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Apart from running Puppy Linux from a full hard disk drive (H.D.D.) installation or from a LiveDVD, it is also possible to run it as a frugal installation, performed by extracting the contents of the ISO image to a directory on virtually any type of FAT32, NTFS, or EXT2/3/4 formatted partition.

When a frugal installation is desired, then it is convenient to have a LiveDVD because it can be used to install the required boot loader (either /wiki/applications/pre-installed/grub GRUB, SYSLINUX, or EXTLINUX depending on the format of the partition).

First acquire the latest, official, production version of Puppy Linux.

Installation from within Puppy to any ext2/3/4 partition

Flash tutorial

Installation from within Puppy to an U.S.B flash drive without using an optical drive

  • Extract and copy vmlinuz, initrd.gz and *.sfs from the Puppy iso file onto the U.S.B. flash drive

Installation from within Microsoft Windows to an U.S.B flash without using an optical drive


  • Format the U.S.B flash drive to FAT32 using Menu > System > GParted



  • Extract the contents of the Puppy iso file to the partition, using e.g. 7-zip, (it is important that the original file names be kept; sometimes the archivers mess up with the names e.g. PUP_434.SFS instead of pup-434.sfs)

  • Rename the file "isolinux.cfg" to "syslinux.cfg"

  • Delete the file "isolinux.bin"

  • Edit "syslinux.cfg" in a text editor: change "pmedia=cd" to "pmedia=usbflash"

  • Extract syslinux to a folder, e.g. C:/syslinux. Then go to C:/syslinux/win32/ and run this command to make the drive bootable (where X: is the drive letter for the target drive/partition):
    syslinux.exe -m -a X:

References

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=46129
http://www.puppylinux.org/main/index.php?file=Manual-English05.txt



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