Hi,
I'd like to have Puppy Linux on a Live USB without installing.
However, I'd like to have some configuration files that are read every time I run the Live USB and keep them up to date.
I was wondering if I could have them in another partition on the same USB and mount that partition after the boot of the Live USB.
Thanks
How to run Puppy from live USB? (Solved)
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Thanks! I tried to follow the directions, but I could not run the ISObooter on the fat32 partition. I've tried mounting it in different ways. The file is there, but doesn't run.
(update) I realized that I didn't have the rxvt command installed on my Ubuntu (already installed). I also couldnt not find the /usr/lib/grub4dos/grldr, nor the bootlace.com . What is the requirement list to run isobooter?
(update) I realized that I didn't have the rxvt command installed on my Ubuntu (already installed). I also couldnt not find the /usr/lib/grub4dos/grldr, nor the bootlace.com . What is the requirement list to run isobooter?
Last edited by thiagotei on Fri 17 Mar 2017, 04:41, edited 1 time in total.
That is how Puppy works, installed to a USB flash drive.I'd like to have Puppy Linux on a Live USB without installing.
However, I'd like to have some configuration files that are read every time I run the Live USB and keep them up to date.
Anything you do, to change configurations, is saved on the flash drive.
On first shutdown, you will be asked to make a save.
Any changes (added programs, setups, configs, etc...) go into the save.
When you boot, the save is read and used to operate Puppy.
No need for a separate partition.
The save goes into the same partition Puppy is on.
If you partition and format with a Linux formate.
You will have two options for the save.
Save file
Save folder
If you format with a fat32 format, only a save file will be offered.
What's the difference?
A save file is a set size you pick when you make it.
If you fill it up you will have to resize it bigger.
A save folder is just a folder that can auto grow as needed. Only limit is free space in the partition.
The things they do not tell you, are usually the clue to solving the problem.
When I was a kid I wanted to be older.... This is not what I expected
YaPI(any iso installer)
When I was a kid I wanted to be older.... This is not what I expected
YaPI(any iso installer)
OK, you are using Ubuntu to do this in.
I suggest you do it using Unetbootin
This should be a program you can install from the Ubuntu repositories with the Ubuntu program installer.
If not you can get it here:
Unetbootin.
http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/
Follow the directions for using an iso file you have already downloaded.
http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/#other
I suggest you do it using Unetbootin
This should be a program you can install from the Ubuntu repositories with the Ubuntu program installer.
If not you can get it here:
Unetbootin.
http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/
Follow the directions for using an iso file you have already downloaded.
http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/#other
The things they do not tell you, are usually the clue to solving the problem.
When I was a kid I wanted to be older.... This is not what I expected
YaPI(any iso installer)
When I was a kid I wanted to be older.... This is not what I expected
YaPI(any iso installer)
I've read that, but I was confused whether this was one step on that first path or an optional way. Besides, I could not find nor install isohybrid command.Semme wrote::D The details folks leave out.
You DID bother to read this, correct? If you were "skimming," don't.
I've used it before, that's the way I installed PuppyLinux the first time.bigpup wrote:OK, you are using Ubuntu to do this in.
I suggest you do it using Unetbootin
This should be a program you can install from the Ubuntu repositories with the Ubuntu program installer.
If not you can get it here:
Unetbootin.
http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/
Follow the directions for using an iso file you have already downloaded.
http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/#other
I solved my problem by creating two partitions, installing through unetbootin, and using instructions found here about the partition types and flags.
Looking back now, I thought there were two ways of installing Live USB with PuppyLinux:
1) with the unetbootin, which would keep my personal files in a secondary partition but the system would always stays the same.
2) full installation (from a usb installation made on way 1) that could not only keep my files but also updated packages of the system.
If I'm not mistaken, with PuppyLinux I could achieve 2) using the 1) as well.
