I installed Puppy with Windows installer

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I installed Puppy with Windows installer

#1 Post by ahmed742163 »


I installed linux puppy through a windows installer and it installed in the same partition of the windows
when I rebooted my machine I found that the programs I installed disappeared
Also the machine is running slow and I think the OS is not compatible with Arabic language

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#2 Post by ahmed742163 »


When I shut down the Linux puppy I didnt get any msgs to ask me where to save the save pup file!

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#3 Post by BDX »

Have you formatted the windows partition? and what's your system requirements?
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#4 Post by ahmed742163 »

Maybe I should install Linux puppy again through the windows installer

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#5 Post by ahmed742163 »

Its a pentium 3 machine with 256Mb Ram

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#6 Post by ahmed742163 »

I didnt format the windows partition
I am running it beside windows
And during installing it didnt ask me where to install

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#7 Post by BDX »

I haven't tried the Windows installer, but you can use the lin'n'win.
What version of windows you have?
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#8 Post by ahmed742163 »

I have a windows98se on the c: drive and windows xp sp2 on the D: drive

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#9 Post by ahmed742163 »

Now I have a triboot

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#10 Post by BDX »

How do you boot the 2 Windows (what kind of boot loader do you have)?
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and which partition is the master (who's the main windows)?
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#12 Post by ahmed742163 »

C is the main windows

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#13 Post by BDX »

OK, I will suggest that you use Lin'n'Win here because it will fit Win98 and will make windows boot Puppy without any problem.
Go to the website and you can start from the bottom.

Note: When he says 'VERY IMPORTANT: Make sure the filename is enclosed in " " marks' just ignore it and don't make them in enclosed marks.
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#14 Post by emil »

IIRC the Windows exe installer performs an automated Lin'n' Win install, so doing it by hand will probably not improve the situation described in the original post. Maybe defragmentation of the Win Partition before installing helps?

A further step would be to repartition the drive to have a linux filesstem for a frugal install. Which Puppy version did you try - maybe you can use one which uses older hardware and low system specs well (Wary, Turbopup http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=80618 or maybe Akita Linux - sure there are others).

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#15 Post by ahmed742163 »

I uninstalled it and I burned an Iso CD
it now saves my settings
but I want Arabic language support

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#16 Post by BDX »

Download the Arabic installation tutorial from http://puppylinux.org/main/Manual-English.htm you will find how to write Arabic in chapter 4: solutions (الجزء الرابع: الحلول)
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#17 Post by ahmed742163 »

I did and now I can type arabic
Thanks

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#18 Post by BDX »

Your welcome, glad that i helped :D
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