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How to make a frugal Puppy installation


A frugal Puppy installation is performed by extracting the contents of the container file (either ISO or ZIP) to normally one, i.e. the same, directory on any desired FAT32, NTFS or EXT4 formatted partition. Let that desired partition be known as the target partition since one is aiming to install to it. That partition may be located on either an external device {e.g. U.S.B. flash memory drive (often erroneously referred to as memory stick), S.D. flash memory card, etc.}, or, an internal device (usually a hard disk drive).

If the target partition or drive contains any personally important files copy them elsewhere if required, because they will be destroyed when formatting.

The target device is the device which contains the partition that one aims to install to, such as an external flash memory drive or an internal hard disk drive. Such a device must have a partition with a minimum size of 256MB.

Usually one has to have already an existing Puppy installation and so the following three steps assume that one is running Puppy Linux. If one is running Microsoft Windows go to Appendix 1 below.

Step 1 - Preparing the target device

select EXT4 for all partitions if possible {fastest file-system for flash memory devices}
or select FAT32 for sharing the device with non-Linux mobile devices {install dosfstools}
or select N.T.F.S. for sharing the device with non-Linux operating systems {install ntfs3g, } {not recommended}

Step 2 - Installing Puppy to the target device


Step 3 - Installing a boot-loader to the target device


A. Using SYSLINUX for EXT4 file-systems

B. Using SYSLINUX for FAT32 file-systems

C. Using GRUBforDOS for all common file-systems

References

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=46129
http://www.puppylinux.org/main/index.php?file=Manual-English05.txt
http://aronzak.wordpress.com/2008/10/07/usb-linux-howto-puppy-41/
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=54826
http://www.pendrivelinux.com/put-lucid-puppy-on-usb-flash-drive-from-windows/#more-4392 (see next reference also)
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=458818#458818
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=54360
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=43203
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=37368
http://www.puppylinux.com/flash-puppy.htm

Appendix 1 - Installation to any external device, from within Microsoft Windows


Appendix 2 - Installation to any Microsoft Windows partition and using GRUBforDOS as boot-loader

Installing the boot-loader to the internal hard disk drive (where Microsoft Windows resides)
http://www.icpug.org.uk/national/linnwin/step1-xp.htm
http://puppy.b0x.me/lin-n-win
Installing the boot-loader to an external drive
http://shino.pos.to/linux/lupq/puppydualboot.html

Appendix 3 - How to Run Puppy Linux from a Flash Memory Drive on Any Computer Already Running

http://puppylinux.org/wikka/QEMUpuppy

Appendix 4

Posted on 23 Apr 2011, 22:54 by perthie
USB Install Issue?
I notice that you still haven't commented on this issue. A machine missing an internal hard drive can no longer be booted from a flash drive. The new search procedure fails to find the sfs file on the flash drive.
Posted on 24 Apr 2011, 8:20 by BarryK
Re no boot usb
I have written it down in my to-do list.
http://bkhome.org/blog/?viewDetailed=02001
http://bkhome.org/blog/?viewDetailed=02231

Appendix 5 - How to boot from flash memory drive without B.I.O.S. support

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