Hi,
first let me describe the situation. I know computers... been there - done that (from w95 to wXP). Now I got a really old macine (P-II 233, 128MB, 6GB HDD) and tought why not use it for email and P2P - this is the only tasks I do daily.
So I looked around and found DSM and PUPPY; I decided for Puppy because of nicer look and feel. So I wanted to install it to HDD. I partioned the HDD, installed it to HDD and it does not want to load from HDD. Can please somebody explain hot to install Puppy to a fresh (unpartitoned) HDD?
The 2nd question is how to work P2P... Ok, I will decide which program, but all download will go to external HDD and I want to share entire HDD. How to share ext. HDD/location to be seen from Windows (i presume it will be FAT32)?
Tnx in advance!
ANDREJ
How to install Puppy to HD, share external HD on network?
Re: Newbie - windows share, P2P, setup, install
Here is what I do with a similar computer dedicating it 100% for puppy:Andrej74 wrote:Can please somebody explain hot to install Puppy to a fresh (unpartitoned) HDD?
1. Boot from the liveCD
2. With Gparted create an ext3 partition and a swap partition maybe 250 MB
3. Copy the following files from the CD to the main folder of that partition: zdfv_213.sfs. pup_213.sfs
4. Create a folder called /boot
5. Copy the following files from the /boot folder: vmlinuz, initrd.gz
6. Create a folder called /boot/grub
7. Copy all the files from /usr/lib/grub/i386-pc to the /boot/grub folder
8. Create a file called /boot/grub/grub.conf with a contents similar to the following
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default=0
timeout=0
title Puppy
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/ram0 PHOME=hda1 acpi=force
initrd /boot/initrd.gz
I also installed Java and Limewire. It works great under Puppy.The 2nd question is how to work P2P...
There are many different ways. Here is a How-To I created long time ago. Read it along with the responses from the people that provided additional tips.How to share ext. HDD/location to be seen from Windows
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 845&t=2163
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Ooops. missed that last step. I am truly sorry
1. Open an rxvt console
2. execute the grub command. That will show you the grub prompt
3. Execute the following commands when you see the grub> prompt:
That's it.
I actually should have pointed you to this more detailed post:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 2013#50643
1. Open an rxvt console
2. execute the grub command. That will show you the grub prompt
3. Execute the following commands when you see the grub> prompt:
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root (hd0,0)
setup (hd0)
quit
I actually should have pointed you to this more detailed post:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 2013#50643
[url]http://rarsa.blogspot.com[/url] Covering my eclectic thoughts
[url]http://www.kwlug.org/blog/48[/url] Covering my Linux How-to
[url]http://www.kwlug.org/blog/48[/url] Covering my Linux How-to