I just burned and ran Puppy buntu, how to install it so to be the desk top OS

http://www.brighthub.com/computing/linux/articles/20504.aspx : i have done this befor , and did not like puppy . TEST the mail service befor install ..

Hi,

read here:
http://www.puppylinux.com/install.htm

I have Lubuntu installed.

But I need a lighter OS.

If you do not like it do you
have one for me to install?

I'm open. I'm having a little
problem installing Puppy.

I will be able to just have
try and try again.

It's a older PC, barely enough RAM.

That is why I wish 4 a lighter one.

I doing this for my older son. I need
to save some cash so I can upgrade
it.

So please, tell me a better lightest buntu.

Thank You

ok ! how much ram is there , what size processor ?

512 RAM that I know, Lubuntu runs, little slow though.
That's why lighter OS.

Do you know of one:-)

  512 ram is good what about processor ?

 dsl download { damn small linux }
http://www.icewalkers.com/Linux/Software/520050/Damn-Small-Linux.html
  scroll down to about mid page download 4.4.10 stable .

I'm reinstalling Lubuntu so I can wipe out Puppy at this
time. Once done I will go into BIOS to find the
processors info.

OK

Thank You.

The thing we do for our children.
I work from 12:00 am to 8:00 and
now I'm trying to help him as I'm
doing dishes:-p

Can I install this so it will boot just like Ubuntu and Kubuntu
without the cd being in the CD ROM.

Or do I have to use the CD to boot in all the time.

Thank You

Damn Small is small enough and smart enough to do the following things:

    * Boot from a business card CD as a live linux distribution (LiveCD)
    * Boot from a USB pen drive
    * Boot from within a host operating system (that's right, it can run *inside* Windows)
    * Run very nicely from an IDE Compact Flash drive via a method we call "frugal install"
    * Transform into a Debian OS with a traditional hard drive install
    * Run light enough to power a 486DX with 16MB of Ram
    * Run fully in RAM with as little as 128MB (you will be amazed at how fast your computer can be!)
    * Modularly grow -- DSL is highly extendable without the need to customiz

http://www.troubleshooters.com/linux/distros/dsl/
 little past haft down the page how to install to hard drive

I have downloaded damn small linux.

I have to burn it now.

I will keep you posted..

Thanks

Here is the processor info:

Processor 0 is Pentium 2
Deschutes 300 MHz
512 KG cashe

Memory found 677068

Bad?

 pentium 2 no wounder you are having so much trouble . dsl should run fair .
  i do not know any thing smaller or lighter than dsl . after install let me know !

I'm having the cd work now.
Have not got to the part to
install. There is a window
showing how to do things.

My mouse is not working yet
but the arrows will make the
window move up and down.

Also on the left of the window
it keeps on displaying some thing
that I can not explain. Like it still
loading or some thing that.

Is that norm..

Thanks

  don`t know for your system . i am going to try to install on my system be back soon .

You are the Dr,
I'm the patient.

I have Puppy running on the livecd.

If you need info on it I can find it like:

-Processor-
Name : Pentium II (Deschutes)
Family, model, stepping : 6, 5, 2 (Pentium II/Pentium II Xeon/Celeron)
Vendor : Intel
-Configuration-
Cache Size : 512kb
Frequency : 300.72MHz
BogoMIPS : 601.44
Byte Order : Little Endian
-Features-
FDIV Bug : no
HLT Bug : no
F00F Bug : no
Coma Bug : no
Has FPU : yes
-Cache-
Cache information not available
-Capabilities-
fpu : Floating Point Unit
vme : Virtual 86 Mode Extension
de : Debug Extensions - I/O breakpoints
pse : Page Size Extensions (4MB pages)
tsc : Time Stamp Counter and RDTSC instruction
msr : Model Specific Registers
pae : Physical Address Extensions
mce : Machine Check Architeture
cx8 : CMPXCHG8 instruction
sep : Fast System Call (SYSENTER/SYSEXIT)
mtrr : Memory Type Range Registers
pge : Page Global Enable
mca : Machine Check Architecture
cmov : Conditional Move instruction
pse36 : 36bit Page Size Extensions
mmx : MMX technology
fxsr : FXSAVE and FXRSTOR instructions
up : smp kernel running on up

 i could not get it to install on my system .
 i sent you an email how to install puppy to hard drive . we can use it to get some thing running . this is getting pretty long . we can use email instead of launch pad . just mark as solved . gone to email.

OK

My email is <email address hidden>