How to clear Personal Storage?
A friend gave me this old XP Pentium 4 PC with 512Mb RAM. I've since found out that there are so many old PCs out there which can be had for next to nothing! I ran across an article by Howard Fosdick "Smart Reuse with Open Source: Linux Goes Green", and that's how I ran across Puppy, and, evidently, a community of like minded people. My background is not in IT, but, as a problem solver and fixologist the idea of getting some real value out of these things, rather than sending them to the scrap heaps of China, is something I couldn't pass up.
I've installed 2 gigs of RAM which is a noticeable improvement, and before Puppy I was able to get the DVD drive working (Good thing!) I downloaded a video decoder, opened it up and cleaned it and updated the firmware. I still haven't been able to get it to see a CD. My bet is it's some problem with the registry (Windows terminology?) That's not a deal breaker, but it's an interesting challenge. I look forward to moving on and discovering more about my Wary Puppy, and finding out about some of the other breeds too.
I've installed 2 gigs of RAM which is a noticeable improvement, and before Puppy I was able to get the DVD drive working (Good thing!) I downloaded a video decoder, opened it up and cleaned it and updated the firmware. I still haven't been able to get it to see a CD. My bet is it's some problem with the registry (Windows terminology?) That's not a deal breaker, but it's an interesting challenge. I look forward to moving on and discovering more about my Wary Puppy, and finding out about some of the other breeds too.
@beekster - audacious is a rather nice audio/CD-player, but you may need to check for dependencies in the particular version you dl'd and installed ~or~ go with an older version. Try starting it from the console (audacious at the #, then enter/return<key>) and it will likely have some info as to what's needed to get it running.. if that gets messy, uninstall via the ppm (Puppy Package Manager) and try another version - not all dotpets will work with all pups.
Starting 'fresh' is an option - type the bootcode "puppy pfix=ram" (you'll see it at the # prompt under the bootsplash graphic, which also shows the version number of your wary) and do some light setting work (again ), then reboot and make a new savefile (name it a bit differently, the save dialogue will guide you). Choose your new savefile when asked during the reboot.
Keep your savefile slim and healthy has some good tips.
hth & keep'em flying
Starting 'fresh' is an option - type the bootcode "puppy pfix=ram" (you'll see it at the # prompt under the bootsplash graphic, which also shows the version number of your wary) and do some light setting work (again ), then reboot and make a new savefile (name it a bit differently, the save dialogue will guide you). Choose your new savefile when asked during the reboot.
Keep your savefile slim and healthy has some good tips.
hth & keep'em flying
# dmesg > dmesg.txt
# gzip dmesg.txt
gzip: dmesg.txt.gz already exists; do you wish to overwrite (y or n)? y
# dd if=/dev/null bs=2048
0+0 records in
0+0 records out
0 bytes (0 B) copied, 1.2854e-05 s, 0.0 kB/s
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# gzip dmesg.txt
gzip: dmesg.txt.gz already exists; do you wish to overwrite (y or n)? y
# dd if=/dev/null bs=2048
0+0 records in
0+0 records out
0 bytes (0 B) copied, 1.2854e-05 s, 0.0 kB/s
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