That was a rather rude response to your question, not a way to encourage people in trying Linux! You may be like me, I've used a number of forums and don't...
< You may be like me, I've used a number of forums and don't like the format. Forums are also a poor excuse for documentation. Word search is not the same as...
... the purpose of this group? ... Yeah. Maybe that is the reason why this group is so inactive. No one thinks of asking such questions here or anything else....
... encourage people in trying Linux! ... format. There is a lot of good information on them but a search often finds a bunch of things that don't apply to the...
Hello Group, I'm writing this e-mail using Puppy from a live cd. I'm a ham, KD6CYL, and I'm looking into various distros to run on my HP Pavilion Vista box....
Hey Denny, Do the drives show up in the puppy drive mounter? Probably you already knew but they don't auto mount in Puppy like buntu does. Rich kg6jse ... ...
Thanks for the reply Rich. If you're talking about the P-Mount window, no they don't seem to show up. When I plug a memstick into a USB port the memstick will...
Very odd. Old machine maybe? Even my 1997 Micron p2 300 can recognize huge usb hard drives and jump drives while running puppy. If there is a bios switch to...
... Very odd. Old machine maybe? Even my 1997 Micron p2 300 can recognize huge usb hard drives and jump drives while running puppy. Maybe just the opposite...
Hi, Did you say 64 bit cpu? I have no experience with those and puppy but an educated guess might be kernel prob. Some distros have a version for those 64 bit...
Thanks Rich, I didn't realize at the time just how cutting edge this new PC was going to be, I mean it's nothing special, but I have had my share of problems...
Hi, I was able to use Puppy on an AMD dual-Opteron in 32-bit mode just fine. I think his USB drive problem might be the Windows AV program he's using, since...
Dennis, Looks like Mandriva has a 64-bit version http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/2009.0#One Some Ubuntu users with hardware problems try running Mandriva live ...
Thanks Steve, I'll have to go through my growing stack of distro CD's and see if I've downloaded Mandriva yet, if not I'll give it a go. I've pretty much come...
Well Steve all I can say is --- AWESOME --- I had downloaded the Mandriva iso a few days ago, so I used Ubuntu to burn a Live CD. I'm now writing this e-mail...
Dennis, I'm happy my long shot helped you make progress. Please be sure you can get proper printer and scanner function before committing to Mandriva. Best...
Hey Denny, I am glad you met with success. I've never tried Mandriva but I would like to get in a plug for Kanotix. Out of the 16 or so distros I have...
Thanks Steve, yes I do need to see if the printer works, that's another sticking point with some distros. Denny ... kd6cyl Hope keeps you going ... Fear keeps...
Computer Geek, Thank you for suggesting Kanotix. I enjoy trying various distros. However, I haven't been able to find a North American download site ...
Hi Steven, I am on blackberry at the moment but will get you that url when I am in front of my computer. Alternatively if you want a copy of version Thor...
I am reinstalling Puppy 3.0 in a dual-boot configuration with Windows. I have done it before but for some reason having a problem this time. The boot menu...
I've got a challenge for the Guru's out there - Grandson has a Windows XP box with two hard drives that has died and I'm trying to give him some help. The...
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