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jarnie

There are no other drives connected (my signature states booting via usb memory stick but that is not the case with the laptop with the SD card in it's slot). There is one usb socket with a wireless mouse 'dongle' in it. I once tried with an empty usb memory stick in the spare usb socket to see if ...

jarnie

Sorry to resurrect this now long thread but while on holiday last week and reading a post at another website about the problem booting to 'linux' using an SD card in an Acer laptop (but not the model I have) I wondered what would happen if I created a bootable SD card with a 'legacy' boot type in ...

jarnie

Thanks bigpup.
It's now working ok. I used Barrys Simple network connection to set it up but may have forgotten to select 'set as default'. All good now.
My only excuse for missing that is this damned 10" screen and my ageing eyes.

jarnie

I have noticed that since using my laptop connected to internet via wifi EVERY TIME I boot to Fossapup I am not connected automatically to the internet and have to select 'connect' and then enter the router's password which is annoying. Is there a method to set up to retain this data so that ...

jarnie

Thanks for the tip. Yes I was able to resize via Utilties 'menu'. Strange that when I positioned the mouse pointer over the flashing red container shaped flashing icon it displayed 'right mouse click to resize' which did not allow e to do this. Please let me know about not using a savefile? Is this ...

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Thanks for your quick reply however how do I increase the size of the savefile? Whenever I start fossapup that 'icon' always is displaying in red and flashing indicating that I need to do something about it. Although after a short time it disappears. Maybe I just need to clean it up (remove ...

jarnie

When I first set up using fossapup I expanded my 'personal storage free space' without any probem but now it seems I did not create enough free space. When I move my mouse over the 'icon' (for personal free space at bottom right on pinboard) it dsplays 'right click for menu'. When I do that I see ...

jarnie

Thanks again bigpup.
I have now added more to my 'notes' document.
And started to look for buried bones around here and uncovered more that I can 'chew' at present especially at -
the Instructional HOW-TO Section > Install forum.
Seek and ye shall find.

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jarnie

Thanks again for your info. Findnrun looks interesting. Last night I decided, just for interest sake, to download the iso and create a bootable DVD for the latest version of UBUNTU. Not sure I like it. Doesn't seem as 'user friendly' as fossapup. I must say that the reason I decided to try fossapup ...

jarnie

Thanks.
Not worth the trouble I think. I will go to a store asap.

jarnie

Thanks again williwaw You have been great. I AM ok with using a low profile usb memory stick to boot from but was willing to keep giving you feedback in case there was a way especially as you had 'invested' a lot of your time in attempting to solve the problem of not being able to boot from an SD ...

jarnie

Thanks Great response and thanks for the link which is great. Thanks for the advice on Stacer. I found many apps in a YouTube video and of course they were for Linux and so probably not always 'workable' in puppy. That was another reason for the post. When I first started using fossapup I was ...

jarnie

I recommend first updating the repo databse. Well I have done that 'update'. What now? I have heard there are various types of app installations and that those done via Quickpet are easy which suggests that those done via PPM are not as easy and may require further steps. For example should I ...

jarnie

I recommend first updating the repo databse. Well I have done that 'update'. What now? I have heard there are various types of app installations and that those done via Quickpet are easy which suggests that those done via PPM are not as easy and may require further steps. For example should I ...

jarnie

Thanks I meant PPM.
Which repositories should I select. All?

jarnie

I have 3 apps I would like to install but none of then can be found with Quickpet and in fact only 2 can be found using the search bar in INSTALL (app). They are - Ulauncher - I could not find this in either Quickpet or INSTALL Stacer Timeshift What do I need to be aware of when using INSTALL to ...

jarnie

Thanks I also did run lsblk which listed the same 'device names' as listed in grub4dos where I selected mmcblk1 (the SD card) and it returns the error - no supported file systems in /dev/mmcblkp1(vfat) /dev/mmcblkp2(ext4) /dev/mmcblkp3(vfat) I would include a screen shot but when I try using Take a ...

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williwaw I tried again and noted something quite strange (to me) - When I remove BOTH the SD card (from the SD slot) and the usb stick (from the usb slot) those icons with the same SD 'picture' as for the SD and usb are displayed and have mm0p1, mm0p3 and mm0p4 REMAIN displayed. Why would they be ...

jarnie

Hi willawaw Firstly what continent do you live? I would hate to keep you up too late. I have done what you asked with the bootable SD card inserted into the SD slot of the laptop and booting with a usb memory stick. Firstly running grub4dos did not list the SD card. Here is the first screen and I ...

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Thanks bigpup. Interesting but I'm not one to complain about anything which comes free especially when many hundreds of hours of one or more people have been given freely. When you mentioned slacko64 I remembered that before I 'discovered' fossapup 9.5 I was started using linux (only a month ago ...

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Thanks again williwaw and Mike. I won't reply directly to any of your statements but firstly thank you for hanging in there. Yes I am a bit over it but if indeed I am 'nearly there' I will battle on and thank you both again for your interest. I have included a snapshot of the screen showing the ...

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Thanks williwaw I'm a bit 'over it' with this and think is it all worth the effort? I did as you stated (run grub4dos on the sd card, (ensured I had chosen the correct device) chose 'search only in this device' (actually worded a little different but basically the same) did not enter anything else ...

jarnie

I see Aspire R3-131T <<<<<<---- this one Aspire R3-431T Aspire R3-471T Aspire R3-471TG either of those? the boot flag needs to be set for a legacy bios boot the boot flag and the esp flag need to be set for a UEFI boot <<<<<--- Yes you just mentioned that earlier and it is set but won't display in ...

jarnie

When you boot up using the Fossapup USB. If you have the SD card in the SD card slot. Should be a drive icon on the desktop for it. What does it identify as? Even using a usb bootable stick I had to set boot 'type' to LEGACY instead of UEFI to boot from the usb stick The SD card inserted into the ...

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I can use a SD card reader plugged into a usb port and boot ok. no surprise, the laptop sees the usb port as a bootable device. This does not prove or disprove the viability of a SD card as a bootable device. What needs to be seen is the card slot as a bootable interface. The slot itself may not be ...

jarnie

Thanks
Yes not as simply as creating in Windows but at least there is a method.

jarnie

Thanks williwaw You sort of lost me with what you state. Firstly not sure if I explained the situation correctly. My laptop has both usb ports and a dedicated SD (only) reader slot. I can use a SD card reader plugged into a usb port and boot ok. My laptop shows the following Boot priority order 1 ...

jarnie

Thanks again. I certainly have learned that "oils ain't oils" to coin an advertising phrase. Yes my laptop will not boot from my bootable SD card but it will boot from the same SD card when 'installed' in a usb reader. I had hoped that creating the bootable SD card selecting UEFI boot mode would ...

jarnie

Thanks bigpup. I will re create the SD with 3 partitioned using UEFI and see what happens. If no go then I will use get one of those miniature usb memory sticks and create it as a fossapup bootable device (which I have done in the past with a full size usb stick). I can leave the miniature usb ...

jarnie

I didn't know that. I (incorrectly) assumed that because a friend of mine with an older laptop can boot from SD that I could as well. Having said that if I set the boot 'mode' to Legacy I CAN boot from the SD card so I am now assuming that if I create a bootable SD card with UEFI it will boot the ...

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