Built desktop PC
The amount of RAM (memory) installed?
1 gb
The CPU (processor) speed?
AMD Sempron 2800+
What Hard Drives, CD-ROMs and DVD drives are installed?
CD/DVD rw
2 hard drives
The Partitions, size and type, on any hard drives?
What type of Keyboard & Mouse i.e. Serial, PS/2, USB or other?
Ps/2 mouse.
Which version of Puppy you are working with?
Slacko 5.3.3-4
I have been using OpenSuse for many years. However I find there is a lot of it for what I need. I used to have 512 mb of ram, which made OpenSuse quite difficult. I would like to try Puppy on my machine to see how I get on.
I have multibooted my machine putting Puppy on the second hard drive. I have tried a full install and a frugal install with no success.
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fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders, total 156301488 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x2ece0b7c
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 63 20000924 10000431 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda2 * 20000986 156296384 68147699+ 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 20000988 20209769 104391 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 20209833 22394609 1092388+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda7 22394673 65513069 21559198+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda8 65513133 131058269 32772568+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda9 131058333 156296384 12619026 83 Linux
Disk /dev/sdb: 82.0 GB, 81964302336 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9964 cylinders, total 160086528 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xf24ef24e
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 63 8000369 4000153+ 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sdb2 8000370 160071659 76035645 5 Extended
/dev/sdb5 8000433 29896964 10948266 83 Linux
/dev/sdb6 29897028 50990309 10546641 83 Linux
/dev/sdb7 50990373 63424619 6217123+ 83 Linux
/dev/sdb8 63424683 160071659 48323488+ 83 Linux
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cat /boot/grub/menu.lst
# Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Sun Aug 26 16:20:48 BST 2012
# THIS FILE WILL BE PARTIALLY OVERWRITTEN by perl-Bootloader
# For the new kernel it try to figure out old parameters. In case we are not able to recognize it (e.g. change of flavor or strange install order ) it it use as fallback installation parameters from /etc/sysconfig/bootloader
default 0
timeout 9
##YaST - generic_mbr
gfxmenu (hd0,4)/message
##YaST - activate
###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux###
title openSUSE 12.1 - 3.1.10-1.16
root (hd0,4)
kernel /vmlinuz-3.1.10-1.16-default root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-SAMSUNG_SP0842N_S0WCJDPP800779-part7 resume=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-SAMSUNG_SP0842N_S0WCJDPP800779-part6 splash=silent quiet showopts vga=0x317
initrd /initrd-3.1.10-1.16-default
###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe###
title Failsafe -- openSUSE 12.1 - 3.1.10-1.16
root (hd0,4)
kernel /vmlinuz-3.1.10-1.16-default root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-SAMSUNG_SP0842N_S0WCJDPP800779-part7 showopts apm=off noresume nosmp maxcpus=0 edd=off powersaved=off nohz=off highres=off processor.max_cstate=1 nomodeset x11failsafe vga=0x317
initrd /initrd-3.1.10-1.16-default
###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux (/dev/sda9)###
title Mandriva (/dev/sda9)
rootnoverify (hd0,8)
chainloader +1
###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: Linux other 1 (/dev/sdb5)###
title Linux Mint (/dev/sdb5)
rootnoverify (hd1,4)
chainloader +1
###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: other###
title Puppy Linux (dev/sdb6)
rootnoverify (hd1,5)
chainloader +1
###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: other###
title Slitaz 4.0 (/dev/sdb7)
rootnoverify (hd1,6)
chainloader +1
###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: windows 1###
title Windows XP
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1
###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: windows 2###
title windows 2
map (hd1) (hd0)
map (hd0) (hd1)
rootnoverify (hd1,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1
###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: floppy###
title Floppy
rootnoverify (fd0)
chainloader +1
/sda5 is boot
/sda6 is swap
/sda7 is root
/sda8 is home
/sda9 is Mandriva
/sdb1 not sure why this is there
/sdb5 is Linux Mint
/sdb6 will be Puppylinux
/sdb7 will be Slitaz
/sdb8 partition for data storage
Although windows, OpenSuse, Mandriva Linux Mint work, Puppy and Slitaz don't.
I was receiving this message:
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rootnoverify (hd1,5)
chainloader +1
Error 13: Invalid or unsupported executable format
http://www.imagebam.com/image/9f22eb211622175
When I carry out the frugal install with this menu.lst:
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cat /boot/grub/menu.lst
# Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Sun Aug 26 16:20:48 BST 2012
# THIS FILE WILL BE PARTIALLY OVERWRITTEN by perl-Bootloader
# For the new kernel it try to figure out old parameters. In case we are not able to recognize it (e.g. change of flavor or strange install order ) it it use as fallback installation parameters from /etc/sysconfig/bootloader
default 0
timeout 9
##YaST - generic_mbr
gfxmenu (hd0,4)/message
##YaST - activate
###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux###
title openSUSE 12.1 - 3.1.10-1.16
root (hd0,4)
kernel /vmlinuz-3.1.10-1.16-default root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-SAMSUNG_SP0842N_S0WCJDPP800779-part7 resume=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-SAMSUNG_SP0842N_S0WCJDPP800779-part6 splash=silent quiet showopts vga=0x317
initrd /initrd-3.1.10-1.16-default
###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe###
title Failsafe -- openSUSE 12.1 - 3.1.10-1.16
root (hd0,4)
kernel /vmlinuz-3.1.10-1.16-default root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-SAMSUNG_SP0842N_S0WCJDPP800779-part7 showopts apm=off noresume nosmp maxcpus=0 edd=off powersaved=off nohz=off highres=off processor.max_cstate=1 nomodeset x11failsafe vga=0x317
initrd /initrd-3.1.10-1.16-default
###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux (/dev/sda9)###
title Mandriva (/dev/sda9)
rootnoverify (hd0,8)
chainloader +1
###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: Linux other 1 (/dev/sdb5)###
title Linux Mint (/dev/sdb5)
rootnoverify (hd1,4)
chainloader +1
###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: other###
title Puppy Linux 5.3.3 frugal (dev/sdb6)
rootnoverify (hd1,5)
kernel /vmlinuz pmedia=atahd
initrd /initrd.gz
###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: other###
title Slitaz 4.0 (/dev/sdb7)
rootnoverify (hd1,6)
chainloader +1
###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: windows 1###
title Windows XP
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1
###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: windows 2###
title windows 2
map (hd1) (hd0)
map (hd0) (hd1)
rootnoverify (hd1,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1
###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: floppy###
title Floppy
rootnoverify (fd0)
chainloader +1
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Loading drivers needed to access disk drives - done
searching Puppy files................. puppy_slacko_5.3.3sfs not found
Dropping to initial -ramdisk console
Today I grabbed my daughter's laptop. A Packard Bell Easynote. 1gb ram memory.
Running windows xp.
I defragmented the C:\ drive and used GParted to make an approximate 10 gb partition with ext3. Initially, I put /dev/hda2 for boot, but when I rebooted it just went straight to windows. So I ran Grub and chose MBR next time. I get a linux boot screen from which I can boot windows, but when I try to boot Puppy i get error 15. File not found.
I thought the problems with my desktop were because I was trying to multiboot, but now I wonder. I would have thought that installation to a Windows machine would have been the easiest?
Please let me know if there is any further information you require. I hope that some is able to point me to the correct post or information.
Regards