How to save Internet connection settings Bionicpup32 8.0?

[ospup]

Sir

i am running bionic pup 32 bit in trial mode .
i want to save internet connection settings .
ie profiles so that i have not to select options again and again .
after shutting off everything goes off .

thanking you

[ospup]

screenshot attached

[ospup]

iso flashed on hard disc .
i am using first option bionic pup 32 bit .

hard disc read only . only one sata port .
usb not bootable . i want to save net settings in profile .
or on pd . thanks

[bigpup]

When you shutdown Bionicpup, it should offer option to make a save, that will hold the settings.

But you say this:

hard disc read only

Give us specific details on how you installed Bionicpup to the hard disk?
I assume this is the internal drive?

A little guessing by me.
Is Windows OS on the drive?
If yes.
If you shutdown Windows in hibernation.
It will not release control of drive.
So that could make it read only to Bionicpup.

Shutdown Windows in a normal full shutdown.

[mikeslr]

"i want to save internet connection settings...iso flashed on hard disc...hard disc read only...only one sata port . usb not bootable..."

If the hard disc is Read Only how did you write Bionicpup32's image to it? Exactly what application did you use? While your USB port may not be boot-able [there are applications which may be able to work-around that; ask] can you write to a USB-Key? How much RAM do you have?

The following is only possible if your can write to the USB-Key.

If your hard-drive is, in fact, Read-Only --and not just as a result of however you wrote Bionicpup32 to it-- to preserve internet connection settings (or anything else) you'd have to rebuild the ISO to include such additions and flash the new ISO to the hard-drive.

To prepare for that rebuilding you would install nicOS-Utility-Suite, https://www.forum.puppylinux.com/viewto ... 983#p12983, restart-X AKA graphical server for bionicpup32 to index its presence, then run it and select Save2SFS. Save2SFS will a new adrv_upupbb_19.03.sfs or a ydrv_upupbb_19.03.sfs. It will include your settings and whatever applications you installed and your original adrv's contents. [Save2SFS offers to preform in RAM; but this can result in errors. Save2SFS can also create a ydrv.sfs; but an adrv and its settings have priority].

Create a folder on your USB-Key: Right-Click an empty space, select New>Directory and name it bionicpup32-my.
Left-Click the Bionicpup32 ISO you downloaded to mount/open it. Drag and drop > copy all its contents into the bionicpup32-my folder EXCEPT the adrv_upupbb_19.03.sfs. Drag, drop>copy the adrv_upupbb_19.03.sfs you created into that folder.

There are a couple ways to use that folder to create a new ISO. I'm not sure which will generate a bootable ISO. Bionicpup32 may have dir2iso built-in. If so, Right-Clicking the folder will offer it. My may also have Menu>Utilities>packit or Menu>Multimedia>ISOMaster. I'm pretty sure the latter creates a viable ISO. If these are not available ask how to get them.

Once you have a new ISO, burn it to your hard-drive the same way you did the original.

But I'd really like to know why your hard-drive is READ-ONLY. Wouldn't it be better if it were possible to reformat it so that it wasn't?

[Flash]

@ospup, your screenshot shows Bionicpup64, not Bionicpup32. What gives?

[cobaka]

@ospup

I want to understand the situation with your PC hardware and Puppy installation better.
In general, Bigpup & flash have both put questions that need answering. I won't add another question to the list, but please pay attention to the comment below big-pup's signature. He says: "the things you do not tell us are usually what we need to know to solve the problem."

More comment from me - but no new question! First, I believe you did boot uPupBB32 - because I see the "BB32" desktop. Later (in another screen-grab) I see "BionicPup64" (surrounded by green highlighting).
So - like flash - I want to know what's going on here? You haven't given us the full picture.

I have installed and run uPupBB32 on many desktops and laptops. Installed on/booted from CD, hard disk and thumb-drive. Legacy and UEFI bios. USB2 and USB3 speeds. Pentium P4M, P4, I3 and I5 processors. PeeBee's uPupBB32 is a great OS (in some ways superior to BB64).
So - not one new question from me; but please answer the questions flash, bigpup and MikeSLR put! I am curious beyond all get-out!

cobaka. Woof!

[ospup]

sir

it is 32 bit . 64 bit screen shot (indicative ) from different machine .
p4 non bootable usb . only one sata port working. p ata not working .
hd flashed from balena etcher from different machine . upubsave not working .
just showing saving nothing else . there are too many dialogue boxes for internet
connection . when i restart i have again to chose from dialogue boxes . i want to save my
internet profiles .

thanking you

[ospup]

Sir

i am reading your articles . they seem useful .

[Clarity]

@ospup says

... want to save internet connection settings .
ie profiles so that i have not to select options again and again ...

This might help
Many browser ask you to log into them. If so, your history is protected securely into your ID available anytime you use it on anything you run that browser on. Thus NO reliance on any distro or OS tool(s).

If it works for you, run with it.

[amethyst]

sir

it is 32 bit . 64 bit screen shot (indicative ) from different machine .
p4 non bootable usb . only one sata port working. p ata not working .
hd flashed from balena etcher from different machine . upubsave not working .
just showing saving nothing else . there are too many dialogue boxes for internet
connection . when i restart i have again to chose from dialogue boxes . i want to save my
internet profiles .

thanking you

I've made a little GUI box that looks like below. I'm connecting via pupdial for my cellphone modem, config is saved. Using Simple Network Setup normally show the drivers for wireless and wired connection and tabs to select.

[Jasper]

The screenshot provided by @ospup as an attachment is from the WikiHow website

https://www.wikihow.com/Install-Puppy-L ... sion-2.jpg

[mikeslr]

"hard disc read only . only one sata port ...pata not working ...hd flashed from balena etcher from different machine.

Unfortunately, the easy way to preserve settings, customizations and User-added applications-- is to create a SaveFile/Folder. But you can only do that to READ-WRITE media. balena does not create a READ-WRITE media. [Even my prior response required that you could write to media].

I'm guessing that 'flashed from different machine' means you connected your 'broken hard disc' into a different machine by removing it and placing it into an external 'caddy' plugged into that different machine and used balena from the operating system on that machine to write to the now 'external' hard-drive. In other words, its not the hard-drive, itself, which is broken but your computer's access to it. If so, you can create a fully functioning Puppy. But you'll have to 'start from scratch', again remove hard-disc from the broken computer, place it in the caddy, reformat the hard-drive and install Puppy to it.

If my above assumptions are correct, please tell us what operating systems you have on that other computer so that we can best tell you how to proceed.

[ospup]

Sir

i have disabled fast boot in windows 10 . now it
is saving files on hard disc .i have connected
net . on shutdown i have saved
as upupbbsave-net2.4fs . after restart how can i get my net
profile . after clicking on upupbbsave-net2.4fs it is telling mounted .
but internet profile is not showing .

thanking you

[bigpup]

If you now have a save file (upupbbsave-net2.4fs) and you boot using this save file.

After you do the Internet network connection setup it should be saved in the save file.

We have no idea what boot menu entry you are booting with.
But make sure to use the first one.
That should boot using the save.

What size did you make the save file when you made it?

[ospup]

The screenshot provided by me as an attachment is from the WikiHow website

https://www.wikihow.com/Install-Puppy-Linux

yes for indicative purpose . sorry to all for unnecessary mess . a new bie improving .
but praise to your memory and problem solving capability .

[bigpup]

I asked you a question.

What is your answer???????????????

I suggested something about the way you boot.

Are you booting that way?

[ospup]

bigpup » Sun Mar 26, 2023 12:09 am

If you now have a save file (upupbbsave-net2.4fs) and you boot using this save file.

reply

how can i boot from upupbbsave-net2.4fs . menu shows pup32 then file check etc options.

i am choosing first option bionic pup 32 8.0 ie trial only

[ospup]

This was bigpup that posted this.
Something I must have done makes it not have my name as poster.

booting from first option and file size 32 mb

You need to make the save file much bigger.

Use the program resize personal storage

Make it 1GB or bigger.

There are other programs you may run that need to store stuff in the save.

One thing about making the network connection setup settings.

When complete you should be asked if you want to make this the default setup.
If you answer yes.
That should use this setup when you next boot up.

Are you seeing this when completing the connection setup?

[mikeslr]

bigpup is correct and it's the easier solution. But there is another way. This post is worth reading even if you don't employ its techniques as it will give you some ideas as to what you can do with your Puppy: viewtopic.php?p=43296#p43296

Sam Hobbs didn't have a choice. The partition on which his Puppy was located only had 55 Mbs of usable space. As Puppy automatically mounts the partition on which it is located, you won't need the Startmount application mentioned there. The rest of the post discusses how to keep your SaveFile small.

[ospup]

Sir

thanks to creator of linux puppy
may god help you . reasons as follows :-
pup32 is running on p4 .
no virus .
license free .
i will learn puppy programming technicals
i will help others
my aim was to surf and it is fullfilled
in a very inexpensive way .

thanks a lot again .

[bigpup]

So the internet connection settings are now saved and being used on boot up?

[ospup]

i have installed fosapup along with w10 .
i used lick .
i downloaded google chrome offline .
installed chrome . next i have connected net .
after that i did shut down . with option of
save session . after rebooting in profiles
net connection is presernt . chrome also present .
mobo e210882 processor e4300. save problem solved .
hd also writable .

[ospup]

for p4 system i am using pen drive . i will try w7 on p4 .
then lick and bionic pup alongside .
then same as of fossapup .