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Chelsea80 This file will disable the web after we fix the Ethernet web-disable.cmd.gz Download file and copy it into the XP computer folder: C:\Documents and Settings\user\Start Menu\Programs\Startup "user" will be your XP username -reboot XP so program runs Computer B (XP) -create a fold...

Chelsea80 OK, the previous owner disabled the Ethernet device by uninstalling the driver. When you reinstall the driver you will be connected to the internet unless we first block that with another method. Send me the make and model of the laptop, model may be on a tag on the bottom of the case. wi...

@mouldy

just remove the hard drive

Been there, done that by phone, can turn into a nightmare.

wizard

Chelsea80 uses the internet in ANY way. Nope Check #2 Start>Control Panel> -click: Switch to Classic View System>Hardware>Device Manager>Network adapters xp-ethernet.jpg You should see a device for the Ethernet adapter -choose it -right click -choose: properties Send me a screen shoot of that windo...

@Chelsea80

Check if XP Ethernet device is disabled

Check #1
-boot XP
Start>Control Panel>Network Connections
In the LAN or High Speed Internet section:
-check if the Ethernet device is Disabled

example showing a Ethernet device disabled

wizard

rockedge I posted on a topic of one of his remaster utilities, that while I was using it, suddenly deleted the contents of an entire directory. I reported the event to find out what steps during the remaster process and what order the steps were done in caused the mass file deletion. Two days ago m...

amethyst Sorry to see a good contributor go. Always liked your takes of Puppy on low power hardware. I bumble around with code and post some of it here. I'm always flattered when someone finds a bug or levels criticism because it means they have taken time from their life to look at something I've ...

rcrsn51 intermediate storage on a USB drive won't be much more efficient Perhaps, but it would not have to be treated as intermediate storage , it could just be used from that location or open file on USB, edit, then save back to the Computer B HDD. OP could also use an external USB HDD/SSD for fil...

Chelsea80 rcrsn51 The current configuration has Computer A (Puppy) writing directly to the Computer B (XP) hard drive. With a slight modification it could write to the Computer B USB drive instead and that would avoid the NTFS issue. Chelsea80 is your Computer B USB formatted as FAT32? wizard

@Chelsea80

To use that method we will first have to fix the XP computers Ethernet connection. This is detective work and will require some patience on your part. I'll start on it tomorrow.

wizard

Chelsea80 Ok, your current configuration is correct for your preference. Going forward, there is a way for us to setup file transfer to the XP computer without using the USB Bionic32 boot. To use that method we would first have to fix the XP computers Ethernet connection. Let me know if you want to...

mouldy Should be interesting. You might try imaging the current W11 with Aomei backup, then restoring it to another computer to see if will run. If it does, just reverse the process and it might heal itself. Also, there used to be utilities that could extract drivers from a installed system, worth ...

@FloraMae

Putting a short description of what the application does will help the potential users. Just a suggestion.

Thanks
wizard

@JakeSFR

Aha, thanks for your help.

wizard

rcrsn51 But for some reason, it also became the server. Machine A became the client which would upload its files to B through a Samba window. From a previous exchange: rcrsn51 wrote: 3. In what direction - Puppy to XP or XP to Puppy? OP replied: BionicPup32 laptop to Win XP laptop. I interpreted th...

@Jasper

Is this the setting you tried?

Image

Yes

Thanks
wizard

JakeSFR Using fossapup64 9.5, here is the log: ============================================================================== Creating: /mnt/home/extra_programs/NVME/clover/CLOVER1/CLOVER/CloverISO-4961.tar.lzma.extracted/Clover-test.tar.lzma ========================================================...

Chelsea80 At the moment the puppyshare folder is a sub folder of the YASSM folder. Is it possible to go directly to the puppyshare folder when dragging ‘whatever’ for transfer? I'm not sure I understand your question or your objective. Currently, when you drag and drop a file it does go directly to...

Chelsea80 You only need samba running on Computer B and you only need the firewall off on Computer B Just test it for yourself, it will not corrupt anything. Your research about Plusnet is related to using a static address on the WAN side of the router and NOT related to using a static address on C...

@JakeSFR

Using v1.24, I recently I tried to make a .tar.lzma of a directory and the lzma appears to fail.

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wizard

@mikeslr

If 'binary-compatible' means identity, no one tells you that Zorin-xfce is not binary-compatible with Ubuntu gnome, or that LinuxMint-xfce is not binary-compatible with LinuxMint-cinnamon.

So the grass isn't really greener on that side of the fence.

wizard

Chelsea80 Glad it's working. You only need samba running on Computer B and you only need the firewall off on Computer B. for this to work. One last thing you may want to configure is a static IP address on Computer B. Why? Routers have a function,. called DHCP, that automatically assigns an IP addr...

twigboy AMD 64-bit Turion Is this a single core or a dual core (x2)? Will make a big difference. You have a low power CPU and a small amount of ram, here is where I'd start: F96CE_4, a newer 64bit distro with good memory management. I have this running on a low power dual core, 2gb ram https://foru...

@amethyst felt offended and decided to leave the forum

Wow, I thought the advantage of posting code and utilities on the forum was so users and members could help debug them and improve the usefulness.

wizard

@FloraMae

With your hardware you should be able to run any Puppy with ease. You can check the Task Manager to see what is taking up the ram.

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wizard

@Wiz57

Hmm, think I have ya beat wizard!

Showoff

Impressive on that hardware.

wizard

@FloraMae

Perhaps I missed it, what computer do you have:
CPU=
Ram=

You might try F96CE_4 since it is lighter weight than BookworkPup64.

On my low power notebook, using pfix=nocopy
-startup ram = 235mb
-with Chromium Portable, forum tab open = 550mb

wizard

Chelsea80 Looking at your screen shots, you are doing things not in the instructions. Computer B - don't do anything with Yassm Computer B, you show Samba is OFF, it must be ON Make sure the firewall on Computer B is off Check the IP address again Send me a copy of /etc/samba/smb.conf Computer A - ...

@mouldy

The 2955u has a Passmark v9=1372, so good jump from before. Usually a score of 1200+ is going to work decent.

wizard

Chelsea80 Here we go. Setup file share on Computer B -boot Bionic32 USB -rename the "Transferred From" folder to "Transferred_From" (some operations don't work with file/folder names that contain spaces) -open: sda1 -Menu>Filesystem>Pmount -sda1>click: down arrow>check: Mount pa...