Just to advise that the problem is now solved:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions ... 175549402/

Hi I recently resurrected an ancient Win XP laptop by putting on a full hard disk install of Precise Puppy version 5.7.1. The old girl (after three install attempts!) now flies like the wind and I'm delighted with her new lease of life. However, I'm a total Linux and Puppy newbie (as you've probably...