Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

bigphil As the subject says I need to make a PDF write-able. The PDF was scanned in using Xsane but the PDF is not write-able We have two different cases to consider. 1. A document is created with a program like a word processor, spreadsheet, etc that creates text and is then saved as a PDF. That ...

2:20pm here in central US, same for me as @mikewalsh , looks accessible.

Whew!

wizard

rockedge the one drawback is the 1505 is 32 bit only. Hence why TurboTax stopped working this past tax season, 64 bit Windows 10 and upwards only supported! If your 1505 has a 64bit CPU, it will run both Puppy and Windows 10 64bit OS's, just tested W10 to confirm. Probably want to have 3gb ram ...

@rockedge

I'll have to check if F96-CE_4 will run on it

Both F96 and BW64 run, but F96 has no audio . F95 works with audio, it loads kernel driver snd-hda-intel.ko, F96 loads the same driver, so guessing it's related to pulse audio. Any ideas for getting the audio to work?

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@rockedge

This one runs a little warm, 60C+ when streaming video, but setting CPU scaling to "Conservative" helps quite a bit. Runs 64bit Puppies fine.

wizard

This weeks orphan is a Dell Inspiron E1505. It arrived with LCD screen that would go blank during boot/post. During cold boot the Dell Logo screen progress bar would reach about 80% and then the screen would blank. The hard drive activity light would continue to blink indicating the boot process was ...

mikeslr The HP Elite Desk that I am working with has an older BIOS and does not support USB boot. The OP has changed hardware, started out with the Sony and UEFI boot, now working on HP Elite Desk. paladin75 If you change hardware, you need to start another topic, otherwise both those trying to ...

yuki Have several low power 64 bit computers with 2gb ram. My current choice for them is F96CE_4. They use pfix=nocopy,fsck in the grub kernel line and instead of a swap file they setup zram which has been more efficient. At boot they use approx. 200mb of ram. Ram use with a browser running is ...

@wcndave

Update your browser version.

wizard

@paladin75

Your computer is using UEFI booting so you need to run a newer Puppy, suggest either F96CE_4 or BookwormPup64 10.0.7.

Make a bootable USB of one and then post back to proceed.

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wizard

Will_Shok You should not have a bootable USB in the computer when booting from the HDD, especially one with the same Pup. The bios or grub can grab the wrong install. Open Gparted and make sure sda2 is formatted as EXT3 or 4. Now, open the terminal -type: shutdownconfig -press: Enter -click: Save ...

@Will_Shok

-Remove USB
-boot from HDD
-click sda2 on desktop
-click Puppy directory
-take screenshot and post

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wizard

Will_Shok some questions have arisen now that i have access to so much more space, mainly about installing programs and extracting zip files. Should i make a different post about these questions? if yes, in which board should i use Yes, start new topics in Beginners Help. You should also install ...

@Will_Shok

photo of the burnt "cake"

The same kind of cooking I do.

When you booted from the HDD, on the first shut down it should have ask you if you wanted to save, then a series of questions about where and how. Did that happen?

wizard

Will_Shok OK Open Gparted: -right click sda1 -format to Fat32, label=ESP flags=boot,esp -right click sda2 -format to Ext3 or 4, label=linux -click green check mark and apply -close Gparted -Menu>Setup>FrugalPup>Puppy -install Puppy to sda2 (be sure to make a directory for it) After install is ...

@Will_Shok

Exactly what we need. Do you want to install Puppy to the HDD so it boots from it instead of the USB?

wizard

Will_Shok energy_full: 4230000 (is this how full it is right now) energy_full_design: 47520000 (this how much its meant to be filled) Divide the little number by the big number. Let's have a look at your drive partitions: Boot from your USB, then: -Menu>System>Gparted Take a scrennshot of Gparted ...

Will_Shok check my laptops battery health and make the hard drive that is now free the one in wich i save my stuff. Boot your USB, click the battery icon on the right side of the JWM tray (taskbar), this should tell your battery health. Download this file: https://sourceforge.net/projects/wizard ...

@Will_Shok

The Thinkpads are rugged machines and do well with Linux, your T430 should run about any Puppy version you choose.

We still need to know:

-Puppy version (the name of the ISO file) you installed on your USB

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wizard

Start with:

-Make and model of computer
-CPU and amount of ram, if you know it.
-Puppy version (the name of the ISO file) you installed on your USB

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wizard

@stevie pup

My USB flash drives seem to get "confused" after a lot of use. Using Gparted to re-create the MSDOS partition table seems to help sometimes.

wizard

@stevie pup

Just used MS Windows 10 and Unetbootin to make a BookwormPup64 10.0.7 USB drive. Booted without issues on both UEFI and MBR computers. Would need more details if you want to troubleshoot.

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@greengeek

Have you looked at Grsync GUI for rsync, it's in BW64 and other Pups.

wizard

@nwpnr

I am going to try PackIt

I use Packit and tar gzip.

wizard

My Android Smartphone is an old Samsung Galaxy S5. Don't use it as a phone, just a pocket size computer tool.

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wizard

nwpnr Fat32 has two limits you must observe: 1. Maximum single file size = 4gb 2. It cannot understand Linux symlinks Number 2 is why you received most of the 1143 errors. if there is a way to copy its save folder to a FAT32 HDD Yes, as per mikewalsh , but only if you compress the folder into a ...

@Governor

Usually happens with .png files, change to jpg and try.

wizard

@rockedge

Impressive use for old tech, nice save.

it's very quiet run states and I can barely hear it.

Same goes for my chainsaw Think it may just be my old ears.

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wizard

Data Recovery, fixing dumb Recently while doing some Puppy install testing I hooked up a hard drive, grabbed my Ventoy USB and booted into a Pup. Started Gparted and deftly deleted the existing partitions and clicked Apply. Only then did my brain reengage and realize the computer had not recognized ...

@INSPIRON_E1505_USER

You've got enough power now to try some of the newer Pups like F96CE_4 or BookwormPup64 10.0.7.

Good save

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wizard