Slacko-32 does not load savefile [solved]
Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2020 5:16 am
Request for help/info
[In brief - BigPup suggested I use a different installation package. That solved the problem.]
The situation: For months I ran uPupBB-32 (the ubuntu busy beaver) on this desktop box.
Had minor probs with Light/You-Tube (would stutter, then freeze).
Decided to try Slacko-32 (UEFI) and loaded that Puppy to USB. (detail below)
Completed installation to USB flash drive and removed boot (USB) drive containing uPupBB.
Booted "new" USB flash drive (i.e. Slacko-32) and connected to the internet.
"Messed around" etc and shut-down the Slack-32 puppy.
The slack-puppy noted that this was the first shut-down and I went thru the procedure to create a save-file.
I chose to put the 'save file' on sda3 - a 67GiB partition with ext4 format.
sda1 = ext4 partition.
sda2 = VFAT partition (around 30GiB)
sda3 = as above.
I did NOT copy the system files to sda3 (when Puppy suggested I to do that).
I chose to boot from the thumb drive (ie sdd1 ISO9660 format).
Yes, it may be a little slower etc, but I'm content to run/boot from flash. It's fast enough for me.
NOW HERE IS THE PROBLEM.
On re-booting - Puppy did not find the save-file on sda3.
I went thru the rigmarole again - set-up kbd/time/language etc. n/w. Looked at google, (all good) - shut-down.
Puppy said: First shut-down. Like to make a save file? Ans: Yes.
Did as before: Puppy made a second save file on sda3, called slackosave-1.
OK, now you understand the problem. I won't make a third save file.
Info about my system is below. 2 snapshots supplied - desktop (drives etc) + sdd1 (the boot ISO disk).
See also: two *.cfg files below
Must be something to do with the boot-loader or cfg, but "I know nothing ..."
o-o-o --------------------
FROM PSI.
▶—— Distro Specifications ——◀
Distro: Slacko Puppy 6.3.2
Window Manager: JWM v2.3.2
Desktop Start: xwin jwm
Development: Bash: 4.2.53 Geany: 1.25 Gtkdialog: 0.8.4 Perl: 5.18.1
busybox: 1.23.1 dhcpcd: 6.0.5 Glibc: 2.17 OpenSSL: 1.0.1t 3 May 2016, built on: Tue May 3 14:18:55 2016
wpa_supplicant: 2.4
o-o-o ----------
▶—— BIOS (supplied by Pup-Sys-info ——◀
Vendor: Intel Corp.
Version: NT94510J.86A.4034.2006.1109.0935
Release Date: 11/09/2006
o-o-o ----------
Computer specs or make and model? 32bit Medion (2006 bios. Vy reliable)
CPU = P4
Memory: 2GiB - slow
Graphics hardware: don't know, but prob not relevant.
Network hardware: copper, broadband, ethernet. Works well with uPubBB
Puppy was installed: from uPupBB using bootflash + ISO file to SDE.
Installation: Full, frugal, or live? ummm ... it's on sdd1. See shapshot cobaka-sdd1.jpg
Installed on what drive: See snapshot - below.
How is drive partitioned? 3 partitions. sdd1 = 210MiB, ISO9660 (boot+puppy)
sdd2 = 4MiB, VFAT
sdd3 = 14Gib, ext4
The partition(s) are formatted as: see above.
Puppy is installed on which partition: sdd1 (also see snapshot)
PROGRAM USED to INSTALL? (see above. It's the program where you see a picture of a burning CD. I had to 'click' the slack-pup ISO file.
o-o-o ----------
Here is a file called grub.cfg from sdd1.
insmod png
background_image /slacko.png
set timeout=10
menuentry "Start slacko" {
linux /vmlinuz
initrd /initrd.gz
}
menuentry "Start slacko - RAM only" {
linux /vmlinuz pfix=ram
initrd /initrd.gz
}
menuentry "Start slacko - No X" {
linux /vmlinuz pfix=nox
initrd /initrd.gz
}
menuentry "Start slacko - check filesystem" {
linux /vmlinuz pfix=fsck
initrd /initrd.gz
}
menuentry "Start slacko - No KMS" {
linux /vmlinuz nomodeset
initrd /initrd.gz
}
menuentry "Shutdown" {
halt
}
menuentry "Reboot" {
reboot
}
(end of grub.cfg)
o-o-o ----------
Here is a file called isolinux.cfg (from sdd1)
#display help/boot.msg
default slacko
prompt 1
timeout 100
#F1 help/boot.msg
F2 help/help.msg
F3 help/help2.msg
ui vesamenu.c32
menu resolution 800 600
menu title slacko Live
menu background slacko.png
menu tabmsg Press Tab to edit entry, F2 for help, Esc for boot prompt
menu color border 37;40 #80ffffff #00000000 std
menu color sel 7;37;40 #80ffffff #20ff8000 all
menu margin 1
menu rows 20
menu tabmsgrow 26
menu cmdlinerow -2
menu passwordrow 19
menu timeoutrow 28
menu helpmsgrow 30
label slacko
linux vmlinuz
initrd initrd.gz
#append rootfstype=ramfs
menu label slacko
text help
Start slacko normally.
endtext
label slacko-ram
linux vmlinuz
initrd initrd.gz
append pfix=ram
menu label slacko with no savefile
text help
Start Slacko64 with no savefile RAM only.
endtext
label slacko-nox
linux vmlinuz
initrd initrd.gz
append pfix=nox
menu label slacko without graphical desktop
text help
Start slacko in command-line mode (Linux console).
Graphical desktop later can be started by typing "xwin".
endtext
menu separator
label slacko-nokms
linux vmlinuz
initrd initrd.gz
append pfix=ram,nox
menu label For machines with severe video problems
text help
Start slacko without savefile, without KMS, and run xorgwizard
to choose video resolutions before starting graphical desktop.
endtext
(end of iso-linux)
[In brief - BigPup suggested I use a different installation package. That solved the problem.]
The situation: For months I ran uPupBB-32 (the ubuntu busy beaver) on this desktop box.
Had minor probs with Light/You-Tube (would stutter, then freeze).
Decided to try Slacko-32 (UEFI) and loaded that Puppy to USB. (detail below)
Completed installation to USB flash drive and removed boot (USB) drive containing uPupBB.
Booted "new" USB flash drive (i.e. Slacko-32) and connected to the internet.
"Messed around" etc and shut-down the Slack-32 puppy.
The slack-puppy noted that this was the first shut-down and I went thru the procedure to create a save-file.
I chose to put the 'save file' on sda3 - a 67GiB partition with ext4 format.
sda1 = ext4 partition.
sda2 = VFAT partition (around 30GiB)
sda3 = as above.
I did NOT copy the system files to sda3 (when Puppy suggested I to do that).
I chose to boot from the thumb drive (ie sdd1 ISO9660 format).
Yes, it may be a little slower etc, but I'm content to run/boot from flash. It's fast enough for me.
NOW HERE IS THE PROBLEM.
On re-booting - Puppy did not find the save-file on sda3.
I went thru the rigmarole again - set-up kbd/time/language etc. n/w. Looked at google, (all good) - shut-down.
Puppy said: First shut-down. Like to make a save file? Ans: Yes.
Did as before: Puppy made a second save file on sda3, called slackosave-1.
OK, now you understand the problem. I won't make a third save file.
Info about my system is below. 2 snapshots supplied - desktop (drives etc) + sdd1 (the boot ISO disk).
See also: two *.cfg files below
Must be something to do with the boot-loader or cfg, but "I know nothing ..."
o-o-o --------------------
FROM PSI.
▶—— Distro Specifications ——◀
Distro: Slacko Puppy 6.3.2
Window Manager: JWM v2.3.2
Desktop Start: xwin jwm
Development: Bash: 4.2.53 Geany: 1.25 Gtkdialog: 0.8.4 Perl: 5.18.1
busybox: 1.23.1 dhcpcd: 6.0.5 Glibc: 2.17 OpenSSL: 1.0.1t 3 May 2016, built on: Tue May 3 14:18:55 2016
wpa_supplicant: 2.4
o-o-o ----------
▶—— BIOS (supplied by Pup-Sys-info ——◀
Vendor: Intel Corp.
Version: NT94510J.86A.4034.2006.1109.0935
Release Date: 11/09/2006
o-o-o ----------
Computer specs or make and model? 32bit Medion (2006 bios. Vy reliable)
CPU = P4
Memory: 2GiB - slow
Graphics hardware: don't know, but prob not relevant.
Network hardware: copper, broadband, ethernet. Works well with uPubBB
Puppy was installed: from uPupBB using bootflash + ISO file to SDE.
Installation: Full, frugal, or live? ummm ... it's on sdd1. See shapshot cobaka-sdd1.jpg
Installed on what drive: See snapshot - below.
How is drive partitioned? 3 partitions. sdd1 = 210MiB, ISO9660 (boot+puppy)
sdd2 = 4MiB, VFAT
sdd3 = 14Gib, ext4
The partition(s) are formatted as: see above.
Puppy is installed on which partition: sdd1 (also see snapshot)
PROGRAM USED to INSTALL? (see above. It's the program where you see a picture of a burning CD. I had to 'click' the slack-pup ISO file.
o-o-o ----------
Here is a file called grub.cfg from sdd1.
insmod png
background_image /slacko.png
set timeout=10
menuentry "Start slacko" {
linux /vmlinuz
initrd /initrd.gz
}
menuentry "Start slacko - RAM only" {
linux /vmlinuz pfix=ram
initrd /initrd.gz
}
menuentry "Start slacko - No X" {
linux /vmlinuz pfix=nox
initrd /initrd.gz
}
menuentry "Start slacko - check filesystem" {
linux /vmlinuz pfix=fsck
initrd /initrd.gz
}
menuentry "Start slacko - No KMS" {
linux /vmlinuz nomodeset
initrd /initrd.gz
}
menuentry "Shutdown" {
halt
}
menuentry "Reboot" {
reboot
}
(end of grub.cfg)
o-o-o ----------
Here is a file called isolinux.cfg (from sdd1)
#display help/boot.msg
default slacko
prompt 1
timeout 100
#F1 help/boot.msg
F2 help/help.msg
F3 help/help2.msg
ui vesamenu.c32
menu resolution 800 600
menu title slacko Live
menu background slacko.png
menu tabmsg Press Tab to edit entry, F2 for help, Esc for boot prompt
menu color border 37;40 #80ffffff #00000000 std
menu color sel 7;37;40 #80ffffff #20ff8000 all
menu margin 1
menu rows 20
menu tabmsgrow 26
menu cmdlinerow -2
menu passwordrow 19
menu timeoutrow 28
menu helpmsgrow 30
label slacko
linux vmlinuz
initrd initrd.gz
#append rootfstype=ramfs
menu label slacko
text help
Start slacko normally.
endtext
label slacko-ram
linux vmlinuz
initrd initrd.gz
append pfix=ram
menu label slacko with no savefile
text help
Start Slacko64 with no savefile RAM only.
endtext
label slacko-nox
linux vmlinuz
initrd initrd.gz
append pfix=nox
menu label slacko without graphical desktop
text help
Start slacko in command-line mode (Linux console).
Graphical desktop later can be started by typing "xwin".
endtext
menu separator
label slacko-nokms
linux vmlinuz
initrd initrd.gz
append pfix=ram,nox
menu label For machines with severe video problems
text help
Start slacko without savefile, without KMS, and run xorgwizard
to choose video resolutions before starting graphical desktop.
endtext
(end of iso-linux)