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Raybrite · Joined: 31 May 2011 Posts: 23

I have several books on Ubuntu 11.04 on my Kindle. There don't seem to be any inexpensive ones for Puppy 5.2.5.
I am wondering if the commands on the console for Ubuntu will work on the Puppy 525.
I really don't want to buy another book right now.

RetroTechGuy · Joined: 15 Dec 2009 Posts: 2301 Location: USA

Flash · Posted: Tue 07 Jun 2011, 00:27 Post subject:

This might help: To see all the commands that a Puppy console can execute, open a console, maximize it (so it fills the whole screen), hit the Tab key twice, then the Y key. Hold down the Enter key after that until the last command is listed. Here's a partial result of doing this in a non-maximized console window in Puppy 245:

p310don · Posted: Tue 07 Jun 2011, 00:52 Post subject:

Raybrite,

I'm not sure what is and isn't interchangeable command line wise between Ubuntu and Puppy. A lot of command line stuff though, is Linux, rather than distro specific, and as such does work. The biggest difference between the two is Ubuntu uses the sudo command a lot, but, because Puppy is running as root, that is not necessary.

There was a book, in PDF format for an older Puppy, I think it was 4.21, that can give you some good insight in how to work things. I have a copy at home, but can't remember where I got it from. It is a free download.

See here though

http://puppylinux.org/main/Manual-English.htm

http://www.lulu.com/product/file-download/the-puppy-linux-book-v10/4204807

Flash · Posted: Tue 07 Jun 2011, 01:11 Post subject:

Here are a few more links (from this post)

http://www.goosee.com/linux/ch03/index.html

http://ss64.com/index.html

http://linuxcommand.org/

Bash shell scripting

Beginner's Bash

Steve's Bourne / Bash shell scripting tutorial

Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide

B.S.J.W.S · Joined: 24 Mar 2012 Posts: 2

The problem is :-- Just which formatting tool to use and what does ' BB ' reference . I want to format a 8GB TF stick on usb . I require both ext4 and vfat so that it can be accessed by Windows XP . I have given the three vfat partitions id 52 . Which mkfsvfat should I use ? Should I remove one of them as cruft , or is 'BB' going to break , after all we would not want miss ? To be faulty ?