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MinHundHettePerro wrote:The grabbing of a save-file occurs if one, and only one, save-file is found. Otherwise a choice of found save-files is offered.

Just skimming through initrd_sbin/init, I'd say that the absolutely simplest way to avoid the automatic, possibly disastrous, grabbing of a save-file is to always offer a choice, lines 615ff of initrd_sbin/init:

# gives user option of choosing pupsave. if only one exists selects it
choose_pupsave_func(){
## set PUPSAVE
#set -- $ALLPUPSAVES # just pass it to function...
#if [ $# -eq 1 ];then # only one pup_save -- use it
# PUPSAVE="$1"
#elif [ $# -gt 1 ];then # more than one -- ask which to use
echo -e "\\033[1;36mPLEASE CHOOSE WHICH SAVE FILE TO USE" >/dev/console
echo "0 none" >/dev/console
CNT3FS=1
for ASAVE in $@
do
APART=${ASAVE%,*} ; APART=${APART#*,}
case "$ASAVE" in
*.[23]fs) # pup_save file
AFILE=${ASAVE##*,}
echo -e "$CNT3FS Partition: $APART\tFile: $AFILE" >/dev/console
;;
*_install_3) # installed to part
AVER=${ASAVE%%_*} ; AVER=${AVER#*Puppy}
echo -e "$CNT3FS Partition: $APART\tPuppy $AVER install" >/dev/console
;;
*) # will be files saved to partition: PUPMODE 6/7
echo -e "$CNT3FS Partition: $APART\tSettings saved directly to partition" >/dev/console
;;
esac
let CNT3FS=CNT3FS+1
done
echo -en "Please type a number then press ENTER key: \\033[0;39m" >/dev/console
read NUM3FS
clear #v2.12
if [ $NUM3FS -gt 0 ];then
eval PUPSAVE=\$$NUM3FS
fi
#fi #if [ $# -eq 1 ]
## end set PUPSAVE

hth / MHHP

# gives user option of choosing pupsave. if only one exists selects it
choose_pupsave_func(){
## set PUPSAVE
#set -- $ALLPUPSAVES # just pass it to function...
#if [ $# -eq 1 ];then # only one pup_save -- use it
# PUPSAVE="$1"
if [ $# -gt 0 ];then # one or more than one -- ask which to use
echo -e "\\033[1;36mPLEASE CHOOSE WHICH SAVE FILE TO USE" >/dev/console

Gonzalo_VC wrote:Hy, guys.
I know this is not active in the last... years but I need to know among the 2.14 versions which one is the last.

I am trying to make a PentiumIII work less sluggish. With Precise Puppy (5.4) it got surprisingly slow
I'm talking about a fully installed Puppy to use the machine for real, for work (school).

Cheers!
Gonzalo

sheldonisaac wrote:

Gonzalo_VC wrote:Hy, guys.
...among the 2.14 versions which one is the last.
I am trying to make a PentiumIII work less sluggish. ...

214x-Top10.0 ISO
http://www.smokey01.com/ttuuxxx/2.14X/i ... -top10.iso[/url]
md5sum 62ca0cd3b88901f1c5f5cfca3ec662fc 214X-top10.iso

Gonzalo_VC wrote:

sheldonisaac wrote:

Gonzalo_VC wrote:Hy, guys.
...among the 2.14 versions which one is the last.
I am trying to make a PentiumIII work less sluggish. ...

214x-Top10.0 ISO
http://www.smokey01.com/ttuuxxx/2.14X/i ... -top10.iso[/url]
md5sum 62ca0cd3b88901f1c5f5cfca3ec662fc 214X-top10.iso

Thanks!

How would you compare these "classic" versions with Wary?
i saw the Abiword version in 2.14 was updated... so, it's quite similar to Wary. Are the kernel version too different?
Cheers!

Gonzalo_VC wrote:

sheldonisaac wrote:

Gonzalo_VC wrote:Hy, guys.
...among the 2.14 versions which one is the last.
I am trying to make a PentiumIII work less sluggish. ...

214x-Top10.0 ISO
http://www.smokey01.com/ttuuxxx/2.14X/i ... -top10.iso[/url]
md5sum 62ca0cd3b88901f1c5f5cfca3ec662fc 214X-top10.iso

Thanks!

How would you compare these "classic" versions with Wary?
i saw the Abiword version in 2.14 was updated... so, it's quite similar to Wary. Are the kernel version too different?
Cheers!

How would you compare these "classic" versions with Wary?

ttuuxxx wrote:

Gonzalo_VC wrote:

sheldonisaac wrote:2.14X is a highly updated puppy version with an older kernel, Xorg, the kernel is half the size of Wary, I've been using 2.14X on a daily bases since I start this project 3.5yrs ago, If it works fine on your pc, I wouldn't use any other OS. I use it for my Multimedia Pc and play all my movies on my 42"lcd on it.
ttuuxxx

Nice. Thanks.

Dewbie wrote:[
RAM usage is much lower with 2.14x.

Coffe wrote: Well, I'd like to download the last .iso file and burn a CD of Classic Pup 2.14. but I've seen that with the last release i(214x-Top10.0) comes
a software package (devx_214X-top10.0.pet), is it included with the iso file, or should I download and install it later ?.

Coffe wrote: May be Classic Pup 2.14X isn't the right Puppy for my Desktop, I'm waiting for your comments, thanks.