Can I run Puppy from a usb device?
Can I run Puppy from a usb device?
since my optical drive died and i can still boot from usb device, is there a way to run an iso file from a usb at boot time... i.e. like install like from a cd drive, i know how to burn an iso to a cd to boot from, can i do it with a usb device too?
Install Puppy from a USB Flash drive with no CD drive
Just to save time, here's the overview:
1. Create a bootable USB Flash drive with Puppy and boot up your computer
2. Assuming you want to wipe the hard drive, use GParted (I think in the menu under System) to re-format the drive to ext2 format.
3. After formatting the drive, set the "boot" flag, also using GParted.
4. Use the Puppy Linux Universal Installer to install Puppy to the hard drive. I think it will also install the Grub bootloader, and maybe even configure the menu.lst file appropriately so it will boot properly.
That may be it.
Here's a long description of how to make a bootable USB flash drive with a Puppy Linux "frugal" install.
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 805#295805
Here's a clever way to make a bootable USB drive using syslinux.exe and the contents of the Puppy liveCD.
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 49&t=43322
1. Create a bootable USB Flash drive with Puppy and boot up your computer
2. Assuming you want to wipe the hard drive, use GParted (I think in the menu under System) to re-format the drive to ext2 format.
3. After formatting the drive, set the "boot" flag, also using GParted.
4. Use the Puppy Linux Universal Installer to install Puppy to the hard drive. I think it will also install the Grub bootloader, and maybe even configure the menu.lst file appropriately so it will boot properly.
That may be it.
Here's a long description of how to make a bootable USB flash drive with a Puppy Linux "frugal" install.
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 805#295805
Here's a clever way to make a bootable USB drive using syslinux.exe and the contents of the Puppy liveCD.
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 49&t=43322