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Just did the update from 5.7 to 5.8 on my spare desktop that runs Easy on the hard drive. No issues. Worked as expected. Thanks, Barry!

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To test with EasyOS 5.7 with the init mofified, it's easy. In a working Easy 5.7, in /mnt/wkg you rename intrd (to initrd-save for example) and you copy the initrd i have shared : https://www.swisstransfer.com/d/52437ca3-9b92-481d-b902-46cd7b8d31fd. You just have to reboot. If it is not better, you...

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Etcher is no more recommended (https://distro.ibiblio.org/easyos/amd64/releases/dunfell/2023/4.5.5/readme.htm) With Dunfell, easy.sfs is in the boot partition not in the working partition so there is no possible error message "not found easys.sfs" However if the partition is not found at ...

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Yes. To point out the situation jet better, you will for sure kmow about the Apollo 13 odissey. When they arrived to the moon, they were off-course. So, for correcting speed and direction they used the landing engine of the lunar module to slow down. As we all know, it worked. That's exactly what w...

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Desktops usually have an internal cable which connects the USB headers on the motherboard to the physical ports on the front of the case. This cable introduces latency, and there may also be electromagnetic interference. So make sure to connect your USB stick directly to the motherboard (on the bac...

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The assumption is your desktop takes too long at boot to see the partition where easy.sfs is located. I think your PC is aging. Maybe after a reboot, it is faster. O.K. but that doesn't explain why the sticks I normally use boot first time every time in both older desktops, also true if I swap them...

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I tried that with this result: coderesult.jpg It is equivalent to 0 in zramtl.flg and corresponds to no lockdown in ram. In the init script, if the working partition is not find, easy is run in zram (see init, comment line 10) Here "find the working partition" use the blkid command. The l...

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To be sure execute (when EasyOS works) cat /mnt/wkg/.zramtl.flg It must be 0. We will have to look into the init script to understand. Edit : lines 741 to 754 of init (EasyOS 5.7) CNT=0; Pb=0; Pw=0 [ "$WKG_LABEL" == "EASYOSZRAM" ] && WKG_DEV="zram0" #190706 200...

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williwaw wrote: ↑Wed Mar 27, 2024 8:22 pm
except to turn the power off after Easy had shut down

shutdown does not always or ever poweroff?

Yes, powers off when it has successfully booted. I tend to turn the power bar off at night.

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For the command, I was thinking about running it in a working EasyOS. It does not matter now. The impotance sentence in the second screenshot is "Populating : /mnt/zram0/easyos/releases/easy-5.2" zram0 indicates reboot with lockdown in ram. I did try the command in a working EasyOs, with ...

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Hopefully these images will be helpful. I notice something I had missed before, at the top of the first image: mount: can't read '/etc/ fstab' : no such file or directory

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Another anomaly, I created a new USB stick this morning with Kirkstone 5.7 I used my Dunfell computer to create it, but when I booted it on that desktop, it wasn't recognized and Windows started from the hard drive. However, on my other desktop it comes up and runs fine, as it also does on my lapto...

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williwaw wrote: ↑Wed Mar 27, 2024 6:05 pm
FULL

is the drive full?
look at pmount or partview

No, brand new 32 GB drive, nothing on it but the O/S, a couple of images, and Thunderbird. And when it is "in the mood" it boots and runs just fine with all my settings intact.

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It remains very mysterious. "cannot find easy.sfs" is the error 174 in the init script (in initrd) (In Easy 5.7 it's the line 1594) if I'm not mistaken, the error message can only be displayed when the directory /mnt/${WKG_DEV}/${WKG_DIR}releases/easy-${INIT_DISTRO_VERSION} do not exist (...

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In my case it hangs and will not continue after bringing up the keyboard dialog and my choosing U.S. by hitting ENTER. This results in "ERROR: cannot find easy.sfs", and suggests ctrl-alt-del to reboot or hold down power button to shutdown, neither of which work. I resort to turning off th...

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Apparently I spoke too soon, bug has recurred with Kirkstone 5.6.1 ,so maybe not that 5.6.4 change after all. I have been otherwise occupied for a bit, but this morning I booted the same USB stick that had behaved well previously through several tests and it hung in the same place as it had with 5.7...

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Now that sounds promising. The common factor, both desktops have external keyboards which are different. Maybe that is where the confusion is occurring. Possibly a part of the puzzle. Thanks! I think this solves it. I overwrote 5.7 with 5.6.1 and it now boots reliably on both desktop computers. Tha...

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Since Easy 5.6.1, a modification that could be important is https://bkhome.org/news/202311/new-keyboard-hardware-profiling.html (applied first in Easy 5.6.4) I hope BarryK will read this topic Now that sounds promising. The common factor, both desktops have external keyboards which are different. M...

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Have you checked BIOS settings or tried different USB ports? I am using the same USB port that works with my usual USB stick, although yes, I have booted from a different one to check. These are USB3 ports. No, haven't checked BIOS settings, don't know how that would be relevant when I normally hav...

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Since Easy 5.6.1, a modification that could be important is https://bkhome.org/news/202311/new-keyboard-hardware-profiling.html (applied first in Easy 5.6.4) I hope BarryK will read this topic Now that sounds promising. The common factor, both desktops have external keyboards which are different. M...

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I am using 5.7. on my secondary desktop computer, using Dunfell 3.4.3 on my primary desktop for the last 2 years. To understand well: Easy is installed on the internal drives ? Is Easy 5.7 on the usb sticks ? Windows is installed on the internal drive on the Dunfell desktop, nothing is installed on...

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Caramel wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2024 3:49 pm
Is beyond me.

I guess you use EasyOS 5.7 ?

I am using 5.7. on my secondary desktop computer, using Dunfell 3.4.3 on my primary desktop for the last 2 years. Most of the time I have no issues, but occasionally I get a surprise, as happened with this puzzle.

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Additional information. I don't know that this could be in any way relevant, but the two desktop computers both have USB3 ports and the two laptops are USB2, so slower. That's the only common denominator I can see in the difference in results. I'm not much of a tech, I have only a nodding acquaintan...

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"Have you 2 USB sticks with EasyOS plugged in the same time on desktop computers when it happens ?"

No. Just the one with the O/S.

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I have been encountering this with more than one version of Easy. On two desktop computers when I boot a previously configured version of Easy from USB it sometimes acts as if it is a first time boot, asks for keyboard preference, then drops into an error message saying it can't find the OS. If I tu...

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