I got it working; it was the USB port. Apparently, only one of my USB ports works when I am in Linux. Thanks for the filesystem info, I changed it from FAT32 to Ext2 before I ran the installer and now it works fine.

After a few failed attempts to burn a Puppy image to my MicroSD card using various tools on Windows 7, I remembered that I can do this from a Puppy live CD. So I format the MicroSD card, boot up a Puppy live CD, and I attempt to use both the Puppy Universal Installer and the Puppy to USB tool (I for...