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by megasewertoad
Wed 02 Apr 2014, 19:46
Forum: HOWTO ( Solutions )
Topic: How to make a Precise Puppy 5.4 kiosk
Replies: 37
Views: 45525

mirrored here: http://archive.org/details/can_bike_os_kiosk_edition-5.5.iso :) A much delayed thanks! New version released based on Precise 5.7.1 Still use shadower_sc instructions with some modifications. http://www.canbike.ca/public/images/canbikeoskiosk571/Can_Bike_OS_Kiosk_Edition_5-7-1-01-thum...
by megasewertoad
Fri 20 Sep 2013, 21:27
Forum: HOWTO ( Solutions )
Topic: Boot Precise Puppy from USB on 2009 iMac
Replies: 17
Views: 13310

Two brief random and separate thoughts: 1) An external single cord USB powered DVD drive connected to an iMac can boot from a live-CD. 2) I run puppy on a '08 Macbook. My steps are different. - Install rEFInd onto Macbook - rEFInd automatically loads and detects Live-USB puppy. Just select with arro...
by megasewertoad
Mon 26 Aug 2013, 16:37
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: share your recipes to Boot Puppy from USB drives
Replies: 7
Views: 1125

mikeb wrote:I believe this is only valid for hybrid ISO ... unsure if any puppies use this.. Indeed i tried it myself and fdisk comes back with invalid partition table and did not boot.
My mistake. dd does not make it bootable.

As an alternative, unetbootin does work to make a bootable USB flash drive.
by megasewertoad
Thu 22 Aug 2013, 15:07
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: share your recipes to Boot Puppy from USB drives
Replies: 7
Views: 1125

Puppy universal installer works well for me.

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otherwise,

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dd if=/path/to/file.iso of=/dev/sdX
where /dev/sdX is the device label of the USB flash drive.
by megasewertoad
Thu 06 Jun 2013, 16:32
Forum: HOWTO ( Solutions )
Topic: How to make a Precise Puppy 5.4 kiosk
Replies: 37
Views: 45525

Yes. Please post this for testing. Okay, here it is. can_bike_os_kiosk_edition-5.5.iso md5sum = 300c9935223f66d5f26771bbdb7e0146 http://i43.tinypic.com/3165atj.jpg http://i40.tinypic.com/2w31hqw.jpg Key Points: - Web Browser Kiosk for kids and guests - Set default local to Canada/Eastern - Simple d...
by megasewertoad
Wed 05 Jun 2013, 22:15
Forum: HOWTO ( Solutions )
Topic: How to make a Precise Puppy 5.4 kiosk
Replies: 37
Views: 45525

Thanks shadower_sc!

Thanks shadower_sc! Your guide was very helpful. Made a live-CD web browser kiosk using precise 5.5. Though with some differences. Namely external USB drives remain accessible, but not internal hard drive. I made this for kids and guests to allow them to surf the web, but protect the computers hard ...