Posted: Tue 30 Nov 2010, 22:08
and the saga continues...feels like Star Wars all over again...
I'd like to take a step back just to verify and lay everything back out on the table for us all to see, because at this point there has been many ideas, that have been tried for a very long time, and things are getting repeated and misunderstood. The OP seems to be getting a little frustrated, which is understandable at this point (please correct if any of this is wrong):
====CURRENTLY====
1) It never boots to Puppy AT ALL
2) The OP can not remember EVER giving the <Save File> option on shutdown
3) The OP could not find a .2fs or .3fs file, but did find an .sfs file
4) The OP has not tried a bootable USB drive or a fresh DVD burn
5) The OP has confirmed the new hardware works in Windows
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Ok, so now that that is done. Let me see what I can think up
For (1), I still believe this is some problem with the drive reading the Puppy disk, or at least that it is a bootable device. As I said before, if it is booting from the DVD, you will not see the Windows screen, the DVD drive's light will be on/flash, and the disk will continue to spin until everything has been loaded into RAM
For (2), This could be the root cause of the original issue. Suppose the last time you maybe did click the save file and it saved to a partition. When Puppy loaded the next time, the drives or partitions were not set up the same (maybe a USB stick or some other media device was removed or in a different place) and it could not find the sfs file. Puppy then would go into Kernel Panic with failure to switch root error...
For (3), Perhaps the sfs file was saved as sfs instead of 2fs or 3fs?
For (4), Is there a specific reason preventing you from trying a new DVD or a USB? At this point, it seems like a good sanity check to say the least.
I'd like to take a step back just to verify and lay everything back out on the table for us all to see, because at this point there has been many ideas, that have been tried for a very long time, and things are getting repeated and misunderstood. The OP seems to be getting a little frustrated, which is understandable at this point (please correct if any of this is wrong):
====CURRENTLY====
1) It never boots to Puppy AT ALL
2) The OP can not remember EVER giving the <Save File> option on shutdown
3) The OP could not find a .2fs or .3fs file, but did find an .sfs file
4) The OP has not tried a bootable USB drive or a fresh DVD burn
5) The OP has confirmed the new hardware works in Windows
================
Ok, so now that that is done. Let me see what I can think up
For (1), I still believe this is some problem with the drive reading the Puppy disk, or at least that it is a bootable device. As I said before, if it is booting from the DVD, you will not see the Windows screen, the DVD drive's light will be on/flash, and the disk will continue to spin until everything has been loaded into RAM
For (2), This could be the root cause of the original issue. Suppose the last time you maybe did click the save file and it saved to a partition. When Puppy loaded the next time, the drives or partitions were not set up the same (maybe a USB stick or some other media device was removed or in a different place) and it could not find the sfs file. Puppy then would go into Kernel Panic with failure to switch root error...
For (3), Perhaps the sfs file was saved as sfs instead of 2fs or 3fs?
For (4), Is there a specific reason preventing you from trying a new DVD or a USB? At this point, it seems like a good sanity check to say the least.