I found it interesting how you implement the boot sectors. I do the same thing, only I use Grub's chainloader command like this: chainloader /msdos.bin Booting is a fascinating subject in its own right, isn't it? All these different methods that people use. I suppose there is a tendency to find one...

@ Marrea Please try this one: NVIDIA-173.14.28-k2.6.31.14_wary500.pet NVIDIA-173.14.28-k2.6.31.14_wary500.pet.md5.txt CatDude Thank you very much indeed. I am pleased to report that I was successful with this. It works perfectly. :) (Being so new to Puppy I am still having some difficulty knowing w...

Hi CatDude

Many thanks for this. It's a bit late this evening to start on this but I will have a go tomorrow and let you know how I get on.

Cheers

Marrea

Many thanks for the link. I downloaded the file and installed it but unfortunately X wouldn't start. As Puppy recommended I ran xorgwizard but still no X, so I have simply reverted to the nv driver and 1024x768. (I even tried running nvidia-xconfig but that didn't work either.)

Many thanks Bernie_by_the_Sea for the information regarding grub4dos. It sounds interesting. I may well give it a whirl sometime. What I'm trying to sort out at the moment is how to install the proprietary nvidia driver for my FX 5200 card. I need the nvidia 173 version for that but Puppy's package ...

@Marrea: There is nothing wrong with your boot technique - it just isn't commonly used in the Puppy community. Hi rcrsn51 It's not just the Puppy community where it isn't commonly used. I get a lot of flak from all the Linux forums I belong to for not using Grub as my main bootloader. But then the ...

Hi there 106498 Wow, that sounds like linux expert work to me! Not really. When written down it sounds rather long-winded but when you do it all the time as I do it is very quick. I've been using this method to boot my Linux distros on this particular Asus desktop since I bought it six years ago. I ...

Hi Bruce B Many thanks for your input. As Bernie_by_the_Sea so rightly points out, this is all rather academic now as I have replaced the full installation of Puppy Linux with a frugal installation, which is working fine. However, I will attempt to answer your queries as best I can. Yes, I have two ...

Welcome to the Puppy forum, Marrea. Thank you for the welcome. I'm a crotchety old geezer, age 83, and sometimes my posts here are a bit abrupt. . I certainly didn't detect any abruptness in your reply to me. I myself am hardly your conventional "geek", being a female in my sixties! :) I ...

Many thanks indeed rjbrewer and Bernie_by_the_Sea for your suggestions. Prior to seeing Bernie's reply I had in fact already decided to try a frugal installation (I have to confess I missed the bit about frugal being recommended for 256 MB RAM or more - I should have read the instructions more caref...

I am a Puppy Linux newbie and am having trouble booting a full hard disk installation of Wary. I followed the instructions for a Full Installation at http://puppylinux.org/main/Manual-English.htm#Manual06 to the letter except for the location of the Grub bootloader. I have a multi-boot Windows XP/Li...