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by CatmanDru
Fri 16 Mar 2007, 19:40
Forum: Usuarios de habla Hispana
Topic: NFS en Puppy
Replies: 4
Views: 6322

En Español, Sistema de Archivos de Red, (Network File System o NFS):

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFS
by CatmanDru
Fri 09 Mar 2007, 16:25
Forum: Usuarios de habla Hispana
Topic: Translation of a manual into Spanish
Replies: 29
Views: 29963

Estoy traduciendo los FAQ (Preguntas Frequentes), incluso los FAQ *nuevos* que tiene Barry K., el autor de Puppy, en su pagina de FAQ. No se preocupen: Barry K me dió permiso traducirlos. Mas adelante quisiera incluir muchas preguntas que se ven muy frequentamente pero no estan en ninguna pagina de ...
by CatmanDru
Mon 05 Mar 2007, 03:49
Forum: Puppy Projects
Topic: RTAI Puppy Linux with EMC2 CNC control software - pre alpha
Replies: 14
Views: 26623

The 'Machine Puppy' refered to in this thread is included in the VersionsPuppy page of the puppy wiki. The url there points to this thread. However the url in the first post retrieves only a blank page. Therefore a valid download url is needed for the VersionsPuppy page. If anyone has one, please pl...
by CatmanDru
Mon 26 Feb 2007, 23:46
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: How do you install Puppy on a second HDD?
Replies: 5
Views: 2799

Are familiar with moving hard drives around and changing the jumpers (if needed) on the hard drives?

Also, what are the computers specs: the processor speed, RAM quantity, sizes of hard drives, CDROM speeds (if known), and maybe computer brand?
by CatmanDru
Mon 26 Feb 2007, 22:46
Forum: Usuarios de habla Hispana
Topic: Translation of a manual into Spanish
Replies: 29
Views: 29963

caka, lo siento por no haber respondido al pm. Muchas veces no soy muy responsable. Espero q estes bien. A todos, hay mucho q traducir en el wiki, o añadir al wiki. Dense cuenta de que muchos de los vinculos a 'articulos en el español' realmente no son en el español sino que en el ingles -- no mas e...
by CatmanDru
Mon 19 Feb 2007, 23:50
Forum: Pour les francophones
Topic: Toutou Linux complètement en RAM?
Replies: 2
Views: 6607

Avec seulement 30Mo de RAM, le livecd n' est pas bien. Avec 128 +(Plus de 128) Mo, le live cd est plus vite: tous de Toutou est en RAM. (RAM est plus vite que CDROM. RAM est plus vite que le disque dur. Le disque dur es plus vite que le CD-ROM.) RAM > hdd > CDROM. Avec seulement 30Mo de RAM, le live...
by CatmanDru
Mon 19 Feb 2007, 19:58
Forum: Pour les francophones
Topic: Problème de Grub
Replies: 1
Views: 4552

Bienvenu. J' espere que vous pouvez lire mon frances 'sauvage'. Est que vous estez bien sur de: 1. Faire la partition de Toutou avec le 'filesystem type' 83 (pour data) et avec le 'bootable flag', la partouche 'swap' avec le 'filesystem type' 82 (pour swap)? le programme de partition (cfdisk, fdisk)...
by CatmanDru
Mon 12 Feb 2007, 05:18
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: Puppy 2.02 Opera CD won't boot
Replies: 8
Views: 3655

One reason Puppy may be running slower than Windows on your machine is thaat Windows was set up (in your machine) to use a swap file to 'fake' extra memory. Puppy on your machine doesnt have that advantage, yet. But you can set up swap (file or partition). It will then perform better (but maybe not ...
by CatmanDru
Sun 11 Feb 2007, 21:33
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: "if you don't go Linux you're dumb" So where do I learn
Replies: 38
Views: 15679

I think many of the above posters have made good sugestions and given good answers and I'd like to 'endorse' those and ask you and others in your situation to consider them carefully. I would like to emphasise the importance of communicating clearly, specifically and with as much detail and informat...
by CatmanDru
Wed 07 Feb 2007, 21:03
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: Method to install puppy 2.13 as sole operating system
Replies: 6
Views: 3033

At which point (step number) is formating of swap partition done? I placed it at "19a. Format the swap partition as file system linux swap, type 82. See other sources for details." I made a Wiki page: http://puppylinux.org/wikka/HDDInstallChecklist It's definitely NOT pretty, but it's ther...
by CatmanDru
Wed 07 Feb 2007, 18:34
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: Having trouble installing 2.13 to XP machine
Replies: 8
Views: 3492

These may help. The 'Sticky' Index of Resources for Beginner's Forum: http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=597 The 'Sticky' How To Puppy : http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=115 There's also this thread about HDD installs: http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=15...
by CatmanDru
Sat 03 Feb 2007, 04:51
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: looking for the right Distro
Replies: 10
Views: 5091

Thanx for the note of appreciation, and thanx also for the detailed summary of how it was resolved, what it took to resolve it, and things we all learned. itll help all of us, including other puppy beginners who are looking for help. thanks.
by CatmanDru
Sat 03 Feb 2007, 03:52
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: Installing Puppy Linux Barebones to laptop
Replies: 5
Views: 2603

In case anybody was wondering like me....Everex StepNote NC1500 Specifications: CPU 1.5GHz, VIA C7-M, Display 15.4" WXGA Widescreen (1280 x 1024), 512 MB DDR2 533, HD 60 GB PATA (4200 RPM), DVD-RW/CD-RW, 5.3 lbs. It has many energy saving features, and is low-cost. If the download is the obstac...
by CatmanDru
Thu 01 Feb 2007, 20:24
Forum: Users ( For the regulars )
Topic: ipods on puppy
Replies: 17
Views: 12396

peppyy wrote: "I love the cheeper ones that you can just drag and drop files to. I myself would go for one of those first." Altho i understand this thread is about Apple brand iPods, i just want to let those who may not know or are thinking about getting a portable mp3 player that Creative...
by CatmanDru
Wed 31 Jan 2007, 19:53
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: Install problems Gateway laptop Error 15 resolved
Replies: 4
Views: 1749

Hi Puppy Newbie, I'm from the other thread. I encouraged responses to your posts there to be redirected to your thread here. You may wish to change the subject title that shows as the topic of your thread. I didnt check out your thread because i know very little about the stated topics in your threa...
by CatmanDru
Wed 31 Jan 2007, 19:22
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: Need help installing Puppy on a low-RAM laptop
Replies: 30
Views: 10554

Puppy Newbie, I'm Putting a link to your thread: [ http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=15045 ] so that others can find your topic, issues, and problems and help you there. Usually this forum allows some mixing of issues and threads. However in this case -- and this is just my opinion --...
by CatmanDru
Wed 31 Jan 2007, 18:40
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: Need help installing Puppy on a low-RAM laptop
Replies: 30
Views: 10554

Dark, I googled "Error incompatable Partition". 2 results were interesting. [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/95634 ] [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321626 ] They indicate the laptop may have 1) a certain brand of hard drive, 2) a problem with the Master Boot Record (MBR) which is data ...
by CatmanDru
Wed 31 Jan 2007, 03:04
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: Seeking enlightenment re partitions & file systems
Replies: 4
Views: 1665

Im no expert, but these answers will get you started. "So could I create such a "swap" partition on the WinXP PC I use at work solely for my use of Puppy Linux?" I doubt youd need to. The XP probably has plenty of RAM. Puppy needs only 128 MB RAM to run entirely in memory. In mem...
by CatmanDru
Wed 31 Jan 2007, 00:30
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: Need help installing Puppy on a low-RAM laptop
Replies: 30
Views: 10554

It will be helpfull if you list your specs: Pentium III speed?, Ram quantity, maybe laptop brand and model. If you dont know, boot it and look at the screen. If thats not possible, make an educated guess. "It also has REALLY low RAM so it in Ram can't help me much." Did u mean to say 'so r...
by CatmanDru
Tue 30 Jan 2007, 20:18
Forum: Users ( For the regulars )
Topic: Linux swap partition
Replies: 29
Views: 32573

Thanx for the very good, detailed and informative discussion/info on swap partition size. I would like to bring up a few ideas so others can give feedback. Please bear in mind these are for users who dont mind a little, or a lot of, complexity. Also please remember that I, and others, use 'old' comp...