How to Make a Bootable Flash Drive using ISObooter
I want to do a frugal install of puppy wary 5.5 to a usb stick using isobooter
Currently, I use 2 computers both P4's with usb 1.1
1) grub dual boot with w98 & ubuntu on hd; 1gb ram
2) XP on hd and 256mb ram
Currenlty, Iam using a live puppycd and a savefile on a usb stick on No1
I want to use puppy on both machines and have access to all files
I've got a new 8gb FAT32 usb stick (actually only 7.3gb) and want to do a frugal install on it
Iwill want to install python (the anaconda versiion) and numerous addons. These will probably end up using most of 2gb
Qu1 When formatting, should should some of the ram be left unallocated to allow space for the "phantom iso"?
If so how much is needed?
Qu2
Qu3 Is it easier to do this from ubuntu on the hard disc or from a live pupy cd?
Qu4 If I want to try another puppy can I just remove wary from the usb stick and copy another puppy across using ubuntu? (and it'll work straight away and use the savefile made by wary)
Currently, I use 2 computers both P4's with usb 1.1
1) grub dual boot with w98 & ubuntu on hd; 1gb ram
2) XP on hd and 256mb ram
Currenlty, Iam using a live puppycd and a savefile on a usb stick on No1
I want to use puppy on both machines and have access to all files
I've got a new 8gb FAT32 usb stick (actually only 7.3gb) and want to do a frugal install on it
Iwill want to install python (the anaconda versiion) and numerous addons. These will probably end up using most of 2gb
Qu1 When formatting, should should some of the ram be left unallocated to allow space for the "phantom iso"?
If so how much is needed?
Qu2
Presumabley i have to change directories so that I am in the bootable part of the usb stick. Is that right?7b. After putting an ISO on the drive, run the "sync" command
Qu3 Is it easier to do this from ubuntu on the hard disc or from a live pupy cd?
Qu4 If I want to try another puppy can I just remove wary from the usb stick and copy another puppy across using ubuntu? (and it'll work straight away and use the savefile made by wary)
I would make a 2 GB fat32 partition for ISObooter and a 6GB ext4 partition for a save FOLDER. Fill the entire drive with these two partitions. There are instructions on page 12 for this setup.schober wrote:Qu1 When formatting, should should some of the ram be left unallocated to allow space for the "phantom iso"?If so how much is needed?
No. Open a terminal window (the Console desktop icon) and type: syncPresumabley i have to change directories so that I am in the bootable part of the usb stick. Is that right?
From Puppy.Qu3 Is it easier to do this from ubuntu on the hard disc or from a live pupy cd?
You can put multiple Puppies on one ISObooter drive. But savefiles are rarely interchangeable.If I want to try another puppy can I just remove wary from the usb stick and copy another puppy across using ubuntu? (and it'll work straight away and use the savefile made by wary)
rench colleagues having some difficulties with English
Doing what is described in the topic, screencast it, post it on You Tube here, isobooter, that is what i did for french colleagues having some difficulties with English, and Linux too.
Everybody should understand, even overseas UK citizens, unless my video is bad, what is not impossible. I do my best, it's much time.
Everybody should understand, even overseas UK citizens, unless my video is bad, what is not impossible. I do my best, it's much time.
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G'day rcrsn51, I've Successfully ReMastered the following Puplet
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=106696
Burned 2 CD & Testes, But when I Add it 2 Me GumBoot ( ie. isobooter ) USB Flash Dr it doesn't work, Grub gives Error 15, File Not found, I've Tried Recreating the menu.lst File w/ Y & N answering about the Splash screen, Same Outcome
Also I'm having Trouble Getting Lobsters Photon 301 Tmxxine working...
it Boots as far as Linux initrd & then just Hangs!...
title photon301
partnew (hd0,3) 0x00 (hd0,0)/photon301.iso
map --heads=0 --sectors-per-track=0 (hd0,0)/photon301.iso (0xff)
map --hook
root (0xff)
kernel /vmlinuz pmedia=cd psavemark=1 pfix=fsck
initrd /initrd.gz
Wot am I Doing wRong? Please
Thanx 4 your Help
:)K
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=106696
Burned 2 CD & Testes, But when I Add it 2 Me GumBoot ( ie. isobooter ) USB Flash Dr it doesn't work, Grub gives Error 15, File Not found, I've Tried Recreating the menu.lst File w/ Y & N answering about the Splash screen, Same Outcome
Also I'm having Trouble Getting Lobsters Photon 301 Tmxxine working...
it Boots as far as Linux initrd & then just Hangs!...
title photon301
partnew (hd0,3) 0x00 (hd0,0)/photon301.iso
map --heads=0 --sectors-per-track=0 (hd0,0)/photon301.iso (0xff)
map --hook
root (0xff)
kernel /vmlinuz pmedia=cd psavemark=1 pfix=fsck
initrd /initrd.gz
Wot am I Doing wRong? Please
Thanx 4 your Help
:)K
The "Dog" series use different names for their boot files, like "initrd1.xz". You will need to change some things in your ISObooter setup. Even then, it may not work.
Does your remaster boot when you burn it to a physical CD/DVD? If it does, I would expect ISObooter to work with "splashscreen=y".
Does the original, un-remastered ISO work with ISObooter? [Edit] I tried this and it worked.
Does your remaster boot when you burn it to a physical CD/DVD? If it does, I would expect ISObooter to work with "splashscreen=y".
Does the original, un-remastered ISO work with ISObooter? [Edit] I tried this and it worked.
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G'day rcrsn51, I'm Still Keen 2 get 2 the Bottom of this isoBooter issue, I Plugged it into Mint Linux, Clic'd on isobooter & it Opened the Scripts in the Default Txt Editor, So Checked the Status of if it was eXecutable & the CheckBox was Unchecked, Altho I had Previously Done it in Puppy, But when Tried Re- Checking the CheckBox it wouldn't accept it, I Dunno whY or How 2 Fix it?!?
Please Help...
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Please Help...
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Sorry rcrsn51, 4 Neglecting 2 Reply 2 that post...
the Answer 2 Your Question if Me ReMaster Boots from CD / DVD Media is Yes, But I Can't Remember if I got around 2 Testing the Original iso or Not, & of Course I Can't Test it Now Until I Fix the issue w/ isobooter...
Anyway it Turns Out that Me Previous 16 GB GumBoot isobooter USB Flash Dr was USB3, So I'll Rule that Out as the Problem, I Suppose I'll Try Another Flash Dr, in case it was a peculiar quirk w/ this SanDisk?!?
I Welcome Any Other Suggestions...
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the Answer 2 Your Question if Me ReMaster Boots from CD / DVD Media is Yes, But I Can't Remember if I got around 2 Testing the Original iso or Not, & of Course I Can't Test it Now Until I Fix the issue w/ isobooter...
Anyway it Turns Out that Me Previous 16 GB GumBoot isobooter USB Flash Dr was USB3, So I'll Rule that Out as the Problem, I Suppose I'll Try Another Flash Dr, in case it was a peculiar quirk w/ this SanDisk?!?
I Welcome Any Other Suggestions...
:)K
Thanks for isobooter, rcrsn51
I've made some modifications to make it work also with ISO's from the 'Dog' series.
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 382#959382
Fred
I've made some modifications to make it work also with ISO's from the 'Dog' series.
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 382#959382
Fred
So easy, successful with mintpup and Puppy Strecth,
So easy, successful with mintpup and Puppy Strecth, simply, two ISOs on same usb, grub4Dos, and answers to questions . Reboot, and then we go. Nice, nice,
I don't like big Linux OS, as Ubuntu or Debian. However i will try to add an old Ubuntu 11.04.
No need to format my pendrive (already FAT32), so ma previous data kept, ISO transfered between lot of files. But ISObooter finds them among the mess... Sensass.
Part TWO : now i launch Puppy Stretch.. Will it be a success ? Suspense..
I don't like big Linux OS, as Ubuntu or Debian. However i will try to add an old Ubuntu 11.04.
No need to format my pendrive (already FAT32), so ma previous data kept, ISO transfered between lot of files. But ISObooter finds them among the mess... Sensass.
Part TWO : now i launch Puppy Stretch.. Will it be a success ? Suspense..
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My previous pupsave, still on the pendrive, loaded
eh eh, success too..
My previous pupsave, still on the pendrive, loaded at boot.. We could we ask more... Some devs are really useful to thousands of puppy passengers, and of Mintpup of course
Isobooter should work as well with the other Debian dogs (XenialDog had untill now his own pendrive)
My previous pupsave, still on the pendrive, loaded at boot.. We could we ask more... Some devs are really useful to thousands of puppy passengers, and of Mintpup of course
Isobooter should work as well with the other Debian dogs (XenialDog had untill now his own pendrive)
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G'day rcrsn51, can yoU Please Advise the Best pmedia argument or edit 2 the menu.lst File that Helps Puppy Look 4 the Location of the Required Files ( sfs isn't it? ), Being that they're within the iso File on a USB, Not a CD or ide or sata... Sorry I'm Confused! is there a Universal Vanilla pmedia Helper Txt?
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The two sensible choices are "pmedia=cd" and "pmedia=usbflash". They should cover all the possibilities.
Unfortunately, some hardware doesn't like USB booting, no matter how you set it up. Here's the problem:
It's the job of the computer's BIOS to locate the first two Puppy files - vmlinuz and initrd.gz. It can usually find them on the USB drive.
It then passes control to Puppy, who tries to find its SFS file on the USB drive.
On a few computers, the USB system times out between those two phases. If Puppy cannot wake up the USB, it won't be able to find the SFS file, and booting will fail.
Traditionally, the "pmedia=cd" argument tells Puppy to look in lots of places. If it can find the SFS file on a hard drive, booting may succeed.
Unfortunately, some hardware doesn't like USB booting, no matter how you set it up. Here's the problem:
It's the job of the computer's BIOS to locate the first two Puppy files - vmlinuz and initrd.gz. It can usually find them on the USB drive.
It then passes control to Puppy, who tries to find its SFS file on the USB drive.
On a few computers, the USB system times out between those two phases. If Puppy cannot wake up the USB, it won't be able to find the SFS file, and booting will fail.
Traditionally, the "pmedia=cd" argument tells Puppy to look in lots of places. If it can find the SFS file on a hard drive, booting may succeed.