Frugal or full install: which is best for me?

[gyro]

I tried to trick Puppy into treating it like a USB Flash Drive (by changing the boot code in menu.lst from pmedia=ataflash to pmedia=usbflash) but it didn't work.

In standard Puppy 431 either "pmedia=ataflash" or "pmedia=ideflash" produces "PUPMODE=13", the same as for a USB flash drive, i.e. a "save" Icon appears on the screen, and data is only written to the pupsave file occasionally.

I know this because:
a) the code in initrd.gz does this.
b) I've done it with a frugal install of Puppy 431 on an ordinary HD.
c) I've done it with a frugal install of Puppy 431 on the SSD of an EeePC 701.

gyro

[looseSCREWorTWO]

mmm,
the conditions you describe are not identical to mine. I was using:
- Puppy 431 Retro (different Kernel to Puppy 431)
- an SD Flash Card in an Adaptor "acting" as a HD
- my hardware (year-2000 P3 Toshiba laptop) would be different to yours

With my setup Puppy insisted on treating the SD Card like a HD, when I wanted it to be treated like a USB Flash Drive.

Thanks for the info though