Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:00:00 GMT
With the recent release of Puppy Linux 4.00, developer Barry Kauler and his team have provided a lightweight but functional Linux operating system. To help reduce size and include more functionality over the previous binary-package-based Puppy 3.01, Puppy 4.00 has been compiled from a Slackware 12-based source. Yet despite its small size -- the ISO file is a meager 87.1MB -- Puppy has an abundance of applications, with more than enough for an average user.
Does anyone have installed Puppy Linux on a formatted hard disk without any partition?
I have just gotten the cd iso live but I do not know howto install it permanently. :confused:
Someone can help me?
Thank you (0 Replies)
i used puppylinux(only 95mb) good OS.i have some doubts raised
1.)how a bootable drive is different from a unbootable drive(drive=a harddisk or pendrive or a cd etc..)?
2.)how puppylinux is able to play sounds without audiodriver installation (which is needed in windows)? (2 Replies)
SYSCTL(2) Linux Programmer's Manual SYSCTL(2)NAME
sysctl - read/write system parameters
SYNOPSIS
#include <unistd.h>
#include <linux/unistd.h>
#include <linux/sysctl.h>
_syscall1(int, _sysctl, struct __sysctl_args *, args);
int _sysctl(struct __sysctl_args *args);
DESCRIPTION
The _sysctl call reads and/or writes kernel parameters. For example, the hostname, or the maximum number of open files. The argument has
the form
struct __sysctl_args {
int *name; /* integer vector describing variable */
int nlen; /* length of this vector */
void *oldval; /* 0 or address where to store old value */
size_t *oldlenp; /* available room for old value,
overwritten by actual size of old value */
void *newval; /* 0 or address of new value */
size_t newlen; /* size of new value */
};
This call does a search in a tree structure, possibly resembling a directory tree under /proc/sys, and if the requested item is found calls
some appropriate routine to read or modify the value.
EXAMPLE
#include <linux/unistd.h>
#include <linux/types.h>
#include <linux/sysctl.h>
_syscall1(int, _sysctl, struct __sysctl_args *, args);
int sysctl(int *name, int nlen, void *oldval, size_t *oldlenp,
void *newval, size_t newlen)
{
struct __sysctl_args args={name,nlen,oldval,oldlenp,newval,newlen};
return _sysctl(&args);
}
#define SIZE(x) sizeof(x)/sizeof(x[0])
#define OSNAMESZ 100
char osname[OSNAMESZ];
int osnamelth;
int name[] = { CTL_KERN, KERN_OSTYPE };
main(){
osnamelth = SIZE(osname);
if (sysctl(name, SIZE(name), osname, &osnamelth, 0, 0))
perror("sysctl");
else
printf("This machine is running %*s
", osnamelth, osname);
return 0;
}
RETURN VALUE
Upon successful completion, _sysctl returns 0. Otherwise, a value of -1 is returned and errno is set to indicate the error.
ERRORS
ENOTDIR
name was not found.
EPERM No search permission for one of the encountered `directories', or no read permission where oldval was nonzero, or no write permis-
sion where newval was nonzero.
EFAULT The invocation asked for the previous value by setting oldval non-NULL, but allowed zero room in oldlenp.
CONFORMING TO
This call is Linux-specific, and should not be used in programs intended to be portable. A sysctl call has been present in Linux since
version 1.3.57. It originated in 4.4BSD. Only Linux has the /proc/sys mirror, and the object naming schemes differ between Linux and BSD
4.4, but the declaration of the sysctl(2) function is the same in both.
BUGS
The object names vary between kernel versions. THIS MAKES THIS SYSTEM CALL WORTHLESS FOR APPLICATIONS. Use the /proc/sys interface
instead.
Not all available objects are properly documented.
It is not yet possible to change operating system by writing to /proc/sys/kernel/ostype.
SEE ALSO proc(5)Linux 1.3.85 1996-04-11 SYSCTL(2)