pistoi0 · Joined: 25 Oct 2005 Posts: 111 Location: Hartford, CT

Puppyluvr

Don't know if I mentioned it. Started out with a Lucid 528, then tried Exprimo 5x13. I have tried it straight from a live DVD as well as from frugals. The frugals and everything else are on a 32 gig SDHC in a sata adapter. The drive has two partitions. SDA1 is a FAT 32 and SDA2 is an ext 3 used by MuliPup. Also, CatDude has given me something to try as he mentioned above, and I will get to that assignment tomorrow, I hope.

smokey01 · Joined: 30 Dec 2006 Posts: 1642 Location: South Australia

MultiPup works quite well here in Lucid but I have to tweak it in Saluki. It does not like Thunar.

pistoi0 · Joined: 25 Oct 2005 Posts: 111 Location: Hartford, CT

Puppyluvr and Smokey01 et al

I have been using Lucid 528-004, and I am in the midst of running yet another experiment under CatDude's tutelage. I hope to complete that phase, soon. So far, I am suspecting a hardware challenge. Hope to have more information for all by the end of the weekend.