Malware, autoexec, mouse speed, auto-mounting
Posted: Sat 08 Oct 2005, 23:27
As a moderately experienced DOS and MSWindows refugee and Linux Puppy Newbie, I have installed Puppy, read some help stuff and some tutorials and the forum rules.
CIRCUMSTANCES:
Retired in remote Hawaii rural area on solar power, cellphone, and high-speed wireless Internet antenna and modem feed to my 196MB AMD K-6 via my LAN port. To conserve, I only power up external modem when using Internet. I use computer only for word processing and Internet and make a hard copy of anything I want to save so personal stuff backup is not an issue (except for system settings of course). Inspite of trying various firewalls etc. malware has several times messed up my Windows system files. I am trying to learn Puppy because it boots from external read-only, runs in RAM, and has only one file (pup001) to backup. If malware gets in RAM I can just re-boot, or if malware infects pup001 could just revert to a recent clean backup of pup001. No fuss no muss. Nes pas?
QUESTIONS:
1- Under limited usage noted above, why would I need any firewall or other malware fighters?
2- Puppy does not seem to save my mouse speed setting or mount the floppy so I learned to do this manually with every boot. Is it legitimate to edit .bashrc with floppy mount command so it will auto-mount at bootup?
What would the command syntax be for setting Fast mouse speed?
3- Except for pup001, all of Pupy vanishes at shut down so why bother unmounting my floppy after using it?
4- I often do word processing and then want to use the Internet without re-boot so I reach over and power up my external modem, but Puppy seems to only initialize my LAN Internet connection if it sees a live connection at boot-up. Is there a way for me to initialize without having to re-boot after powering my modem?
Thank you all for the Forum and your willingness to help beginners. I hope to learn enough to contribute someday.
CIRCUMSTANCES:
Retired in remote Hawaii rural area on solar power, cellphone, and high-speed wireless Internet antenna and modem feed to my 196MB AMD K-6 via my LAN port. To conserve, I only power up external modem when using Internet. I use computer only for word processing and Internet and make a hard copy of anything I want to save so personal stuff backup is not an issue (except for system settings of course). Inspite of trying various firewalls etc. malware has several times messed up my Windows system files. I am trying to learn Puppy because it boots from external read-only, runs in RAM, and has only one file (pup001) to backup. If malware gets in RAM I can just re-boot, or if malware infects pup001 could just revert to a recent clean backup of pup001. No fuss no muss. Nes pas?
QUESTIONS:
1- Under limited usage noted above, why would I need any firewall or other malware fighters?
2- Puppy does not seem to save my mouse speed setting or mount the floppy so I learned to do this manually with every boot. Is it legitimate to edit .bashrc with floppy mount command so it will auto-mount at bootup?
What would the command syntax be for setting Fast mouse speed?
3- Except for pup001, all of Pupy vanishes at shut down so why bother unmounting my floppy after using it?
4- I often do word processing and then want to use the Internet without re-boot so I reach over and power up my external modem, but Puppy seems to only initialize my LAN Internet connection if it sees a live connection at boot-up. Is there a way for me to initialize without having to re-boot after powering my modem?
Thank you all for the Forum and your willingness to help beginners. I hope to learn enough to contribute someday.