I tried this with Lucid puppy some years ago with mixed results. All the necessary add ons were not readily available as pets /sfs etc. Also the end size with all the extras added slowed the whole process down somewhat. Hence mainstream linux, I felt was the way to go. i.e bite the bullet. At the ri...

Works with Puppy 5.2.8 & 5.7.1

RUNNING PRECISE PUPPY 5.7.1. Downloaded dropbox pet and installed OK. Have been using without problems for some months. However suddenly I have had a permissions error message. The message "pid: 3338 ppid: 3319 uid: 0 user_info: ('root', 'x', 0, 0, 'root', '/root', '/bin/sh') effective_user_inf...

Sorry Typo. Should have read 5.7.1 retro.

Tks for all the support. Started to have issues with internet connection after all my fumbling about. Got odd messages at the boot up, believed they were carry over from all the Live CD version trials. So took the plunge &. repartitioned the hard drive/ completely deleted the dross - after havin...

Upgrading from Precise 5.5 to retro 5.7.1 - Problems
The Toshiba A10 graphics listed as "Intel 852 GM graphics that uses 32MB of the RAM as video memory" If that is any help Tks again.

Have tried live DVDs of Precise 5.7.1 (retro) & Slacko 5.6 on two Fujitsu Siemens laptops :- Amilo Pro V3405 & Si1520 Both appear to be using :- Mobile Intel 945GM Express Motherboard Graphics Intel Graphic Media Accelerator GMA 950 Graphics Chipset with 64-MB shared memory Both have dual co...

Tks for suggestions.
Did try reconfiguring Xorg, thought successfully but no change. Will try same live DVD of retro.5.7.1 on various laptops in the family and list video cards etc and see whether there is a pattern. Will report back. Will also try suggestions. Tks again

However can not get live DVDs to boot up on my desktop HP dc7700p Ultraslim Desktop Intel R core Duo 6300 @ 1.86 GHz 3 x 1 GB DDR RAM LAN connection DVD Writer Have Live DVD of Precise 5.7.1 retro and slacko 5.6 full that hang on boot up saying they can't find their respective sfs files. BTW 5.2.8 w...

System Toshiba Satellite Pro laptop Intel® Celeron® 2.2GHz Processor - 2 x 512 MB DDR RAM - 80GB Hard Disk Drive - DVD-ROM drive - 14.1" TFT Display 3Com 3CRWE 154G72 wireless 11g PC card Currently running precise 5.5 full install - all working. :) Looking to upgrade to precise 5.7.1 retro so b...

Both Puppy 5.2.8 and 5.4.3 (non retro) worked successfully as full install on single partition.

Satellite Pro A10: C2.0 GHz/XP...
Part Number : PSA15E-03U82-EN
Key Features
- Intel® Celeron® 2.0GHz Processor
- 2 x 512MB DDR RAM
- 80GB Hard Disk Drive
- DVD-CDRW Drive
3COM pcmia card for wifi

FWIW

If the Live DVD was corrupt, why would it boot OK on the laptops, even full installing OK on the Toshiba?

please what is an MD5/

Thanks yet again?

Newtusmaximus

HPdc7700p desktop Boot order in Bios = USB,Flash, DVD, HDD Sorry by Live DVD "Hangs", I mean, a) Picture of puppy, then Boot starts, b) Loading drivers needed to access drives ........Done c) Searching for puppy files ... In Pink "Puppy_Precise_5.4.3.sfs not found. Dropping out to ini...

Query Precise Puppy 5.4.3 (NON RETRO) Full install, single partition works well on Toshiba Satellite Pro laptop Intel® Celeron® 2.2GHz Processor - 2 x 512 MB DDR RAM - 80GB Hard Disk Drive - DVD-ROM drive - 14.1" TFT Display 3Com 3CRWE 154G72 wireless 11g PC card BTW 5.4.3 Does not appear to su...