It will only install the Puppy version you are running the installer in.
It will not do an install from any other Puppy version.iso file.
Puppy Linux needs a program, running in Puppy, that will do an install using any Puppy version.iso file.
Update:
Thanks to L18L
This is now turned into a new installer program.
YaPI
YaPI pet. This is final release.
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 834#896834
If you have problems installing the YaPI pet.
Here is some information on what to do:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 592#893592
This is what should be possible.
Which Puppy to install
3 options.
1.This actual running Puppy
2. Any other Puppy iso from all storage locations (choose from a list of iso's found on any storage devices attached to computer)
3. Navigate to an iso. Right click and choose "open with... YaPI"
Type of installs on different storage devices.
USB flash drive
( Can have Fat 32 or NTFS Windows format or any Linux format).
Frugal install
Grub4dos bootloader on drive.
SuperFloppy install (Careful it uses all of the drive) Limited to 16GB or less drive size. Does not need a boot loader
External USB hard drive
(Can have Fat 32 or NTFS Windows format or any Linux format).
Frugal install
Grub4dos bootloader on drive.
Internal hard drive or any other type internal drive
(Can have Fat 32 or NTFS Windows format or any Linux format).
Frugal install
Full install (must use a Linux format)
Grub4dos bootloader on drive.
YaPI seems to work OK when run on the newest Puppy versions, made with Woof-CE.
Other Puppy versions may not offer all options.
Frugal and full installs should work.
Note about SuperFloppy installs:
SuperFloppy installs will put the USB flash drive in a non-normal partition/format condition.
To get the USB flash drive back to a normal partition/format condition do the following things.
In a console type this code and hit enter.
Important
(The code of=/dev/sdb sdb is the flash drive, yours could be sdc, sdd, etc.... adjust to match yours)
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dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb bs=1M count=1
Use Gparted to get back to normal setup.
1. Make a partition table:
GParted > Device > Create Partition Table > MS-DOS default.
2. Partition and format as you like.