Does Puppy really need the overhead of automatic CD detection? I think our efforts would be better spent on other issues. A simple addition to the help files should help any newby play a CD. This may be a little off topic but hasn't CD/DVD auto detection auto play already been addressed? Menu->Desk...
FYI update. Wasted the whole weekend chasing a bug that turned out to be a problem with the Win98 virtual machine in VMWare player. The file extensions for grub.exe and menu.lst were truncated every time the files were created, leaving just grub and menu! Had to piece together an old old junker and ...
Some news FYI. The new helper code is ready for trial install/uninstall tests. After that is successful the new installer build environment will be tweaked and tested in Windows and Wine. Preliminary tests with Wine look promising for a build environment where Windows will not be required. Progress....
Eh? Did you read the above posts you referred to? It must be a small gang - Ttuuxxx, Ttuuxxx and Ttuuxxx Smile You got me there! In the heat of the moment I neglected to paste in the url. It's corrected. And NO I don't mean everyone who posted in that thread. Use your own judgment. Seriously people...
Having kept tabs on some of the attacks on ecomoney this garbage really burns me. Rob you're damned if you do and damned if you don't. You get taken to task for not providing enough feedback on 4.2 and when you try to provide feedback you are subjected to 9 pages of attacks for it. This topic is jus...
FYI The normal burning software that is on XP will not create a bootable CD. Without getting all technical on you, the 4.2.1-k2.6.25.16-seamonkey.iso file is an image of a CD disk. By itself it cannot boot. The BurnCDCC program will take that .iso file, and copy that disk image to the CD. If it is s...
Bettye, I admire your attitude, and you're not wasting anyone's time. I don't want to 'talk down' to you but I do want to be specific now. I'll wager that what you have on your CD is the 4.2.1-k2.6.25.16-seamonkey.iso file. Correct? If it is, this CD will not boot. Going on that assumption, what you...
Don't worry, as far as the Windows end user is concerned it will still be download and click. Some interaction on their part is required though. I detest software that installs itself without regard to any preferences that I may have. GUI elements = message boxes and maybe a dialog box during instal...
I'm glad this is benefiting someone. These first two test files are just that, for testing. I hope to get feedback on sata HD installs, as I'm not certain that the menu.lst entries will work in that situation. Perhaps it would be a good idea to add a means for a distro packager to to supply their ow...
I have helped/persuaded/coerced many windows users to try Puppy, and am fluent in "newblish" Laughing Cool . If you would consider updating it I would be happy to contribute here. Yes, please. It is rather blunt, isn't it. Another thing. When you get around to testing it, when the last in...
ttuuxxx, I would really like to test this Puppy. Is there a rush to get it out the door? In particular I want to see if it will run 3D acceleration on my old built-in ATI. A few months ago I put together a couple of Puppies to play my old Windows games with, through Wine and Dosbox. I tried a lot of...
@Max Uglee I think it would be a great thing to include in Puppy 5 Nope, sorry. It couldn't be included in Puppy because Puppy is inside the installer. I do appreciate the offer of testing. @Ecomoney For the moment I would be happy to provide you with an ftp account at www.ecomoney.eu, details via p...
perhaps you could give that project some attention as a possibility? Well if you think the idea has merit, then OK. Making a win32 app to install Puppy to a USB stick is a piece of cake from the looks of it. I made a bootable USB by hand (in XP) in about 60 seconds after reading up on it. My comput...
I built, or maybe packaged is a better word, two installers for 4.2.1 std and retro kernels that install Puppy to Windows XP or 2000. Why? To make it very easy for Windows users to try Puppy, of course. Features: No need to burn ISOs onto CDs. They create frugal installs without formatting the hard ...
How about this for an idea? Put together a tiny Puppy iso that does nothing except analyze a persons computer hardware and make a suggestion for the Puppy version that would be best suited for them. Maybe also suggest a configuration such as an xorg version or xvesa along with Internet connection po...