I downloaded the latest Puppy 4, then made a live CD.
It went though the installer and provided a desktop on an old e-machine
But booting from the HD takes me to a kernel choice menu; I've not been able to get any of the options to bring up the desktop. One send the machine into kernel panic.
I can access the file system through Trinity Rescue Disk.
With that access I tried to install xoscope 1.8 via the tar, but that has stalled, apparently because of some command conflict inside the Trinity package and /or some shortcoming in Puppy (?).
It runs fine from CL and GUI in my Ubuntu 11.10.
Digging in, Puppy may not possess the needed requirements?
http://xoscope.sourceforge.net/
The README file lists "WHAT YOU NEED:" and these are the first few topics.
LINUX: audio mixer, GTK, "svgalib" package to build the SVGA console version, ibvgamisc" from the "g3vga" kit to get text on the
console version.
So. What do i need to do for Puppy 4 to boot from the HD or is the machine too decrepit even for Ppuppy? (BTW I could not get the more basic version to work or download, the whys have been lost in the confusion.)
So. Even if the E-Machine can handle Puppy 4, will Puppy 4 run xoscope?
Is there any more info needed?
Thanks,
Puppy 4 HD boot stalls/ freezes/ crashes
Hello mikeincousa
Welcome to the kennels.
How's about these for starters:
CatDude
P.S
You say "I downloaded the latest Puppy 4"
well exactly which one would that be ?
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Welcome to the kennels.
I reckon so.mikeincousa wrote:...Is there any more info needed?
How's about these for starters:
- More details on the specs of that 'old e-machine' (CPU, RAM, Graphics card etc)
What kind of installation did you do (Full or Frugal ?)
How are your drives setup (Partitions, Sizes/Format etc)
Is Puppy the only OS on there, or do you have another already installed ?
CatDude
P.S
You say "I downloaded the latest Puppy 4"
well exactly which one would that be ?
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