Wary Puppy 5.1 files

Wary Puppy home: http://bkhome.org/wary/
Wary 5.1 announcement: release-Wary-510.htm


wary-510-k2.6.32.28.iso
Size: 122.9MB
Md5sum: b90d7922b5e28c45970fc0562c24b409
The full Wary live-CD ISO file, recommended for most users. This has all of the kernel drivers, including true-SCSI and analog modem modules.
Note, the 2.6.32.28 kernel is long-term-supported -- the ".28" upgrade was in Jan 2011.
wary_devx_510.sfs
Size: 105.5MB
Md5sum: 20c523f23bc197f2116c0358d3e7a22e
This is a "combo pack" of files that adds everything needed for compiling source code. SFS files are introduced here: http://puppylinux.com/development/package-management.htm
You can download more SFS files from here: http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/quirky/sfs/

Alternate ISO builds

wary-510-k2.6.31.14-uniproc-ide.iso
Size: 124.6MB
Md5sum: 783d3f182f5eb7950537bd48d929ce1b
This kernel is configured for a uniprocessor (single CPU) system -- but will still work on a multi-core system. It also uses the older "ide" drivers instead of the "pata" drivers -- which means that internal IDE/ATA drives will show up as /dev/hda, hdb etc. rather than /dev/sda, sdb. A couple of testers have found that this kernel works better on some older hardware. This kernel has a full complement of drivers, including true-SCSI and analog modem drivers.
wary-510-k2.6.32.28-small.iso
Size: 100.2MB
Md5sum: e9e6176d021cfb11319ff52586fef513
Wary live-CD ISO file built with less kernel drivers (no big analog modem, SCSI or "exotic" modules), no Adobe Flash Player. An approx-100 MB live-CD that is a slightly easier download.

Delta files

If you have already downloaded Wary 5.0, delta files are small files that enable you to generate the Wary 5.1 ISO and 'devx' SFS files. This is especially good for people on dialup.

You need to have a running Puppy Linux, and look in the Utility menu and choose 'Xdelta file difference manager'. The GUI is easy to use -- just drag-and-drop the old Wary 5.0 file and the delta file and click the 'GENERATE' button. The GUI has a 'help' button to explain in more detail.

Look in the delta_files directory for the delta files to download:
delta_files/



Note: If you are going to try the alternate ISOs on the same PC, be careful to delete the 'wary_510.sfs' file that may get copied to the hard drive. You will find this file in directory 'w5101102.203' in the same partition that has the session save-file. A problem occurs if the wrong one is used, as it contains kernel drivers for a particular kernel.
You can avoid this problem if you boot with "puppy pfix=ram" so as not to use any save-file and run in RAM only, and decline to save the session at shutdown -- this should suffice to test that particular ISO file and suitability for particular hardware.


21 February 2011