I like the sound of this distribution. The Tecra booted successfully with the 2.14 CD, but the D-Link PCMCIA ethernet card (DFE-690TXD) was not detected. I put in the D-Link wireless PCMCIA card, rebooted, and it wasn't detected either.
I fiddled with the Puppy network wizard but came up empty. It does have an option for ndiswrapper, which is apparently some sort of Windows driver file compatability layer. I downloaded the Windows 2000 driver for the DFE-690TXD on my MacBook, used StuffIt Expander to unarchive it, copied the inf file onto a USB memory stick, put it in the Tecra, and the Tecra doesn't seem to see the stick. Rebooting. Still the USB stick is not being detected. I wonder if the USB port even works.
Burned the inf file onto a CD, but when I try to load it via the network wizard I'm told the driver file is invalid. Tried the Windows XP version, but it still didn't work. Tried the wireless card drivers...no luck.
I think Puppy Linux and the Tecra 550CDT were not meant to be.
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