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... I have reported this problem in a chart in another thread as well as further findings on the S15 thread. This need developer attention for ISO booting. I also provide QEMU findings that allow it easy to replicate. Hope this info is helpful. It is hoped that provided info is easily replicated ...

esos wrote: ↑Mon Apr 22, 2024 1:24 pm

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Direct isobooting is easy/simple, but it is not possible for system update.

I have NOT found this to be true.

Can you explain?

OK, on this test PC, I have found that I have overlooked this message in the past. It also appears when booting BookwormPUP64 v10.0.6. I'll need to check the other distros that have booted and saved their sessions on this rig. Its a old Xeon with 2 80GB SCSI HDDs setup back ...

Info on booting bare-metal shown in "Results" from above. During boot the F96-5 is reporting issues when attempting sessions use (my sessions are in /Sessions on Persistence drive) e2fsck 1.46.2 /dev/sdb3 has unsupported ...

... is in control after its own Menu processing. Not sure which option in the kernel-build is the culprit. BUT, I dont run traditional frugals. ISO boots with persistence are the frugal I only used for last 5 years. Thus no extractions or rebuilds/retooling drive boot menu system are ever used. ...

... NVME itself 'may' be the problem or a contributor to problem. Do you have any other NVMEs you could exchange where you know it can be seen as a boot drive; which could be swapped in temporarily? (yet, I fully recognize that it "might not" be the problem and the card, itself, may not ...

... ISO Y(5) Y Y Y Y N(6) Legend for 'N' (No) in table (1) - Drops out to GRUB prompt (2) - Stops at Console w/o Desktop (3) - TRAP/Abend during boot (4) - IMG Not Supported by Launcher (5) - Requires session-save parm, manually added, to GRUB2 Menu stanza for boot (6) - Not tested

Problems booting 240420 64bit versions in a VM Failures Direct ISO boot fails immediate on startup Booting when launched from Ventoy USB fails attempting to show desktop PC used for testing Dell i5 8GB RAM nVidia adapter Ventoy ...

I have just completed a Remaster using the technique built-in to BKWP64's Menu>Setup>Remaster Puppy Classic. I am able to boot the remastered ISO file and operate as before without issues. I do NOT write any forum's ISO files as a USB/DVD (For years this is true for me as I use 1 of ...

... '.GZ', make the remaster2 executable link it in the work folder where remastering is to occur along with the BKWP64 ISO file. Remaster Scenario Boot Ventoy USB and launch BKWP64 ISO file It boots to desktop capturing its current save-session along the way changes made during desktop use; such ...

... the user desires; thus not necessarily the persistence name used by myself and any others are using who happen to have multiple PCs. If so, the boot stanza using a label to find its boot needs could be the same no matter which PC it is installed or used. Thanks in advance for any consideration ...

... that are, each, suggesting the same Ventoy setup structure. If you follow the instructions for the structure recommended, it will allow booting of all forum distros ISO files as well as IMG files. The KL family developers are insanely quick to repair any KL that have boot issues, when ...

... If you follow those instructions, EVERY forum distro can be started and each distro will save its session to be found the next time you boot that same distro. This is true for every ISO on your Ventoy disk in its BOOTISOS folder (follow those instruction for success troublefree) Ventoy ...

P.S . IF you do decide to setup a USB for booting ISOs to desktop, following those instructions is 'key' for several reasons to ensure handling all known ISO boot efforts for ALL of the PLDF distros. Again, the Ventoy USB is made only once and ...

... the Ventoy one describe on various locations on the forum that contain SG2D. Simple to set up. And, once setup , use the simple USB forever to boot ISOs of your choice for evaluations that you choose. Also it can be used for production purposes in addition to evaluation of distros. Once setup, ...

... Are ALL user changes to the system's folders by the user during a session, contained in each snapshot of the following? If so, is there a boot parm we users can add at boot time which can be used to directs where these will be saved and/or found during a boot? snapdel-5.png

... want to have a " KL Theme " for its GRUB2 Menu. Further, is it time to consider moving to just GRUB2 versus dev time to support multiple boot menu services? One less product to constantly maintain as we known the world constantly upgrades GRUB2 with timely needs in support of booting ...

... never seen before REmaster the final arrival creating a NEW ZM ISO for use. Scenario Opened a VM booting the ISO file from my Ventoy USB First Boot F96 Menu's stanza line contained psave=Persistence:/Sessions/ (which is a QEMU created QCOW2 drive) F96CE4 ISO via QEMU.jpg After FirstRUN changes ...

... needs. When running that PC, I use QEMU to make a virtual PC that is given 2 of the 16 cores, like RAM, video, audio and other features, When I boot an OS like a PUP, I now have 2 PCs useful on my TV (monitor). Further, if I choose, I can create an additional VM that has 1 CPU and ?GB RAM, etc ...

... USB. (Dont worry, it always creates a bootable USB) Download/Add EASY's image file to the BOOTISOS folder you make on the Ventoy partition Boot the USB and select EASY from the Ventoy list Upon EASY's desktop, run its "install" utility. After install do one of the following Remove ...

... ISO N(6) N(6) Y N(1) Y N(6) Legend for 'N' (No) in table (1) - Drops out to GRUB prompt (2) - Stops at Console w/o Desktop (3) - TRAP/Abend during boot (4) - IMG Not Supported by Launcher (5) - Requires session-save parm, manually added, to GRUB2 Menu stanza for boot (6) - Not tested

... -name "HyprlandCE v1.1" -enable-kvm -smp 2 -m 2048 -vga qxl -device AC97 -net nic -net user -rtc base=localtime -cdrom /mnt/sda2/boot-isos/KLA-HyprlandCE-1.1.iso #1 , in pic below; Is this command to be added to the Linux line in the GRUB's boot menu? Is it accurate? #2 , in pic ...

fatdog is the ONLY forum distro which OOTB can be booted as a frugal (no matter if used via its ISO file booting or via a manual setup by the users) as weill as running within KVM VMs AND will also boot from traditional PXE method or via the simplified ...

... For some reason, it appears that a prior post for you has been lost on the forum. Hopefully, this post wont get lost. No USB used on this PC to boot ISO files as well as installed OSes. Anyway, here's pics on the 2 system drive test PC I have. Its 2nd drive is the main bootable drive of the ...

I am getting the EXACT same results of booting to desktop that we saw when testing under a VM. Each boot, no matter if launched from Ventoy or from SG2D on bare-metal yields the same result. Question Can anyone see/mount/use your Ventoy partition ...

UPDATE I discovered the followiing that "may" have been a causation to the above boot result when launched from Ventoy. Discovery Three is a "boot-isos" folder on a system drive that contains the KL distros, as well. It "may' have had an impact. ...

I caution: Bare-metal, based upon what I see reported, 'could' expose something that is not seen in a QEMU VM. Questions Could you try QEMU booting to see if you are reaching desktop? AND could you add SG2D (ISO/IMG) to your BOOTISOS folder and test to see if results are the same.? Reason: ...

... during the afternoon. P.S. My USB is a " cheap " 128GB v1.0.97 Ventoy upgraded a few months ago. I cannot remember if is Secure Boot or not. EVERY ISO & IMG file is kept in its BOOTISOS folder. As reported, SG2D finds them...as well. BTW: Can anyone guide me in how to use ...

... vsr12 N(6) N(6) Y Y Y N(6) Legend for 'N' (No) in table (1) - Drops out to GRUB prompt (2) - Stops at Console w/o Desktop (3) - TRAP/Abend during boot (4) - IMG Not Supported by Launcher (5) - Requires session-save parm, manually added, to GRUB2 Menu stanza for boot (6) - Not tested