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Booting Puppy from a live USB on both Mac and PC
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XxionxX


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PostPosted: Fri 08 Apr 2011, 22:23    Post subject:  Booting Puppy from a live USB on both Mac and PC  
So I just started using Puppy linux on my thumbdrive, and I love it! It's really zippy, a snap to use anywhere, and I would recommend it to anyone. I can't believe how fast it is. When I first booted it up on my dual core Intel just to give it a try, I burned a hole in my cat which happened to be sitting next to the monitor at the time. Shocked

Anyway, I was wondering if someone knew how to boot a live USB onto a Mac. I searched your forums and didn't find anything similar to my question. I want to be able to visit both PCs and Macs. My father has a Mac and I would like to be able to use Puppy linux on it (the rest of my machines are PCs).

Please and thank you!
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PostPosted: Fri 08 Apr 2011, 22:28    Post subject:  
Very Happy Hello,
Puppy, IIRC, will boot on a newer Intel based Macs, but not the PowerPC chips... Also, I think there is a Puppy on PowerPC thread, I would look at it as well...Depending on your arch...
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XxionxX


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PostPosted: Fri 08 Apr 2011, 22:34    Post subject:  
Well the Mac in question has Tiger OS (not sure which version)and an Intel chipset. I tried booting it and I got nothing Sad . I even tried holding down the option key, and all I got was a screen with the internal HD and an arrow :/ clicking on the arrow only got me to the regular boot sequence. The only thing I figured out when I poked around your forums is that Mac uses a EFI? bootloader instead of BIOS. Is there some file or different distro that I need to get?
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XxionxX


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PostPosted: Fri 08 Apr 2011, 22:42    Post subject:  
If it matters, I used the lupu-525.iso to make my live USB.
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PostPosted: Fri 08 Apr 2011, 23:09    Post subject:  
AFAIK an Intel based Mac is very nearly the same thing as a PC cept for software.

See of booting from USB is setup in the BIOS, or alternately if booting from USB can be selected in a special boot menu. On a PC this is done by hitting either f12, f2 or delete during the boot sequence (it varies by machine).
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PostPosted: Sat 09 Apr 2011, 12:55    Post subject:  
I tried all three and I got nothing. I also tried f1 and it showed me a gray and white world drawing which I have never seen before, but I thought that it was just apple trying to tell me that they want to take over the world. Laughing
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PostPosted: Sat 09 Apr 2011, 14:47    Post subject:  
So... I guess puppy doesn't work on macs Sad Oh well.
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PostPosted: Sat 09 Apr 2011, 15:09    Post subject:  
Puppy will run in Mac Parallels;

also this:

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?search_id=1037463779&t=43262

Used Puppy on cd in both cases.
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PostPosted: Sat 09 Apr 2011, 17:57    Post subject:  
But... I don't want to install it... I just want to run it off the thumbdrive Embarassed
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PostPosted: Sun 10 Apr 2011, 00:40    Post subject:  
So I can only use puppy on a Mac if I buy Mac Parallels? That sounds bogus.
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PostPosted: Sun 10 Apr 2011, 12:48    Post subject:  
What if I make a USB on my dad's Mac, will that work?
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PostPosted: Sun 10 Apr 2011, 13:38    Post subject:  
XxionxX wrote:
So I can only use puppy on a Mac if I buy Mac Parallels? That sounds bogus.


Nothing more bogus than a mac owner quibbling about money.

How to run parallels from external usb hard drive;

http://www.maclife.com/article/howtos/how_run_parallels_virtual_machine_external_usb_drive
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PostPosted: Mon 11 Apr 2011, 00:59    Post subject:  
....?

The Mac is not mine -_- It's my dads. And it was given to him because someone spilt coffee on it and they didn't want to try and sell it. If I had money I wouldn't be saying things like:

XxionxX wrote:
So I can only use puppy on a Mac if I buy Mac Parallels? That sounds bogus.


I am sorry that I don't have money and can't spring for the paid option. I didn't know that wanting free software was a bad thing. I guess I shouldn't use any free Linux OSs then. -_-

Really? You are ripping on me because I would like to save money? I am a student, I work 2 days a week, go to school, and I don't have money for unnecessary software.

If Puppy Linux does not work on a Mac (That is not mine) without this software, just say so. I didn't ask to be Mac bashed, I just wanted to know if it could work. It seems like if you can do it on a PC without buying software then the same would be true for a Mac. If its not possible then so be it.

I know Macs are expensive, that's why I don't own one. Because I am poor. I just wanted an answer to my question, not some pay for option with a side of guilt. If you don't like my question, you don't have to answer. I will just ask somewhere else if you can't, or won't give me a straight answer to my question.

Besides, if I wanted to use a virtual machine then VirtualBox works just fine on both Mac and PC. Please don't push your software on me, I hate spam. Not to mention, I am not going to install that software on every Mac I come in contact with. There are like 200 at my school (But at school I just use the PCs because they are everywhere).

I don't mean to start flamewars, I just want an answer to my question. Maybe this isn't the best place to ask, because you all seem busy with other stuff.
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PostPosted: Mon 11 Apr 2011, 01:24    Post subject:  
XxionxX wrote:
....?

Besides, if I wanted to use a virtual machine then VirtualBox works just fine on both Mac and PC. Please don't push your software on me, I hate spam.


I don't own, use, or sell Mac stuff.

This is a Puppy forum.

If what you want to achieve is not possible with other Linux or Windows it's not likely to be possible with Puppy either.

If you know what Google is, you can find offers of "free" parallels.

When you start searching for help, be prepared to supply the
make and model number, and specs of the machine you are
using.
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PostPosted: Mon 11 Apr 2011, 03:13    Post subject:  
Will the mac boot from a puppy live cd?
That would be a good indicator of if the mac will support Puppy.
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