diff --git a/inxi b/inxi
index 96a5b05..3fd1676 100644
--- a/inxi
+++ b/inxi
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 ########################################################################
 ####  Script Name: inxi
-####  version: 0.8.13.b2.2
+####  version: 0.8.13.b2.3
 ####  Date: December 22 2008
 ########################################################################
 ####  inxi is a fork of infobash 3.02, the original bash sys info script by locsmif
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ B_ASOUND_VERSION='false'
 B_BASH_ARRAY='false'
 B_IFCONFIG='false'
 B_LSB_DIR='false'
+B_SCSI_DIR='false'
 
 ### Directory's used when present 
 CPUINFO='/proc/cpuinfo'
@@ -170,6 +171,7 @@ MEMINFO='/proc/meminfo'
 ASOUND_DEVICE='/proc/asound/cards'
 ASOUND_VERSION='/proc/asound/version'
 LSB_RELEASE='/etc/lsb-release'
+SCSI_DIR='/proc/scsi/scsi'
 
 ### Variable initializations: constants
 DCOPOBJ="default"
@@ -377,6 +379,10 @@ init()
 	if [[ -f "$LSB_RELEASE" ]];then
 		B_LSB_DIR='true'
 	fi
+
+	if [[ -e "$SCSI_DIR" ]];then
+		B_SCSI_DIR='false'
+	fi
 	
 	# lack of ifconfig will throw an error only upon it's usage
 	if [[ -x ifconfig ]];then
@@ -1307,7 +1313,7 @@ get_audio_alsa_data()
 	local alsa_data=''
 
 	# now we'll get the alsa data if the file exists
-	if [[ -e "$B_ASOUND_VERSION" ]];then
+	if [[ $B_ASOUND_VERSION ]];then
 		alsa_data=$( gawk '
 			{ IGNORECASE=1 }
 			# some alsa strings have the build date in (...)
@@ -1320,7 +1326,7 @@ get_audio_alsa_data()
 				if ( $0 != "" ){
 					print $0
 				}
-		}' $B_ASOUND_VERSION )
+		}' $ASOUND_VERSION )
 	fi
 	echo "$alsa_data"
 }
@@ -1483,7 +1489,8 @@ get_distro_data()
 	# otherwise try  the default debian/ubuntu /etc/issue file
 	elif [[ -f /etc/issue ]];then
 		# lsb gives more manageable and accurate output than issue, but mint should use issue for now
-		if [[ "$B_LSB_DIR" && -z $( grep -i 'mint' /etc/issue ) ]];then
+		# something here allows puppy linux into the mint section
+		if [[ $B_LSB_DIR ]] && [[ -z $( grep -i 'mint' /etc/issue ) ]];then
 			distro=$( get_distro_lsb_data )
 		else
 			distro=$( gawk '
@@ -1830,7 +1837,7 @@ get_hard_drive_data_advanced()
 	## then handle libata names
 	# first get the ata device names, put them into an array
 	IFS=$'\n'
-	if [[ -e /proc/scsi/scsi ]]; then
+	if [[ $B_SCSI_DIR ]]; then
 		a_temp_scsi=( $( gawk  '
 		BEGIN { IGNORECASE=1 }
 		/host/ {
@@ -1855,7 +1862,7 @@ get_hard_drive_data_advanced()
 					print c
 				}
 			}
-		}' /proc/scsi/scsi) )
+		}' $SCSI_DIR ) )
 	fi
 	IFS="$ORIGINAL_IFS"
 
@@ -2038,7 +2045,7 @@ get_networking_wan_ip_data()
 
 get_networking_local_ip_data()
 {
-	if [[ B_IFCONFIG ]];then
+	if [[ $B_IFCONFIG ]];then
 		IFS=$'\n'
 		A_INTERFACES_DATA=( $( ifconfig | gawk '
 		BEGIN { IGNORECASE=1 }
@@ -2083,14 +2090,14 @@ get_networking_local_ip_data()
 
 get_partition_data()
 {
-	local excluded_file_types='--exclude-type=aufs --exclude-type=tmpfs --exclude-type=iso9660'
+	#local excluded_file_types='--exclude-type=aufs --exclude-type=tmpfs --exclude-type=iso9660'
 
 	IFS=$'\n'
 	# sample line: /dev/sda2     ext3     15G  8.9G  4.9G  65% /home
 	# $NF = partition name; $(NF - 4) = partition size; $(NF - 3) = used, in gB; $(NF - 1) = percent used
 	## note: by subtracting from the last field number NF, we avoid a subtle issue with LVM df output, where if
 	## the first field is too long, it will occupy its own line, this way we are getting only the needed data
-	A_PARTITION_DATA=( $( df -h -T  "$excluded_file_types" | gawk '
+	A_PARTITION_DATA=( $( df -h -T  --exclude-type=aufs --exclude-type=tmpfs --exclude-type=iso9660 | gawk '
 	BEGIN { IGNORECASE=1 }
 	/\/$|\/boot$|\/var$|\/home$|\/tmp$|\/usr$/ && ! /aufs/ {
 		print $NF "," $(NF - 4) "," $(NF - 3) "," $(NF - 1) ",main"