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/dev/sdb2/slackosave.2fs not loading on boot
Posted: Tue 02 Sep 2014, 01:41
by benjamin42
booting slacko 5.7 from usb flash on /dev/sdb1
/dev/sdb2/slackosave.2fs does not load
sfs loads fine,
but it just boots to default desktop with no saved settings.
boot option puppy debug=7 shows /dev/sdb2 mounting , but it's not finding slackosave.2fs
what else can i check ? i am at loss....
Posted: Tue 02 Sep 2014, 04:49
by bigpup
Is dev/sdb2 a partition on the same USB flash drive that has /dev/sdb1?
How did you install Slacko to the USB drive.
What program did you use?
/dev/sdb2/slackosave.2fs not loading on boot
Posted: Tue 02 Sep 2014, 05:01
by benjamin42
yes /dev/sdb2 a partition on the same usb flash drive as /dev/usb1
i installed slacko 5.7 to usb flash drive /dev/sdb1 using dd:
> dd if = slackopuppy57.iso of=/dev/sdb
/dev/sdb1 filesystem is iso9660
/dev/sdb2 filesystem is ext2
Posted: Tue 02 Sep 2014, 05:18
by bigpup
If you just burned the iso image to the USB drive it is setup to burn as a live CD.
You may have the files for a CD install.
Look on sdb1 for this file isolinux.cfg
Open it in a text editor.
Example:
default puppy
display boot.msg
prompt 1
timeout 50
F1 boot.msg
F2 help.msg
F3 help2.msg
label puppy
kernel vmlinuz
append initrd=initrd.gz pmedia=cd
The pmedia=cd change it to pmedia=usbflash
A USB install is usually done by running Puppy as a live CD install and using the Puppy Universal Installer to install to USB drive.
Some people also use UNetbootin to do USB installs.