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This is an old revision of InstallationFrugal made by coolpup on 2011-01-11 03:30:05.

 

A Puppy frugal installation is performed by extracting the contents of the container ISO or ZIP file to one, i.e. the same, directory on any FAT32, NTFS or EXT4 formatted partition.

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

If, after performing the installation processes described below, the computer does not boot follow the instructions in Appendices 1 and 3 at LiveDVD.

The next three steps assume that one is running Puppy Linux and the target drive is an external flash memory device, however, the target drive or partition could just as well be an internal one. If running Microsoft Windows go to Appendix 1 below.

Step 1 - Preparing the flash memory 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
or select N.T.F.S. for sharing the device with non-Linux operating systems {FAT is too limited}

Step 2 - Installing Puppy to the flash memory device


Step 3 - Installing a boot-loader to the flash memory device


Using SYSLINUX for EXT4 partitions

Using SYSLINUX for FAT32 partitions

Using GRUBforDOS for NTFS partitions

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

Appendix 1 - Installation to any external flash memory 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

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