How to mount an SFS when using a full install

[dbmix]

Can an SFS be installed in a full install situation?

[MU]

you could boot from CD, with the option:
puppy pfix=ram

Then click on a sfs , mount your harddisk, and copy the files.
Mark

[disciple]

Look at the "full hard drive installation" section at

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http://puppylinux.com/development/compileapps.htm

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Or I think xfilemount (search the forum) is supposed to mount .sfs files - I had trouble with it lately, but the problem might have been that I was trying to mount sfs files from new Puppy versions in an old one.

edit - Beaten again. And this time with a different answer. I forgot rox was set up to mount them now So it depends on your puppy version.

[dbmix]

you could boot from CD, with the option:
puppy pfix=ram

Then click on a sfs , mount your harddisk, and copy the files.
Mark

I'm such a noob that I'm not sure where to copy the files to...

The same directories as listed in the squach file??

[MU]

I'm such a noob that I'm not sure where to copy the files to...

The same directories as listed in the squach file??

yes.

So for example:
You click on:
/mnt/sda6/devx_301.sfs

Then the files in
/mnt/+mnt+sda6+devx_301.sfs/usr/
must be copied to
/usr/

Mark

[dbmix]

So I'm trying to learn how to do my own install from a tar file.

I picked the HPLIP 2.6.5 that came out today as my test project. I installed the devx_301 using the copy method you prescribed before. (I'm using your most excellent Muppy 8.3). Then I kept running the ,./configure command and getting missing Python messages.

I loaded a few different flavors of Python and finally the python-2.5.1-i486.pet made all run well. Unfortunately, after running "make" and "make-install" and the trying my new app, I get the following message.

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/hp-setup", line 44, in <module>
from base import device, utils, tui
File "/usr/local/share/hplip/base/device.py", line 36, in <module>
import utils
File "/usr/local/share/hplip/base/utils.py", line 47, in <module>
import platform
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/platform.py", line 1
SyntaxError: Non-ASCII character '\xce' in file /usr/lib/python2.5/platform.py on line 2, but no encoding declared; see http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0263.html for details

Does this mean that one of the libraries I downloaded is corrupt or....frankly I have no idea what I should be looking at next.

Thanks for any light you can shine this way...

db

PS DOH! Just found this mehod for adding devx - I swear I searched before...wish I had found it before.
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=22701

[MU]

Muppy uses a different version of python.
To get it "back", install:

http://puppyfiles.ca/dotpupsde/puppy3/d ... r_CCSM.pet

now the errors you got:
it is important then to know them in detail.
Without the exact messages, I just can guess.
Many modern applications will need these files:
http://puppyfiles.ca/dotpupsde/puppy3/d ... 3-i486.pet
http://puppyfiles.ca/dotpupsde/puppy3/d ... 6-i486.pet
http://puppyfiles.ca/dotpupsde/puppy3/d ... 3-i486.pet

But this is just a guess.
We have no active python coders here I think, so also for us, it is not easy to find out, what python wants sometimes.
I however was able to compile some new modules today.
So if you can post the full error-messages, I can help maybe.

To post the errors, select them with the mouse, then paste them with the MIDDLE mousebutton.

Or give us a link of the download for the file, that you want to compile.
Then we might try it on our own.

Mark

[dbmix]

Muppy uses a different version of python.
To get it "back", install:

http://puppyfiles.ca/dotpupsde/puppy3/d ... r_CCSM.pet

That or the other links made it all happy

now the errors you got:
it is important then to know them in detail.
Without the exact messages, I just can guess

Many modern applications will need these files:
---stuff deleted---

But this is just a guess.
We have no active python coders here I think, so also for us, it is not easy to find out, what python wants sometimes.

I however was able to compile some new modules today.
So if you can post the full error-messages, I can help maybe.

OK. I thought that what I posted before WAS the error messages. That was as far as I got before it all stopped anyway.

To post the errors, select them with the mouse, then paste them with the MIDDLE mousebutton.

Good tip! This also works for pasting into the terminal. I was going crazy trying to re-type long commands!

Or give us a link of the download for the file, that you want to compile.
Then we might try it on our own.

Mark

That is a really terrific offer that I may take you up on at a later point when it may be critical to me, but this was an exercise in trying to build my first install so I have familiarity with the steps.

Thanks again for all your help. These resources are invaluable to me as I would be totally lost.

I appreciate your time,

db