Way back gparted did not cooperate with me to well (my fault) in partitioning. I ended up with besides a swap an unallocated 800 MiB that I would like to frugal install Puppy Linux 4.00 live CD. So maybe it is a crazy idea, but please humor me if the request is possible. My main concern is how to ge...

Dave: As I stated yesterday you kind folks told me everything I needed to know about installation and I had no intention of contacting the forum again until a new concern arose BUT you posed a valid question that demanded an answer. Can one be too old for Linux (is comprehension a factor) or is it a...

Ok I have it all and you will hear no more from me on installation
Thanks so much and catdude you are indeed a gracious patient dude

Read all pros and cons and only have one pressing question. Can puppy be loaded on USB storage, can changes and new installs go there as well given the size of the storage and finally can one boot from there. Ok its a series of questions, but I know I will get the answers. Thanks

Again first and foremost your to the point experience and suggestions appreciated. Yes I am using 4.0 and excuse me for not fully disclosing to get the best out of forum. The word free uttered with yahoo has been voiced a few times and that is the case with e-mail, but the $59 I pay to ATT, YAHOO, D...

The forum members here are truly exceptional and I can only hope my continued questions are either indicitive of my age and comprehension. 1.In attempting to get comfortable and load a browser Firebox that is on my HD what must I do to have access to in i puppy. 2. While I am attempting to get comfo...

Tried that along with 995 with the 465 and received 530 error msg

Ok as much as I want to free myself from windows and IE I need to know in this initial learning phase what I must do to effortlesasly switch to windows. Do I have to go through the shutdown Puppy then the reboot. I am having my share of setup problems. All the way from SSL in e-mail to gateway. But ...

Puppy cannot detect gateway. IP and mask yes, but no gateway. What can I do

After reading your post I think I saw the error of mixing files so I loaded a USB storage 61MB and did my sve that way
Thanks for speedy reply

Mt first day with live CD and quite impressed BUT! In e-mail setup I am able to receive, but not send. I am yahoo and I did put in pop.att.yahoo.com and smtp.att.yahoo.com so I am stymied The other huge concern is the save aspect. Tried save to CD, no go and save to file it tells me to defrag first ...

Seem to have a networking problem in set up. From reading I have done it could be I have what they call a soft modem with a windows driver but not a linux. Mind you I said could be. It is a notebook and an older one so it probably does ave soft modem. The IP address detected ok Mask seems to be Ok B...

Bruce I especially found your posts interesting and fitting into my concerns. My CD should arrive tomorrow and the multiple posts and especially yours has convinced me to learn the in and outs of Linux with Puppy from the live CD. Then consult the forum for other directions to go with linux. Again t...

My first question and the answers were a great help. What a blessing to have folks so willing to contribute their help. As a result of you answers let me restate. 1.presently have home XP with a 37.2 GB drive using 7.89 2.Fully intend to install Puppy and wondering how much partition to leave for wi...

As my username implies I am no spring chicken and while reasonably intelligent I think my comprehension may have slipped somewhat with age. That being said please be as clear with reply as possible . My system says I have 37.2 GB capacity and I am using 7.89 with home XP and have every windows updat...