Ok. I well understand that there is a difference between 'root noverify" and "rootnoverify". Looking back I find that I copied that from somebody else that probably didn't know any more about it than I do. I understand that the "root" command points to where the root is, but...

I wish I had seen this subject before I wiped the HD on an old HP and tried to install Puppy 421 alone. It ALMOST works. It looks like the entries in MY menu.lst are wrong. When I boot the Hp I get a nice puppy logo screen, but at the bottom is the following: Boot Options pmedia=atahd=puppy421nosmp ...

I have an H-P pavilion that I had run 5.1.1 on, but for some reason, when I exited Linux, it saved the files on the D drive where the Windows reload was stored. I deleted those files, and when I tried to again run Puppy from the CD, I got the exact same Kernel panic message. I have not been able to ...

I have an H-P Pavilion where I am trying to install Puppy 5.1.1. I have created a partition 17GB with ext2 F.S., and used the puppy installer to do a frugal install. The files appear in drive sda3. Then I started the GRUB configure routine, and tried to follow it. I selected "simple installatio...