have deleted with Gpart... no option for MS-DOS.. (not even showing as greyed out)
only have the following:

ext2
ext3
ext4
f2fs
fat16
fat32
linux-swap
lvm2 pv
ntfs
cleared
unformatted



I tried Fat32 before NTFS... no joy with that being recognised either..

Partitioned as NTFS Just want to use it as a standard data transfer drive.. error message: "Libparted Error The backup GPT table is corrupt, but the primary appears OK, so that will be used." Not sure if I've trashed the firmware partition and/or if it can be rebuilt... fairly certain that...

generic (ut163) USB stick showing mounted as 'sdb2' on Pup desktop when plugged in. Have been able to format it with Gparted... so there is somekind of access to it, however I am out of my depth... In Windows (Device Manager) it is showing as a Hard Drive... whereas it should be showing as a Portabl...

Y'know what.... I've only gone and done an' got it! 8) Am now running Slacko on Frank1 (of the 7>9 Frankenstein orphans in my cave) .. I overcame previous installation issues by getting somewhat 'ruined' (hic & cough)... and thus not overthinking it.... for the life of me I can't figure out why ...

..just like to say thanks to all even if I haven't responded individually

am assimilating the info and processing into my understanding.. slowly

to put things in perspective... Terminator II (1991)...
circa 01:09 - 01:12
"Now rotate the two locking cylinders counterclockwise.."

G'day fiskrond, Glad you can still persevere - the first million is the hardest, I'm told. LOL... my kinda humour... am into double figures though! :-D In case the other latest suggestions by others don't get you over this hurdle, .... I'm happy to read you had had a dual boot option which by the l...

okay guys.. let's cool this one down and get back to getting me using Pup! The stuff you are now talking about (various GRUB installs) is not helping ME in the slightest! Keep on track.. agreed! :roll: STATUS - PupWary installed to partition, is operative, I like it. - Have supposedly installed the ...

G'day nic007, Thanks for your clarifications. I was assuming that starting with a 4.2 Pup, it would only have Grub with the Universal installer as the in-built 'automatic' offering to enable dual booting after Pup-4.2 was installed via the Live-CD. If I gather correctly, your method would avoid usi...

Current state of play... Gone back to scratch.. - Re-installed WinXP (obviously I did this many hourzzz earlier) - Partitioned drive using a downloaded Partition Wizard - I now have 3 partitions on 'C' drive (40gb) i) 7Gb - NTFS - WinXp ii) 21Gb - NTFS - blank, hopefully for MAME iii) 9Gb - Ext3 - b...

I'm all good with starting from scratch.. no matter how many times it takes... perfection takes practice! :-) Rome wasn't built in a day... .. fortunately got rather a lot of time on my hands.. (unemployed).. meh! My intention is to repeat ad-infinitum until I get it sussed... and then do a write-up...

Hi, from Everest 2.0.. the following Mobo: Intel Rexburg D845GRG CPU: Intel P4 Northwood, 2400Mhz RAM: SDRAM - 1x 256Mb, 1x 128Mb HD: 40Gb... 5400rpm Been through my 'junk'.. no graphics card to fit this board.. that's the only RAM I've got to fit.... so I'm working with what I have. Please keep in ...

..just looking on Ebay to see if there's an inflatable KING DONUT costume available!.. : D So if I got this right... You need to create a 'folder' (in Windz terminology) - which is technically a directory - in 'File' (icon like a house).. and THEN drag to desktop.. as against creating a folder strai...

hey man.. thanks for quick reply! Took me 2 days of failed attempts to install onto HDD... I had to re-install WinXP and create partition from format options on install options... Short version... have got Puppy installed on HDD as permanent O/S can get online.. but browser not handling standard fay...

I've finally managed to install PuppyLinux 4.2... yey!! Honestly can't believe what this is doing with only 384Mb of SDRAM!! (yep.. that old!) I've even worked out the menu options to get connected to the internet! But I honestly can't work out how to do anything else... many hours googling has only...

after 3yrs of consideration and failed attempts, followed by 4 very determined days of tears, swearing, lager, nicotine... I have finally managed to install a version of something which isn't Windows. Here is a non-jargonized guide to getting Puppy onto your old PC. It is written in normal English (...