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How to do a One-Click Installation of Puppy
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rjbrewer
 Joined: 22 Jan 2008 Posts: 4355 Location: merriam, kansas |
This video guide to "full" install gets it right. http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=201565&search_id=1358540782#201565 _________________ Inspiron 700m, Pent.M 1.6Ghz, 1Gb ram. Msi Wind U100, N270 1.6>2.0Ghz, 1.5Gb ram. Full installs |
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rcrsn51
 Joined: 05 Sep 2006 Posts: 7756 Location: Stratford, Ontario |
I never claimed it was. In fact, if you read my instructions at the start of this thread, you will see that I recommend a FRUGAL install for beginners. If you have complaints about the Universal Installer or the shut down dialog, you should direct them to a Bugs thread or to BarryK's blog. If you have particular problems with the operation of this One-Click Installer, I will be happy to discuss them. BTW, have you actually tried a frugal install with this tool? |
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Diggs
 Joined: 14 Sep 2008 Posts: 53 |
A name and password protected video? I can't really say that helps the average user do an install. Everyone keeps pointing me at these tutorials on how to do a full install. No one seems to understand the point being made about the current install routine for Puppy. Users cannot take the ISO, put it into an old computer and click "Install". Add their name, time and language and 10 minutes later pull out the CD and enjoy their new Puppy. |
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rjbrewer
Joined: 22 Jan 2008 Posts: 4355 Location: merriam, kansas |
No download necessary. Did you try scrolling down the page and looking at the images. Only takes about 10-15 minutes to do the install. _________________ Inspiron 700m, Pent.M 1.6Ghz, 1Gb ram. Msi Wind U100, N270 1.6>2.0Ghz, 1.5Gb ram. Full installs |
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Diggs
Joined: 14 Sep 2008 Posts: 53 |
I'm sorry, and I do not mean to be rude. But is everyone so far past the install routine in these forums that they have no idea how deficient it is and what I am saying? Has no one installed another OS lately? EVERY major distro can do a one-click install. I apologize for my frustration. I'll move on now. |
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Gander22h
 Joined: 31 Oct 2010 Posts: 18 Location: Ottawa, Ontario |
rcrsn51: I have been using your one-click script to do installations of Puppy since 4.3.1 and it has worked flawlessly, but I just tried it on 5.2.5 and it didn't work. It kept producing errors saying it couldn't find the CD. I then successfully did an installation of 5.2.0 using it, so it wasn't the hardware. There seems to be an incompatibility between Puppy 5.2.5 and the script. |
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rcrsn51
Joined: 05 Sep 2006 Posts: 7756 Location: Stratford, Ontario |
You're right! The installer uses the probedisk command to identify the CD-ROM drive. In all previous versions, the drive was called "cdrom". In Lupu 525, it's now called "optical". I guess an update is in order. Thanks. Could you please test this version for me?
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Gander22h
Joined: 31 Oct 2010 Posts: 18 Location: Ottawa, Ontario |
Thank you for such a quick response! Yes indeed that works perfectly now and I am pleased to report that I am writing this from a full-installation of Puppy 5.2.5! One question: with this change to the script does that mean that the earlier version would still be needed to install earlier versions of Puppy than 5.2.5? |
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rcrsn51
Joined: 05 Sep 2006 Posts: 7756 Location: Stratford, Ontario |
No. I have modified the script so it works with all versions. However, could you do a test for me with an older Puppy, just to be sure? I did a quick simulated test and it looks OK. |
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Gander22h
Joined: 31 Oct 2010 Posts: 18 Location: Ottawa, Ontario |
I just used the newest version of the script to do a full installation of Puppy 5.2.0, which I happened to have a CD for on hand. I am pleased to report that the installation worked just fine, no problems! Thank you for fixing it! |
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rcrsn51
Joined: 05 Sep 2006 Posts: 7756 Location: Stratford, Ontario |
Excellent. Thank you for the testing. I will post the new version at the start of the thread. |
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Gander22h
Joined: 31 Oct 2010 Posts: 18 Location: Ottawa, Ontario |
That would be super. Perhaps you can add a note to indicate that it works on 5.2.5 and earlier now? |
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Foxyfrank
Joined: 31 Oct 2010 Posts: 4 |
I wish I had seen this subject before I wiped the HD on an old HP and tried to install Puppy 421 alone. It ALMOST works. It looks like the entries in MY menu.lst are wrong. When I boot the Hp I get a nice puppy logo screen, but at the bottom is the following: Boot Options pmedia=atahd=puppy421nosmp hitting "enter" I get a black screen with the following text: root noverify (hd 0,0) Error 11 unrecognized device string press any key to continue pressing any key gives me GNU GRUB with more confusing choices and on & on. Why can't someone clear up the mystery of writing the menu.lst file? What'n'ell does "rootnoverify (hd 0,0)" MEAN? What does it do?? Why is it an "unrecognized device string" which I copied from someone else's help files? What do all the other typical menu.lst commands MEAN and/or do??? Frank |
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James C
 Joined: 26 Mar 2009 Posts: 4742 Location: Kentucky |
Here's a couple of sample entries from my menu lst .......one frugal and one full install.Regular Grub. title Puppy Linux Lucid 525 frugal in sda2 rootnoverify (hd0,1) kernel /puppy525/vmlinuz pmedia=atahd psubdir=puppy525 acpi=force initrd /puppy525/initrd.gz title Puppy Linux 432 full install in sda5 root (hd0,4) kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda5 pmedia=atahd acpi=force The frugal install is in a folder/directory "puppy525".........just change the versions and partitions to fit your situation. |
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rcrsn51
Joined: 05 Sep 2006 Posts: 7756 Location: Stratford, Ontario |
You have some extra spaces. It should be
There is no mystery. The GRUB bootloader uses a very specific syntax and you need to honour it. The whole point of the one-click installer is that it gets you a basic Puppy installation without having to worry about GRUB. If you are looking for a tutorial on how GRUB works, you should start a new thread. |
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