ok if i do a full install and reboot its ok then after that second shut down and reboot it will not boot up.everything boots up then it say loadind the script and that im on a pentiumII 256 ram is that the problem.i can run moon os with no booting problems.
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Posted 7 months ago #
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runtt21
MemberPuppy linux sometimes dosen't do full installs very well,It's designed to run live.I know of people who have done full installs ok but sometimes that causes issues like with using .sfs .I would suggest doing a frugal install.
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?search_id=215907730&t=37368
Posted 7 months ago # -
thanks that didnt work.so i did a full install was messing around as a newbie moved the vmlinuz into the boot folder then it didnt boot so i used the live cd ,moved it back and works great.maybe the installs dont recongnize till it gets moved i dont know .
Posted 7 months ago # -
timber
MemberJust so you know, I've had great success with the "Full Install".
Also have been able to run the "LiveCD" using the Macpup_Foxy3.iso from the hard drive instead of having to burn a CD. This can be handy in some situations.
To install to grub2 just add the following (edited for location of partition where Macpup_Foxy3.iso is located ... e.g. primary hard drive, partition sda3 would be (hd0,3)) to the /etc/grub.d/40_Custom file of an existing distro installation.cat << EOF
menuentry "Macpup_Foxy3 Live CD" {
loopback loop (hd0,6)/Macpup_Foxy3.iso
linux (loop)/vmlinuz root=/dev/ram0 pmedia=idehd iso-scan/filename=/Macpup_Foxy3.iso --
initrd (loop)/initrd.gz
}
EOFThis will run MacPup just as if it were a livecd but be accessible from the grub2 menu.
In my case I used this to then install MacPup to a pre-formatted partition.
The Full Installation boots and runs extremely fast and is available from the grub menu.
I'm really enjoying using MacPup this way.MacPup Foxy 3 is a great distro ... thanks!
timber
Posted 7 months ago # -
JFKinlinux
MemberHi - I am new to this - as will be evident by the level of my questions...
A couple of days ago I installed Macpup3.0 onto my Toshiba NB205 Notebook which has 1GB RAM. It's partitioned without a swap as my desire is to run a lean OS fully in RAM. No probs doing that from the live USB, so on I went.I have found my way around pretty well and the Puppy Universal Installer is terrific - very clear, but I did run into one hiccup which I think is particular to this and perhaps other netbooks. Because of the aggressive power save, the machine keeps suspending, and it did so during the "Please wait, executing rc.update script..." stage
That install failed dismally, so I tried again and kept it awake by tickling the touchpad - no problem this time, but I skipped too quickly through the GRUB window bit and installed it to Root, rather than MBR.
Things seem to work, but is this going to cause me problems?
This brings me to another question about trying to find the mysterious "grub.d" directory in /etc which several posts have mentioned is a good place to try and control the auto-suspension of my machine. I cannot see such a directory...
Thanks for any pointers. I have some other questions, but probably best put elsewhere. Apols for length of my VERY first linux post!
JFKPosted 6 months ago # -
runtt21
MemberHaving grub install to / wont be a problem . Usually people do that when they multi-boot several version of linux on the same drive . I had a system like that on my desktop before. I had Fedora's grub in the mbr to boot the drive and had the grubs from ubuntu studio and sabayon installed to their /. Fedora would boot first and give me a choice of what ever os i wanted to run. Usually the grub files are in/boot/grub but I have never seen or heard of grub.d before.
Posted 6 months ago #
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