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rjbrewer


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PostPosted: Wed 17 Feb 2010, 21:34    Post subject: Re: All installed, BUT
Subject description: No workee!		  
rhymer wrote:
... I have done a complete hard drive install which said it was OK, but I seem to have a MAYBE installation that works sometimes, but usually gives me a # prompt halfway through booting and stops there!

...The entire machine belongs to Puppy, (no windoze involved)

...If I leave the boot disk in the drive, it boots fine but this sort of defeats the purpose of installing it.

The # prompt will give me a mess of confusing commands if I type HELP and return... But can I get it to load from that point? Duh Rolling Eyes


When you get to the # prompt type reboot;
or startx.

Provide information on the computer you are using.

Did your install method look like this?:

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=201565&search_id=1358540782#201565
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harrisandreson

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PostPosted: Fri 19 Feb 2010, 05:42    Post subject: how to install  
After polling my small scientific community, I can confidently report that Puppy is the hands-down best small Linux distribution bar none, and perhaps the best Linux distribution for general use currently resident on the planet. And yet, the best (Puppy) just keeps getting better, about every two weeks or so.
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amsk98

Joined: 20 Feb 2010
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PostPosted: Sat 20 Feb 2010, 16:29    Post subject:  for 1st time Install Guide
Subject description: New Joiner Help		  
Hi all I am Interested To Install Linux Puppy Os Distro My sys config Intel 810 P 3 700 MHz 64 MB SD Ram/ 100 MHz Segate 8 GB Hard Drive PS2 Keyboard Mouse & 52x CD Rom

My FAQ

It Can Able to Install from USB Boot [My cd rom sometimes not read]

Or

Install From Windows Xp OS On another HDD Partition Drive

or

By Using qemu apps

Also I have 3 G USB ZTE EVDO AC8700 800M Wireless Card work on this os
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Bosola

Joined: 25 Jul 2009
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PostPosted: Sat 20 Feb 2010, 17:58    Post subject:  
Quote:
Hi all I am Interested To Install Linux Puppy Os Distro My sys config Intel 810 P3 700 MHz 64 MB SD Ram/ 100 MHz Segate 8 GB Hard Drive PS2 Keyboard Mouse & 52x CD Rom


Okay. The first thing to note is that you only have 64MB of RAM. This is workable if you do a full install and set up a swap file, but if the machine needs to constantly use it, then this reduces the life of the hard disk drive.

Puppy can run from USB, yes, but in this case you'll need a swap file, and old BIOSes don't boot from USB anyway, so either way, you'll be creating some new partitions on your hard drive.

May I suggest using Slitaz? It's not as large as Puppy, but still supports Firefox, most ethernet cards, and you should be able to do a fair bit of work on it using AbiWord and Gnumeric (I think OpenOffice would be a bit too large, unless you ran it as a portable app from a USB drive).

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Also I have 3 G USB ZTE EVDO AC8700 800M Wireless Card work on this os


You can get EVDOs to run with Linux, yes. How it will fare, 'out of the box' - I don't know.
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strategic_thinker

Joined: 15 Oct 2009
Posts: 26
PostPosted: Sun 21 Feb 2010, 11:41    Post subject: Re: All installed, BUT
Subject description: No workee!		  
rjbrewer wrote:
rhymer wrote:
... I have done a complete hard drive install which said it was OK, but I seem to have a MAYBE installation that works sometimes, but usually gives me a # prompt halfway through booting and stops there!

...The entire machine belongs to Puppy, (no windoze involved)

...If I leave the boot disk in the drive, it boots fine but this sort of defeats the purpose of installing it.

The # prompt will give me a mess of confusing commands if I type HELP and return... But can I get it to load from that point? Duh Rolling Eyes


When you get to the # prompt type reboot;
or startx.

Provide information on the computer you are using.

Did your install method look like this?:

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=201565&search_id=1358540782#201565



I have the same problem...

Hi

This has happened to me during booting up. I have successfully installed Puppy 4.3.1 and the GRUB. Everything works fine for a while.

Then all of a sudden when I boot up to use the computer, It goes to a command prompt and not the window manager. On two previous occasion, I had to re-install from scratch.
Is there any command i can execute to fire up the window manager ?

BTW, most Linux commands seem to work at the command prompt.

Thanks and regards,

Sanjay
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strategic_thinker

Joined: 15 Oct 2009
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PostPosted: Sun 21 Feb 2010, 11:55    Post subject: Re: All installed, BUT
Subject description: No workee!		  
strategic_thinker wrote:
rjbrewer wrote:
rhymer wrote:
... I have done a complete hard drive install which said it was OK, but I seem to have a MAYBE installation that works sometimes, but usually gives me a # prompt halfway through booting and stops there!

...The entire machine belongs to Puppy, (no windoze involved)

...If I leave the boot disk in the drive, it boots fine but this sort of defeats the purpose of installing it.

The # prompt will give me a mess of confusing commands if I type HELP and return... But can I get it to load from that point? Duh Rolling Eyes


When you get to the # prompt type reboot;
or startx.

Provide information on the computer you are using.

Did your install method look like this?:

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=201565&search_id=1358540782#201565



I have the same problem...

Hi

This has happened to me during booting up. I have successfully installed Puppy 4.3.1 and the GRUB. Everything works fine for a while.

Then all of a sudden when I boot up to use the computer, It goes to a command prompt and not the window manager. On two previous occasion, I had to re-install from scratch.
Is there any command i can execute to fire up the window manager ?

BTW, most Linux commands seem to work at the command prompt.

Thanks and regards,

Sanjay


I executed..

# startx

followed the prompts and the window manager came up. I then rebooted and all is well.
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amsk98

Joined: 20 Feb 2010
Posts: 18
PostPosted: Sun 21 Feb 2010, 15:59    Post subject: ZTE
Subject description: Who Knw it		  
Bosola wrote:
Quote:
Hi all I am Interested To Install Linux Puppy Os Distro My sys config Intel 810 P3 700 MHz 64 MB SD Ram/ 100 MHz Segate 8 GB Hard Drive PS2 Keyboard Mouse & 52x CD Rom


Okay. The first thing to note is that you only have 64MB of RAM. This is workable if you do a full install and set up a swap file, but if the machine needs to constantly use it, then this reduces the life of the hard disk drive.

Puppy can run from USB, yes, but in this case you'll need a swap file, and old BIOSes don't boot from USB anyway, so either way, you'll be creating some new partitions on your hard drive.

May I suggest using Slitaz? It's not as large as Puppy, but still supports Firefox, most ethernet cards, and you should be able to do a fair bit of work on it using AbiWord and Gnumeric (I think OpenOffice would be a bit too large, unless you ran it as a portable app from a USB drive).

Quote:

Also I have 3 G USB ZTE EVDO AC8700 800M Wireless Card work on this os


You can get EVDOs to run with Linux, yes. How it will fare, 'out of the box' - I don't know.


Who Know It About ZTE Installing driver
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Bosola

Joined: 25 Jul 2009
Posts: 19
PostPosted: Mon 22 Feb 2010, 04:10    Post subject:  
Quote:
Who Know It About ZTE Installing driver


I don't mean to presume but... is English your first language? I'm finding it very hard to understand your question.
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amsk98

Joined: 20 Feb 2010
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PostPosted: Mon 22 Feb 2010, 16:20    Post subject: ZTE Install Guide  
Bosola wrote:
Quote:
Who Know It About ZTE Installing driver


I don't mean to presume but... is English your first language? I'm finding it very hard to understand your question.


How to Install ZTE 3 G AC700 800M USB Modem wireless data Card.
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darrelljon


Joined: 08 Apr 2007
Posts: 527
PostPosted: Sun 28 Feb 2010, 18:43    Post subject:  
I just added screenshots to WikiHow to Install Puppy Linux, feel free to generally improve it.
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amsk98

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PostPosted: Wed 03 Mar 2010, 17:24    Post subject: But how to Install ZTE  
darrelljon wrote:
I just added screenshots to WikiHow to Install Puppy Linux, feel free to generally improve it.


But how to Install ZTE
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darrelljon


Joined: 08 Apr 2007
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PostPosted: Wed 03 Mar 2010, 19:07    Post subject: Re: But how to Install ZTE  
amsk98 wrote:
darrelljon wrote:
I just added screenshots to WikiHow to Install Puppy Linux, feel free to generally improve it.


But how to Install ZTE
What?
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thestarlion

Joined: 04 Mar 2010
Posts: 1
PostPosted: Thu 04 Mar 2010, 11:03    Post subject:  A netboot install  
Greetings to the Puppy community,
I've got a bit of a problem in my Linux home, and it isn't windows.
My brother's old laptop is running Ubuntu Jaunty, and he doesn't want to move up to Karmic or above. It's getting increasingly difficult to maintain it on this older version, so we've started looking into alternatives.

Puppy caught his attention (and mine, too) but there's a problem - his laptop doesn't have a CD drive. Not even a USB one, because the USB port is.... at best, unreliable.
So having put Ubuntu on there via a netboot install, I'm wondering if it's possible to serve a Puppy boot image the same way, and install from that.
I had a look, and found a page on the Puppy site saying it was possible, but not documented and pointed to a link - which 404'd on me.

So, I come and ask... can anyone solve this little problem and bring Puppy to this old laptop of his?
(If it's of any use, by the way, the laptop is an old Dell Latitude C400)

Thanks to any help, it's appreciated.
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Eye-iN-TiPi

Joined: 10 Mar 2010
Posts: 2
PostPosted: Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:23    Post subject:  
Hi everyone. I like Puppy a lot. I've been using it for about a year now, on and off. I have a question that probably doesn't come up very often any more: can I start an install from a floppy? I was messing around with an old Nobilis laptop last night and ended up wiping out the setup info in the BIOS. Now the bios won't recognize the DVD ROM drive. It must have had some strange configuration that I should have looked at before removing the CMOS battery. Hindsight is 20/20, I guess. Anyway, I'd like to make this laptop all Puppy, but I can't boot from the install CD because the BIOS won't can't see the drive. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

edit: nevermind. I figured it out. I used wakepup2 to make a boot floppy.
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looseSCREWorTWO

Joined: 04 Feb 2010
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Location: Australia, 1999 Toshiba laptop, 512mb RAM, no HDD, 431 Retro & 421 Retro
PostPosted: Sun 14 Mar 2010, 08:10    Post subject:  
G'day Eye-iN-TiPi,
I also use WakePup2 to boot from a floppy. This laptop doesn't even have a Hard Drive, so WakePup2 boots up then it hands over to a Flash Drive which "pretends" to be the HDD.

Isn't Puppy great ?
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