Booting with Aufs

If you are testing 4.1alpha4 and have any trouble with crashing, try using Aufs rather than Unionfs. The way you do this is to boot with the 'layerfs=aufs' kernel boot parameter.

If booting from CD, at the prompt in the 5-second boot screen, type this:
puppy layerfs=aufs

If Puppy is installed to Flash, then you most likely have a isolinux.cfg or extlinux.cfg file on the Flash drive. Open that in an editor and append:
layerfs=aufs

If you are using GRUB then you should be able to figure out where to append this parameter.

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Comments

Booting with AUFS
Username: dogone
Barry, you hit the mark precisely. Those very serious problems with Seamonkey 1.11 disappeared immediately after booting with the "layerfs=aufs" option. SM is fast and appears stable. I'll continue testing with the AUFS option in force.

Not working
Username: Rarsa
"Hi Barry, I tried booting with "puppy pfix=ram layerfs=aufs" and it still tried to use unionfs. In my case Unionfs crashes with kernel panic.

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