First, want to link to a thread that got me to post this thread (didn't continue it there as it was sort of off-topic in that thread):
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=109560
Scroll down to the 4th msg, and read Drunkjedi's question & then read jlst's answer right after.
I'd like to continue that discussion here.
Many times after frugally installing any puppy-related OS, I still find myself scratching my head trying to understand certain boot parameters & why I have to resort to tricks sometimes to get the puppy's to see and read the savefile and/or savefolder.
So let's just start with the basics:
--A Tahr64 6.0.5 frugal installation
--all copied into a folder named "tahr64"
--the whole drive (sda) has one partition, thus sda1
--it is governed by grub4dos
--your 'savefolder' (or savefile, can both apply here?) has been setup too
Here's my question based off of two Tahr64 grub4dos entries, one to have the 'savefolder' used' the other to run in 'ram':
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title Tahr64 6.0.5.3 with Savefolder (sda1)
find --set-root --ignore-floppies --ignore-cd /tahr64/puppy_tahr_6.0.5.3.sfs
kernel /tahr64/vmlinuz pmedia=usbflash psubdir=tahr64 pfix=fsck
initrd /tahr64/initrd.gz
title Tahr64 6.0.5.3 RAM-only (sda1)
find --set-root --ignore-floppies --ignore-cd /tahr64/puppy_tahr_6.0.5.3.sfs
kernel /tahr64/vmlinuz pmedia=usbflash psubdir=tahr64 pfix=ram
initrd /tahr64/initrd.gz
They both boot fine, but I would like to be able, on the 2nd entry, to have it not only boot in RAM, but also boot the savefolder too (before or as it goes into RAM), so I can use Tahr64 in RAM fully with my settings from the savefolder (but I don't want the USB to stay plugged-in as I don't want to save anything after everything loads into RAM). Possible??
If it is possible, how? I've been reading this link jlst provided:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/puppy ... README.txt but I honestly am still confused how to get either a pup-created 'savefile' and/or 'savefolder' to load when you want to run in RAM mode (and thus be able to pull the USB completely out of its socket after everything loads into RAM, which many times I am forced to do).
This question applies across all of pup-land for me. I've figured it out how to do it in DebianDogs (thanks to Fred's explaining) and anything debian-related, but I am still unclear how to do this (and indeed if it is it even possible with a 'savefolder' as opposed to the ubiquitous 'savefile') in puppy-land? What should I be entering in grub4dos to make this possible? Should I be using the 'psave=' command in the kernel line of grub4dos? Or something else??
Thanks for any help with this.