why does puppy can not install on a raw hard disk directly ?

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why does puppy can not install on a raw hard disk directly ?

#1 Post by bbr »

I tried to install puppy on a raw disk,unformated,no partion,but it failed!
finally,i use a redhat 7.2 boot cd to make 3 partions,formated 2 as ext2,the left is linux-swap.when it booting ,i chose 2 ,and select program->setup->install on hard disk.this time,everything goes well! i found it's amazing.
but why should puppy has his own fdisk utilities?where is it?i can't find it,any can tell me?

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#2 Post by Guest »

It does

has fdisk & cfdisk for creating your partitions and utilities for formatting partitions with filesystems....

No gui utilities just command line ones

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#3 Post by danleff »

or...Start-->Control Panel-->Pdisk Drive Partition Manager
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depends

#4 Post by klhrevolutionist »

try option 2 when booting puppy then go to menu->control panel->pdisk drive partition manager

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#5 Post by Ian »

In answer to you post heading, no operating system can install to a raw disk, there must be some form of filesystem.

Its like trying to store your records/CDs or whatever in the middle of the road instead of using a storage facility.

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#6 Post by Flash »

Hey, thanks Ian. That will help me move the FileSystems page along, in the Puppy Wiki. (Unless you want to do it :) )

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