...Much faster - no need for helper programs like dd_rhelp (it does a lot of stuff like automatic changing of block sizes when errors are encountered and more -- with no helper programs needed): http://www.gnu.org/software/ddrescue/ddrescue.html This is the program in the dotpup you mentioned (dd_r...

You could call it... Pupporoni! :lol: I want this. Of course, I can't even get QemuPuppy to work and it's killing me. I've been going crazy for a week just trying to get that to work, but maybe it's my bios not letting me. It starts to boot, but ALWAYS stops at "Cannot find puppy on '[whatever...

jcoder24 wrote:Does virtual box work in puppy?

It should be able to.....Puppy is a Linux install, and VirtualBox works in Linux.......After installing, it will be saved in the pup-save file for the next reboot, unless you remaster Puppy to include VirtualBox........

Hi jasray, Funny you should mention VirtualBox............I'm currently looking into implementing a VirtualBox "server OS" and came across two choices for a barebones installation of the host OS with X: Puppy and RIPLinux......... :D The idea is to run a minimal host OS for running virtual...

Hi Erik, I just tried out your QEMU setup, but can't get it to finish booting.......It stops right after loading the kernel modules and looking for a Puppy installation...... The first time I did it, the message was it couldn't find pup_save. 2fs , and not the .3fs extension..........No problem, I'l...

...Similarly, if one wanted to, could one hook into the host PC hard drive partitions, to read them at least? If so, how? ICPUG QEMU cannot load separate partitions, per se..............Instead, you have to load the whole physical drive without the partition number, eg., qemu -hda /dev/hda However,...

A big w00t!..........Have Muppy installed to the pen drive and everything's working great.... :-D I must say, this is a speedy little distro and it looks like I have a portable distro I'm comfortable with.............A big thanx to Barry for the original Puppy, and to Mark for this fine Puppy deriva...

yes, that's normal. I'll have to check if I can add a pre-built menu safely (concerning updates that might be a bit problematic). But I think the current solution to click on "rebuild menu" is not too difficult to understand. Fine that you like it :) Mark Okay. I think I can live with ref...

Hello again, I've got Muppy running now and it is excellent...............I've never used icewm before but, for a lightweight wm, I'm impressed........ Everything seems to work so far, except for one little detail...........The start menu is incomplete. By that, I mean it only shows "refresh Me...

Hi everyone, forum n00b here.... :mrgreen: I like the description already, MU....so I'm gonna have to dl it and give it a go.. :-) I like the Slack pkg installer, mainly 'cause I'm very familiar with Slackware......It' been my main distro for several years, now.......Have tried others in the past, b...