try this, can't hurt xx is your puppy number
vga=normal puppy4xx=nosmp
Free memory indicator (bottom RH corner) - FULL INSTALL ONLY
thanks rjbrewer for bringing this to my attention (I didn't even think about dual core as an issue 
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I did a bit of search and found this re Puppy 4.0 (which mine is):
Puppy release notes 4.0
btw 'puppy-4.00-k2.6.25-seamonkey.iso' is not available through normal download channels (only as a torrent)
so
a)2.6.21.7 is supposed to be OK despite being mono-core
b)I might try 2.6.25 or even investigate 4.1+ ??
see also:
Barry's blog
)I did a bit of search and found this re Puppy 4.0 (which mine is):
this is from:Alternative 4.00 live-CD with 2.6.25 kernel
The 'standard' build of Puppy 4.00 is file 'puppy-4.00-k2.6.21.7-seamonkey.iso, which is 87.1MB -- compare that with Puppy 3.01 'standard' (with much less functionality) which is 98.6MB!
I have also built 'puppy-4.00-k2.6.25-seamonkey.iso', using the latest Linux kernel. This may not be quite as mature for wireless network connectivity though. Choose this one if you want support for a dual-core CPU (but the 'standard' build with mono-core 2.6.21.7 kernel works on dual-core systems). Also, strangely enough, we have more success booting older PCs with the 2.6.23 and later kernels, so try this one if Puppy fails to boot.
The 2.6.25 kernel is configured with the unified /dev/sd* and /dev/sr* drive naming, which may cause some difficulty if you need to configure GRUB.
Puppy release notes 4.0
btw 'puppy-4.00-k2.6.25-seamonkey.iso' is not available through normal download channels (only as a torrent)
so
a)2.6.21.7 is supposed to be OK despite being mono-core
b)I might try 2.6.25 or even investigate 4.1+ ??
see also:
Barry's blog
Last edited by bambuko on Mon 12 Jan 2009, 16:07, edited 1 time in total.
I am so out of my depth on the subject, that I don't even know what smp stands for 
I better do some reading
later edit:
apparently it is symmetric multi processing and you can read about it here:
Linux and symmetric multiprocessing
I better do some reading
later edit:
apparently it is symmetric multi processing and you can read about it here:
Linux and symmetric multiprocessing
From Barrys" Blog
Posted on 9 Aug 2008, 14:02 by John_Doe
re: nosmp with 4..0.5
As I had also mentioned in a forum thread that some versions were freezing from me, just wanted to comment that all is well now with 'nosmp'. I'm at 10hours 35 minutes with the computer in the Out house (it was the one that froze). It has a hyper threaded processor. If I have a chance I will test out the same on my laptop. I burned up it's power supply in a recent lightning strike. Still have to order another.
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Posted on 9 Aug 2008, 14:02 by John_Doe
re: nosmp with 4..0.5
As I had also mentioned in a forum thread that some versions were freezing from me, just wanted to comment that all is well now with 'nosmp'. I'm at 10hours 35 minutes with the computer in the Out house (it was the one that froze). It has a hyper threaded processor. If I have a chance I will test out the same on my laptop. I burned up it's power supply in a recent lightning strike. Still have to order another.
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just downloading it, to try 
btw do you know? what he is talking about when he says:
btw do you know? what he is talking about when he says:
For the lock icon to work install, xlockmore-5.20.1patched.pet