if by "frugal install to a whole partition" you mean its the only OS installed in that partition, then yes....thats what i have....

so where should i extract the squashfile to?

hmm...thats odd...i cant seem t find my pup_save file... i didnt have a "/mnt/home"...so i had created one and put the e17_217.sfs there...didnt work... this is odd...i have tried installing frugal puppy 4 or 5 times and it never worked....this is the first time its working...but i cant fi...

#!/bin/sh # $Xorg: xinitrc.cpp,v 1.3 2000/08/17 19:54:30 cpqbld Exp $ . /etc/rc.d/PUPSTATE userresources=$HOME/.Xresources usermodmap=$HOME/.Xmodmap sysresources=/usr/X11R7/lib/X11/xinit/Xresources sysmodmap=/usr/X11R7/lib/X11/xinit/.Xmodmap # merge in defaults and keymaps if [ -f $sysresources ]; ...

Trying to setup E17 on Puppy frugal... trying to follow the instructions here: http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=15512&sid=c0640b526281ea9e2a598cc67edd81dc but i a missing something... here is what i did: 1. downloaded e17_212.sfs to /root 2. renamed it e17_217.sfs 3. rebooted 4. ...

cool...

how do i get the ath_PCI DRIVER TO STAY SAVED?

i have to reload it everytime i log on...

^^^still no luck^^^ installed Zenwalk on laptop as well and it defaults to 800x600 as well found some materials online that show the same laptop and model getting 1024x680 with linux (altho using ZFree86 rather than Xorg) http://www.cnbc.cmu.edu/~plaut/m300/ http://www.cnbc.cmu.edu/~plaut/m300/XF86C...

Hmm...XVesa didnt work....it defaults to 640x480

No system settings that would do it universally?

I would like to make them smaller

Just installed Puppy 2.17 on a Compaq Armada M300 (PIII 500Mhz ATI Rage LT Pro 4MB SGRAM) - the QuickSpecs indicate that it should support 1024x768 resolution - When I had Win98 it would switch to 1024x768 but would make the desktop bigger than the screen....and if i moved the mouse to the corner it...

Just installed Puppy 2.17 on a Compaq Armada M300 with a WG511T wireless adapter. At first I tried autodetecting the WG511T, and I think thats where I picked up 3c59x & 8139cp. Obviously those didnt work. Eventually figured out that ath_pci does work for the WG511T. I can set it up and it connec...

Peace, Thanks for the help. Your guidance either reaffirmed what I was doing right, or corrected me where I was headed wrong. So, if I've got it right, you laptop is booting with GRUB, has a Normal Install, an extra 0x83 partition for playing with other distros and a swap partition? Yep. Will be pos...

GOT IT!

root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda1 ro vga=normal

Now I just have to figure out how to bring the Windows back on the Desktop....

So Here are the changes and messages i get... If I load into the Windows option: title Windows (on /dev/sda1) rootnoverify (hd0,0) makeactive chainloader +1 I get this: Error 13: Invalid or unsupported executable format If I load into Linux option: title Linux (on /dev/sdb1) root (hd1,0) kernel /boo...

so...when i put the HD back in the laptop, where it would be the only HD...which of the below settings do i change? # GRUB configuration file '/boot/grub/menu.lst'. # generated by 'grubconfig'. Thu Aug 30 02:31:27 2007 # # The backup copy of the MBR for drive '/dev/sdb' is # here '/boot/grub/mbr.sdb...

hmm i cant seem to access: /dev/sda1/boot/grub Did i lose the opp to do so by rebooting since? if i go into dev and click sda1 (the icon of which which looks like the insides of a hardrive) it say "I dont know how to open /dev/sda1" sda1 doesnt show up as a folder but under type it is list...

As the Puppy Installer guides you through to install GRUB, it asks you where to write the GRUB files and the default is the harddrive you installed the files to. But then it asks where to install GRUB to and the default is to the primary hardrive... Now my primary HD (with Windows) wont boot! I get ...

A little closer... so i did: dd if=/usr/lib/syslinux/mbr.bin of=/dev/sdb reinstalled the puppy files and now i get the GRUB bootloader! BUT:::: Since I had the Laptop HD connected through USB on my Desktop when installing files, some of the settings are off on GRUB....it still shows the HD (and Wind...

GParted or anything other tool in LiveCD of Puppy? Trying to install Puppy on laptop HD (L-HD). But laptop has no CD or floppy. So, I pulled out L-HD and hooked it up to my desktop. Wiped the L-HD. Put in partitions as so: sdb1: 2GB EXT2 (Has puppy files installed) sdb2: 2GB EXT2 (empty - but to try...

Peace, yeah so i figured out the Fat32 issues...and since i wont be dual-booting with Win i reformatted and repartitioned the HD so: 2GB EXT2 (Has puppy files installed) 2GB EXT2 (empty - but to try out other distros) 732MB Swap So then Puppy's Installer guided me through the steps: - I did (and wan...