[Staffslug] Continued form the meeting thread...

This is a continuation from the previous thread because I considered it to be thread hijacking otherwise :-))) I'll take this opportunity to say that I am going to attempt to put Puppy Linux on a little Sony Vaio Picturebook today. I'm having to go a convoluted way to get it done though. Because of the vagaries of installing to these lovely but very knobbled PC's (they will only accept up to 128mb of RAM maximum) and they have a strange installation routine that is 100% designed specifically with only Windows 98 in mind.... I have had to take the little beast apart...totally. I'm going to instal the hard drive into my main PC via an adaptor cable that sizes down (or up) from 3.5 IDE drives to 2.5 drives. Then, when it comes to first initial boot I'll knock the main PC off and install the drive back into the Picturebook to allow it to properly detect all the hardware. Well, that's the idea.... No, it's not possible to install Puppy from the CD, I've tried and it simply does not like it. See my above comment about Win 98 :-((((( Yes, I've tried Smart Boot Manager. My bran nearly imploded trying to work out just what I was doing. So, the take it apart option is actually easier :-O Besides, it satisfies my curiosity about what's under the skin :-) -- ============================================== I am only human, please forgive me if I make a mistake it is not deliberate. ============================================== Don't take it to the tip recycle it via the Freecycle(R) Network. For a group near to you look here: Worldwide http://www.freecycle.org/ United Kingdom http://uk.freecycle.org/ ============================================ Kevan Farmer Linux user #373362 Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7HR