how to check laptops battery health and hard drive question

[Will_Shok]

Ok so i isntalled F96-CE_4 on this laptop i had and know i would like help to first be able to check the battery health and secondly i would like to make an hard drive the main place where my things are saved, for more info go to this link https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic. ... 44#p130844 thanks for reading and any tips would be apreciated since i am a complete begginer

[wizard]

@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 ... t/download

Then click on it to install extended help/howto files and read through them for how to install to your hard drive. Come back with any questions.

wizard

[Will_Shok]

ok yeah i did install the package but now i am overwhelmed im not sure where to look honestly. about the battery is this what you mean?:
energy_full: 4230000 (is this how full it is right now)
energy_full_design: 47520000 (this how much its meant to be filled)

[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 and post it.
-Menu>Graphic>Take a Shot
-set the Format=jpg

The screenshot will be in /root/Screenshot.jpg

wizard

[Will_Shok]

I didnt realize some text was in spanish so ill translate, under label it says "reserved for system" and thats all the spanish there is. I had some problesm with sda2 not being in any file system after deleting everything inside it but i was able to fix it so i left it to ntfs like all the others. i hope thats the kind of screenshot you wanted, thanks for the help.

[wizard]

@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]

That would probably be the best so i dont have to carry the pendrive everywhere and i can use it for other stuff

[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 complete:
-Menu>Setup>FrugalPup>Boot
-install grub to sda1

When finished, shutdown, remove USB and reboot.

wizard

[Will_Shok]

sorry for taking so long to reply, i was baking for a friends birthday but i burned it and had to go to the store to get more milk and baking powder.Anyways I have done what you have recomended and now i can run linux without the pendrive connected but what i havent been able to tell is if it is saving what i do or if its just starting from scratch since i have none of the screenshots i did last time
(i have attached a photo of the burnt "cake" so you all can see my failure )

[wizard]

@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]

yes Im sure they were and i choose to save on the sda2, 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, thanks again for reading

[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 the extended help files on the HDD and check their Reading Guide. Those will increase your knowledge of Linux and Puppy in particular.

wizard

[Will_Shok]

ok before i go and do that i think it might not be saving anything,every time i start up the laptop it aways opens the quicksetup menu, also last time i changed the wallpaper and it went back to the default one, im sure its probably my fault but i dont understand how.

[wizard]

@Will_Shok

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

Thanks
wizard

[Will_Shok]

Im not sure what would be the problem since i did take out the usb and boot it from the hdd

[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

Do not encrypt.

Use a "save folder" and be sure it goes to sda2

When you reboot look to be sure you have a fossapup64save directory in the Pup directory
wizard

[Will_Shok]

Thank you so much i finally figured it out and now i can save stuff in this laptop. This is leading me one step closer to be less of a newbie. Thanks