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by lickthefrog
Wed 26 Apr 2006, 06:53
Forum: Cutting edge
Topic: TabletPC Digitizer Pen - how to make it work with Puppy?
Replies: 40
Views: 53028

i also run puppy (still only sometimes) on a tablet pc, toshiba r15. i need to figure out pen support as well. i'll add the link to the linux wacom project: http://linuxwacom.sourceforge.net/index.php/main and here's a link to someone who sorted out ubuntu on his r15: http://aleph-null.tv/go.php?doc...
by lickthefrog
Tue 25 Apr 2006, 19:33
Forum: Announcements
Topic: Puppy2 alpha snapshot 11th April 2006
Replies: 17
Views: 8713

weird keyboard issue: sorry, i'm a newbie and don't really know what i'm doing, but here's what happened to me. in searching for a solution to a usb keyboard problem i have with my ibm netvista (weird computer). the computer comes with a usb keyboard that works while booting earlier versions of pupp...
by lickthefrog
Tue 25 Apr 2006, 19:15
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: USB keyboard vs. PS2
Replies: 4
Views: 3283

WHOOPS! sorry for not posting my puppy version. i won't make that mistake again. i have 1.08 installed on the hard drive. so, before puppy 2 comes out, is there a way i can get the usb keyboard to work? probably through downloading a driver or something. (i'm trying puppy 2 alpha now). i'm sorry, i'...
by lickthefrog
Mon 24 Apr 2006, 22:33
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: USB keyboard vs. PS2
Replies: 4
Views: 3283

USB keyboard vs. PS2

hi, i'm working on NetVista X41 (i think) and it's got a USB keyboard and mouse. i did a hard drive install of puppy as the only os. my problem is that i need the USB keyboard for grub (clearly bios supports usb keyboard--PS2 keyboard doesn't work at this point), but then only a PS2 keyboard will wo...
by lickthefrog
Thu 20 Apr 2006, 19:47
Forum: Users ( For the regulars )
Topic: How to netboot PuppyLinux?
Replies: 61
Views: 27180

i'm gushing

i feel like i'm gushing because...well, it's just so weird to me to be able to communicate like this in a forum where people are willing to offer help. i greatly appreciate your time and consideration. it's weird because i'm completely overwhelmed by what i'm doing and it is only my fearlessness tha...
by lickthefrog
Thu 20 Apr 2006, 01:03
Forum: Users ( For the regulars )
Topic: How to netboot PuppyLinux?
Replies: 61
Views: 27180

[edited post to remove a question i already discovered the answer to] great! thanks. i'm going through sunburnt's post on lanpup. in the meantime, i'm going to try the ntfs solution you mentioned. on the machines i'm using, i have to enter "vmlinuz ide=nodma root=/dev/ram0 initrd=image.gz"...
by lickthefrog
Wed 19 Apr 2006, 02:25
Forum: Users ( For the regulars )
Topic: How to netboot PuppyLinux?
Replies: 61
Views: 27180

How to netboot PuppyLinux?

[edited with this disclaimer: sorry, not sure if i should have posted here or in the how to because i don't know if PXE booting is a configuration issue or a how to.] hi, i need advice and maybe help. i am in a delicate position because i oversee a lame computer lab that will probably be fixed up fo...
by lickthefrog
Wed 05 Apr 2006, 23:15
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: How to turn off DMA when booting Puppy? (Solved)
Replies: 8
Views: 15754

ide=nodma

took me quite a while to find how to alter the startup so that it is "ide=nodma". finally, i got puppy on this weird computer. thanks. now it'll take me forever again to figure out how to burn the command into a livecd, if possible, so that i can have puppy on every computer in the lab i o...