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by kidsafighting
Fri 22 Jul 2011, 02:22
Forum: Network
Topic: shareInternet-2.2.6.pet - Puppy as router - bugfix
Replies: 136
Views: 158700

Thanks for all your work

I just wanted to say thanks for developing this pet. I had a p4, 256meg ram. wifi laptop with a bad hard drive controller. I was not sure what to do with it. An old 512meg flash drive, puppy 5.1 and this program brought it back to life as a wireless router that I use for a lan connection for desktop...
by kidsafighting
Fri 11 Sep 2009, 19:18
Forum: Users ( For the regulars )
Topic: Problem getting open office to load -solved-
Replies: 3
Views: 1585

Problem solved

Thanks for your help. I mounted the .sfs file, copied the contents from /mnt/openoffice to a new file I created in /root/office. I then pulled the ~/office/opt/openoffice.org3/programs/soffice.bin file on to the desktop, added an icon and I can now launch a fully functional open office. Could not ha...
by kidsafighting
Fri 11 Sep 2009, 13:53
Forum: Users ( For the regulars )
Topic: Problem getting open office to load -solved-
Replies: 3
Views: 1585

Mounting works just need some scripting help

I do have a full install. Coping the files to root did not do much but mounting and then running from the mounted directory worked well. I have used linux for a while but don't anything about scripting. I would appreciate it if some one could walk me through mounting a .sfs file during start up. I h...
by kidsafighting
Fri 11 Sep 2009, 01:10
Forum: Users ( For the regulars )
Topic: Problem getting open office to load -solved-
Replies: 3
Views: 1585

Problem getting open office to load -solved-

I have puppy 4.2.1 on my laptop. I would love to have open office to make some spread sheets. I have read many threads on how to load the oo.sfs file. I have downloaded three different open office .sfs files. I copied them to mnt/home folder. When I go to the Setup boot configuration manager and cho...
by kidsafighting
Thu 30 Jul 2009, 02:11
Forum: Bugs ( Submit bugs )
Topic: Laptop wireless problem with prolonged use of transmission
Replies: 0
Views: 994

Laptop wireless problem with prolonged use of transmission

I have tried many Distros but always default to puppy. I have Puppy 4.2.1 installed on a 16gb usb flash drive on my laptop. It runs very well. I have no problem printing to my windoz hosted printer, sharing files and of course browsing the internet using my wireless card. The only problem I am havin...
by kidsafighting
Wed 11 Jun 2008, 17:23
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: How to install/run Puppy on old machines?
Replies: 7
Views: 2448

re: old machines

I just installed an old copy of PUPPY (I think one of the 2.* releases on a very old computer. Pentium 133 with 32 megs ram I did replace the 1gig hard drive with a whopping 2gig drive. I made a 190meg swap file. Expect about 45 minutes for the install. It works very well. I used ndiswrapper for Bel...