emachines ER 1401 - can't install Puppy

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emachines ER 1401 - can't install Puppy

#1 Post by Eastern Counties »

I usually run Puppy on an old laptop, from a CD.

To get a bit more power, I want to run Puppy on an old emachines ER1401. These have no built in CD/DVD drive, just lots of USB ports. Some years ago, I installed Easy Peasy Linux onto the hard drive of the ER1401, presumably from a USB stick.

I've tried rebooting with Puppy on a stick, and with my usual Puppy CD in an external CD/DVD drive, but neither are recognised. All I get is a screen message : Out of Range (this message always shows for a while when Easy Peasy is starting up).

I've tried to get into the BIOS by pressing various keys on startup F2, Tab+Delete, ...) but all I get is the same screen message. When I abandon, Easy Peasy starts to load.

Anybody got any ideas how I can overcome this? I've tried DBAN to wipe the hard drive, but obviously have the same problem. Seems I' stuck with a blank screen or Easy Peasy.

Help!!!!!!

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#2 Post by rockedge »

I had luck with an eMachine and booting from USB with UPUP Raring 3.9.9.2
a really nice Puppy. I used PLOP
the boot manager allows booting from machines not equipped in the BIOS to boot from USB.

Make a CD boot PLOP and select boot from USB.

other no-pae retro like Precise 5.7.1 worked well as well.
Good Luck!

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#3 Post by rcrsn51 »

The "out of range" message is probably coming from your monitor. Locate its auto-adjust button.

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#4 Post by Eastern Counties »

Thank you both for your suggestions.

Will give them a try tomorrow.

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#5 Post by Eastern Counties »

It was the monitor.

All sorted now.

Thanks again for your help.

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#6 Post by rockedge »

excellent

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