FYI: After much work, I believe that the problem is due to a change in the router configuration during the 5.4.1 setup. When I configured Puppy Linux to use eth0, my router assigned the same DHCP IP address to my Linux hostname as was previously assigned to my WinXP hostname. (For example, after boo...

I booted from Precise Puppy 5.4.1 LiveCD, connected to internet with eth0 (Broadcom 440x network adapter). Worked fine. I can access my router as well. But then when I reboot to WinXP, the network connection says "a network cable is unplugged," even though it isn't. I tried disabling and e...

rcrsn51 wrote:Try burncdcc instead.

burncdcc worked! thanks

After burning precise-5.4.1.iso, the CD shows BOOTCAT.BIN and BOOTTIMG.BIN and no other files. I created with Roxio EasyCD Creator ("create bootable CD") CD-RW, track at once, not finalized, 4xSpeed. Boot goes to to black screen. PC is WinXP with Pentium 4, 3GHz, 1GB RAM, NVidia adapter. A...