Thanks for sll the help. I finally figured out my own way to do it - not as elegant, but it seems to have worked. I will keep your method for the next time (likely soon, as I'm in experimentation mode!

FWIW here's what I did:

starting point: fluxbuntu on hda1 (needed to get the live CD to run and ...

Hi - I don't want to be guilty of cross-posting, but I posted this : http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=49288 to the beginners forum, but I suspect it is not beginner topic, so am asking here for help.

LiveCD failures have forced me to kluge a frugal install and I now want to convert ...

Same problems for me, using ext. pc-card cd drive on a tosh 3110CT. I have posted more details on other threads on this forum. I can confirm that with the pup_xxx.sfs on the cd, it falls over as decribed by others in this post. Put the file on the root of the HDD, however, and it will boot from the ...

I have been struggling to get an old Tosh 3110CT installed with Puppy. I'd like to do a full install as it has very limited RAM. However, I cannot because the liveCD cannot find pup_421.sfs, maybe dur to CDROM timeout (see discussion on http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=48596&start=60 ...

Sorry to leave you all guessing - been on a plane all day.

So, answers: current install was fluxbuntu running on ubuntu 7.1. With that running, I just copied the pup_421.sfs to / on hda1. This allowed me to boot puppy from the CD

I do recognize that I'll need a full install with my 128MB. However ...

indeed it did come with 64mb,though I have 128, so I'm golden

This is wy I'm trying puppy!

Geoff

Yes, a hunch, but you didn't specify which kernel version, and what laptop you were using.

Sorry, it was all buried in the post. The laptop was in the subject line: Tosh Portege 3110CT and the kernel is k2.6.21.7

For completeness, the cd drive is the tosh unit that shipped with the laptop: f-to ...

This machine uses an external PC-card CD drive. I can initiate the boot from the CD, but then get the pup-431.sfs not found error.

I've tried 3.4 as well as the 2.16 retro version and tried various ram only , noapci options and still no luck. The CD's load ok on a newer laptop.

I have successfully ...