However I still have "frugal" install in \boot on win98 partition and sfs files (save included) in root of c:
Is it possible that save file on fat16 will affect behavior of full puppy on ext2 partition?
I'm in doubts because that install runs from hdd having full filesystem on hdd like any other regular distro but who knows, it's a puppy...
On the other hand I got an idea to make another frugal install: this time on ext2 partition with 2.17.1 and boot it with grub1 newly installed! I took a look again at your pictures and it would be similar to your setup.
Perhaps I could manage to install newer versions that "not found" on fat16 partition now and get finally online?
Too bad but it's impossible right now: Dell D800 has only 1 pcmcia slot so it's narrow but xircom card designed thick to hold RJ45 so it takes space of both slots in TP (only lower is engaged). It will not fit into Dell's. My wife's laptop has no pcmciagreengeek wrote:use the xircom in the other bootable laptop too, so that it is all proven compatible).
Anyway thank you for the tip: I'll try it if I have a chance to borrow suitable laptop.
I keep win98 because of 2 reasons: first is that it has pure dos (shift-f5 at boot) and there is a folder in root called "bios". So if I'd have a chance to spot the battery somewhere I gonna grab it immediately and update my damn old bios
The second reason is a kind of nostalgia: it was win98SE (with Access97) when I made my first db application for a business that I started overseas with a lady who is now my wife and mother of my 2 beautiful boys.
However if I'd manage to update the bios I'd probably drop emotions and upgrade to W2K
Thank you again: I'll try the frugal install on ext2 right now.