(old)Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

Hi, does this pup see ext4?
Because I extracted the files (initrd.gz pup_214X.sfs vmlinuz zdrv_214X.sfs) to the HD but it keeps saying 'Cannot find media on 'idehd'' (or 'atahd').
If I remove 'PMEDIA=idehd' it says it can't find files on 'idecd'.

First I tried with with a IDEHD dummy file like Wary uses for ATAHD (tried ATAHD too).
Then after looking at http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 748#594638 I tried (the files are in 214Xfrugal subfolder in sda2)
Both gave the same error of not finding the media (idehd or atahd).
Mabe I need to add a pointer to zdrv_214X.sfs?

Shouldn't this be: Just a thought.

Thanks, but it didn't help.
I added 'PDEV1=hda2' too but to no avail.
I guess I'll burn a CD to see if it can 'see' the ext4 partiton.

fyujj wrote:Thanks, but it didn't help.
I added 'PDEV1=hda2' too but to no avail.
I guess I'll burn a CD to see if it can 'see' the ext4 partiton.

AFAIK, because of the older kernel 2.14X doesn't "see" ext4 partitions. It won't mount any of my ext4 save files anyway.

Just in case any users are curious about using newer browsers in 214X, I'm running both Firefox 11.0 and SeaMonkey 2.8 with no problems.

Hey ttuuxxx and friends,

Can anyone direct me to or provide directions to get Google Talk working in Xchat?

Usually we just go with Pidgin, but I can't find one for 214x. I tried one for 4 series, but wasn't stable.

For the wife, she likes Google Talk, but in a stand alone, not online.

Thanks,

Eathray

Is it possible to connect Realtek 8187 wireless (Wifi) in puppy 2. 14 x how?

Thankyou

Juan (Spain)

Can't seem to get -top9 to load from a USB optical drive... drops out to initial-RAMdisk console when it can't find itself with both hands seems to assume that all CD drives are IDE... bother

I hope -top10 fixes this... I'm downloading it now, for a VIA C3 based system that has all the computational horsepower of an early '90's pager

EDIT: ...that would be a no. In fact, it looks like *all* the stuff I type at the boot: prompt is being ignored... I've had this happen with multiple Puppies so I suspect it's a quirk of the hardware I'm using.

EDIT2: Well, I did *something* right this time, and it worked. No idea what. IIRC boot prompt was "puppy pmedia=usbcd pfix=ram,noramsfs". All I know for sure, is that I got it to boot. Finally!

...now, as usual, I need to find a WiFi driver for my card... but I think I can do that myself

...eh, too much trouble from this... I think I'll stick to Puplite5 for my legacy installs... it's faster anyways.

hi, ive just done a frugal install of 214 by 9 and 10 and it wont recognise mt eithernet conection say no modem/interface detected, , other versions of puppy conect up with no bother

i dont know what modem is built in, but its a very old ibm think pad a21m running windows 98
can any one help me with this

thanks

jobo

A21 modem is usually 'Xircom MPCI+ Modem 56 WinGlobal' in win98, and can be a modem only or modem + network card in the internal pci-e slot

http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/detail. ... IGR-4PCRRF

It should use the builtin kernel module LT, AFAIK

Have you tried the network connection wizard?

Aitch

jobo wrote:hi, ive just done a frugal install of 214 by 9 and 10 and it wont recognise mt eithernet conection say no modem/interface detected, , other versions of puppy conect up with no bother

i dont know what modem is built in, but its a very old ibm think pad a21m running windows 98
can any one help me with this

thanks

Google indicates that the modem is a Lucent WinModem (winmodems are not hardware modems, and thus not always well supported under Linux).

However, network interfaces tend to generally be well supported under Linux (direct line to your high speed router).

I'm assuming that you tried that direct connection? Plug it in, click on the "connect" icon, and it should find a network.

yes i did, not its not detecting anything

any takers on this, ive since load puppy lipy retro and that connected no problem, just ran though the wizard, but id still like to give this version ago

Hello anybody there?
I would like to install 214x on my OLD laptop (running as live cd and a save file at the moment). Specs for lappy below in my sig.
I have a problem, for some reason I cannot change the desktop wallpaper.
When I click on desktop background (using themes icon on desktop) a blue box is saying "generating thumbnails. please wait" and then another window flashes open and instantly disappears.
xerrs log attached.
I am no linux guru so be gentle with me!

jobo wrote:hi, ive just done a frugal install of 214 by 9 and 10 and it wont recognise mt eithernet conection say no modem/interface detected, , other versions of puppy conect up with no bother

Hi Jobo, if you look at the end of the network cable you plug in to the PC, how many gold pins can you see? And also, what brand /model number of router have you got?

alphadog wrote:Hello anybody there?
I would like to install 214x on my OLD laptop (running as live cd and a save file at the moment). Specs for lappy below in my sig.
I have a problem, for some reason I cannot change the desktop wallpaper.
When I click on desktop background (using themes icon on desktop) a blue box is saying "generating thumbnails. please wait" and then another window flashes open and instantly disappears.
xerrs log attached.
I am no linux guru so be gentle with me!

hi try installing this and please report back.
ttuuxxx

Ok mate will try this out later today or tomorrow. I'm at work now . Will definately report back. Because after all, community help is what makes puppy what it is, GRRRReat!

Yay thanks ttuuxxx that solved the problem!
Onwards and upwards!

greengeek wrote:

jobo wrote:hi, ive just done a frugal install of 214 by 9 and 10 and it wont recognise mt eithernet conection say no modem/interface detected, , other versions of puppy conect up with no bother

Hi Jobo, if you look at the end of the network cable you plug in to the PC, how many gold pins can you see? And also, what brand /model number of router have you got?

7 and its an echolife hg520b