Dawn wrote:rjbrewer wrote:Dawn wrote:
I have posted further questions there.
I think I am required to edit some files.
I need suggestions and advice.
If you follow these instructions you don't have to edit files.
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 782#201565
Some information about the computer you are using, including ram,
cpu, might help.
It is a 2001 Sony Desktop. I will check the CPU type soon.
It is 128 megs of memory and about 111 gig hard drive
Your link is helpful but in order to do this step I want to first format my hard drive to start over completely since there are settings there now that seem to be getting in the way.
If you install Puppy frugal, the "settings" (presumably Windows settings) will have no effect. As long as your partition is not corrupted, you should be able to function just as it sits.
That's one of the wonderful features of Puppy, is that you can run it by booting from a CD, with a pupsave and the system image file on the HDD (so it can co-exist with your current OS). The next level up is to install a boot manager, so you don't need a boot CD -- or even performing a full install.
I run it on several of my Win98 machines, as well as on my XP laptop (on which I use a boot CD, as suggested above).
BTW, I have Puppy running on a 333MHz laptop (and have tested it with as little as 64MB RAM). I currently run 256MB RAM, and created a large swap file (512MB). Sometimes a little sluggish, but works fine. Puppy co-exists with the installed Win98 (which I no longer use on this machine).
BTW, this older laptop is currently using 4.1.2 Retro, and 4.3.1 Retro also worked. You may need to run a Retro version, depending on your actual hardware.
I am able to start the computer and go to a menu that offers the boot option:
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pfix=nox commandline only, do not start X
If I pick this option, would I navagate to my C drive and then how do I navagate to the root and, finally, how do I format my hard drive?
Formatting drives in Linux is performed on un-mounted drives. If you have a Fat32 format, you could just leave it and drop your Puppy save files onto it (and may be able to repair/recover any files currently on the machine -- if that is needed).
If you truly want to reformat the drive (and have backed up all your personal files), open "rxvt" (command prompt) and type "gparted" (the graphical partition editor). If your drives are truly empty of any useful info, you cannot hurt anything. If you have files you want to save, you'll need to be a little more careful (back them up externally before playing).
(gparted probably exists in one of the GUI menus, but I don't recall where, so I just launch it from the command line).