If you love puppy linux like I do ( I regularly use it and plasmanetix at work to connect to our servers ) then you will love this article which focuses on getting puppy to work with laptops.
If you need any assistance feel free to contact me via my profile page (mark n hopgood blog on blogspot.com)
My main problems with puppy on my compaq nx9005 were:
booting (must be off cd)
saving (must be to usb key)
wireless (my success is with the netgear wifi card)
power saving (noise reduction)
Here's how...
1. insert a usb key into the nx9005
2. insert your netgear wifi card
3. boot puppy from cd/dvd
4. at boot prompt, use the following boot option: puppy pfix=nox,ram
(booting x windows and setting up display)
5. after starting and at the # prompt type xwin
6. choose the Xvesa option
7. X windows starts, choose 1024x768x24 and click test, then click ok
(setting power options)
8. edit the following file /etc/rc.d/rc.modules
near the end of the file
put a # at the beginning of the line [ ! -d /proc/acpi ] && modprobe apm
then after the #[ ! -d /proc/acpi ] && modprobe apm
insert the following
if [ -d /proc/acpi ];then
modprobe ac
modprobe battery
modprobe button
modprobe fan
modprobe processor
modprobe thermal
modprobe powernow-k8
modprobe cpufreq_conservative
modprobe cpufreq_ondemand
modprobe cpufreq_powersave
modprobe cpufreq_userspace
modprobe cpufreq_states
else
modprobe apm
fi
9.shutdown, restart, saving to the sda (usb drive ) I use 32MB because it is quicker to write
