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Fredk6 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 05, 2023 7:12 am

https://sourceforge.net/projects/vpup/f ... p32/addons). Sorry, I don't find iso file on github.

I just find the iso file on github. Browser "light 48.0" doesn't show them (a bit old, I presume).
Sorry.
I'm going to try the latest version.

In your menu.lst for grug4dos change every instance of "CVoidPup" to just /VoidPup then reboot.

Fredk6 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 05, 2023 7:43 am

I'm going to try the latest version.

Tried VoidPup32-22.02-230701 :

• Firmware zd1211 (wireless lan) missing (a bit old maybe). Copied from +14. Ok.

• "Voidpup app install" is ok.

• The old Ydvr (thunar, ...) : no change : crash at boot (put into frugal install directory), or no wallpaper (loaded with sfs-load), as before.

Thanks.

Wiz57 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 05, 2023 8:55 am

In your menu.lst for grug4dos change every instance of "CVoidPup" to just /VoidPup then reboot.

Thanks, tried but no change.

A new ydrv is needed. Coming soon.

New ydrv's for 230701 versions have been uploaded - both LXDE & Xfce for 32 & 64 bit

New version

Idiot installation advice please.

I have booted a dvd with iso on it so it runs when computer switches on from the dvd. And good to use too.

How do I then install it on my hard drive so I don't have to load it every time from my dvd as on fully on computer wiping out previous Linux os

I can think of two methods. The easiest --using grub2config-- doesn't always work. But it's worth a try and won't break anything.
0. If the latest version of Grub2config (currently 2.0.8) isn't already installed, follow the links from here, https://www.forum.puppylinux.com/viewto ... 703#p29703 to install it. Restart-x to register the new application: Menu>Exit>Restart-x or Graphical Server.

After that both methods require creating a folder on your Hard-drive:
1. Boot into your Puppy on the CD.
2. At the bottom of your display, just above the Task-bar are short-cut icons to your drives and DVD. Left-Click the icon for the hard-drive partition on which you want to deploy your Puppy. Right-Click an empty space on that partition. Select New>Directory from the pop-up window and give the folder a meaningful --recommended short-- name such as Voidpup64.
3. Left-Click that folder to open it: it's currently empty. Leave it open.
4. Left-Click the short-cut icon to your DVD.
5. Left-Press, hold, then drag each of Puppy's system files (shown in the following graphic) from the DVD window into the 'Voidpup64" folder window. Select copy.

Method 1 Using grub2config: Run Menu>Setup>Grub2Config bootloader config. This will search all your partitions and should write a new boot-manager on sda with listings of all the operating systems on your computer, including your Puppy and your other Linux. But sometimes you'll get a message that there's been a failure to write a necessary file. That's because some Linuxes have modified sda, I don't know anyway around that. Ergo, method 2.

Method 2:
Open a terminal and run the command "blkid" --without the quotes. This will provide a print-out of the UUID's for all your devices, such as the following:

/dev/sda3: UUID="39ff128d-806e-45a0-9c0c-40138....(numbers deleted)..." BLOCK_SIZE="4096" TYPE="ext3" PARTUUID="b5586c87-03"
Copy that information where your other Linux can find it.

Boot into your other Linux and follow its advice as to how to customize its Grub2 boot manager. Grub2 is Grub2 regardless of which Linux creates it and uses it. This is an example of a Grub2 Stanza:

menuentry 'Voidpup64-22.02 (sda3/Voidpup64)'{
search --no-floppy --set=root --fs-uuid 39ff128d-806e-45a0-9c0c-40138....(numbers deleted)
linux /Voidpup64/vmlinuz psubdir=Voidpup64 pmedia=ataflash pfix=fsck
initrd /Voidpup64/initrd.gz
}