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Puppy Linux Version: 4.2RC1
Laptop: Lenova Y510
Using 1Gig USB Flash Drive
Supper Floppy Mode - VFAT

Issue #1:

System hangs when powering down or rebooting. Impact: Cannot save configuration changes.

Issue #2:

Having problems getting flash drive to boot using anything except for super floppy mode and vfat. Super Floppy mode with ext3 filesystem did not work. Also, alto attempts at using ext3 failed...

Last where can I download the latest release candidate, it looks like I saw a bug on 4.2rc3 but rc1 was the most current I could find....


Details Below:

-Computer-
Processor : Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU T2390 @ 1.86GHz
Memory : 2067MB (151MB used)
Operating System : Puppy Linux 0.42
User Name : root (root)
Date/Time : Thu 26 Mar 2009 11:44:46 AM GMT-8
-Display-
Resolution : 1280x800 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : Unknown
X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation
-Multimedia-
Audio Adapter : HDA-Intel - HDA Intel
-Input Devices-
SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad
AT Translated Set 2 keyboard
Power Button (FF)
Sleep Button (CM)
Lid Switch
Video Bus
Video Bus
PC Speaker
Lenovo Easy Camera
-Printers-
No printers found
-IDE Disks-
-SCSI Disks-
ATA WDC WD1600BEVS-2
HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-T20N
Generic USB Flash Disk

4.2 is at RC4 now.
Maybe your issue is taken care of.
Why not try the RC4 now and report if you still have an issue?

mylinuxsupport wrote:... where can I download the latest release candidate, it looks like I saw a bug on 4.2rc3 but rc1 was the most current I could find....

It's in the Puppy Projects section of this forum under the RC4 Bugs & Fixes thread, but don't bother. I'll be uploading the Final within 24 hours.

I added a bunch of software on 4.2RC4 which seems to have had problems when being written to my USB Flash drive. (ASUS M3N78-VM Motherboard) when I rebooted I got stuck in a Kernel Panic. It's possible I filled up my 1G Flash or the Puppy Save partition, I'll have to look closer.