Posted: Sat 07 Mar 2009, 11:47
First: a reminder - this is posted in the "Solutions" section, which is not intended for problems!
XiaolinDraconis
I regularly run puppy 2.14R from liveCD and have ntfs filesystem on a drive with just data - I don't have a problem
How much space do you have on your drive?
Has the filesystem been chkdsk'd & defragged? It is advisable before doing anything to the partition, for which you need to use Gparted from the menu
Make a small Fat32 partition [size depends on available space but 1Gb for starters] for a frugal install, as you can juggle your data easily, [Although Puppy can now read & write to ntfs partitions] or a ext2/3 for a full install & a linux swap [2xram size]
see here, though choose whichever version you like, some may be preferable to your tastes
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=25702
Instead of deleting the ntfs partition, as suggested, just resize it, allowing enough for your 2 new partitions, & format them - it's a fairly intuitive GUI process
I would advise just getting used to puppy from liveCd first, though
Any further problems, I suggest starting a new thread in the beginners section, & give any details of your hardware & problems, for best support
Aitch
XiaolinDraconis
I regularly run puppy 2.14R from liveCD and have ntfs filesystem on a drive with just data - I don't have a problem
How much space do you have on your drive?
Has the filesystem been chkdsk'd & defragged? It is advisable before doing anything to the partition, for which you need to use Gparted from the menu
Make a small Fat32 partition [size depends on available space but 1Gb for starters] for a frugal install, as you can juggle your data easily, [Although Puppy can now read & write to ntfs partitions] or a ext2/3 for a full install & a linux swap [2xram size]
see here, though choose whichever version you like, some may be preferable to your tastes
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=25702
Instead of deleting the ntfs partition, as suggested, just resize it, allowing enough for your 2 new partitions, & format them - it's a fairly intuitive GUI process
I would advise just getting used to puppy from liveCd first, though
Any further problems, I suggest starting a new thread in the beginners section, & give any details of your hardware & problems, for best support
Aitch