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Question about installing Puppy

#1 Post by Stefan22 »

How do you have installed Puppy Linux? With dual boot or as primary os?
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#2 Post by Flash »

You can have it either way and more besides. For instance, you don't have to install Puppy at all; you can run it from the CD with a Save file (where all your settings and installed programs are) either on a hard disk, a flash drive or even on the CD itself. What would you like to do?
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#3 Post by bigpup »

Why do you ask?
I use both methods.
Duel boot with Puppy (frugal install) and Windows 7 on one computer.
Only Puppy on another computer.
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 :shock:
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#4 Post by Stefan22 »

I don't know what is the best. I have it installed on my hard drive.
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#5 Post by Semme »

Stefan- how's the install? You won't really know till you spend some time with each of the available setups.

Frugal however is probably the most forgiving when things don't go :P quite as you thought they would..
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#6 Post by bigpup »

This post may give you some info to help understand.
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=77684
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 :shock:
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#7 Post by ravenxau »

Live CD with a save fille on the HDD - easy on an old Laptop!!!!!
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#8 Post by Sylvander »

1. I have SEVEN live CD's...
Working with SEVEN sets of pupsave+SFS filepairs...
Each filepair in a suitably named folder...
In the only ext3 partition on a 10GB internal HDD...
Dedicated to Puppy use.

2. I LOVE this setup! :D
So flexible and forgiving.
So easy to backup and restore the pupsave.
Files on the CD-RW are incorruptible.

e.g.
3.
(a) If there's an update of a particular Puppy:
I just burn the new disk.
Use a 2nd Puppy to swap the SFS file on the HDD to the new version.
Boot the new CD-RW.
Blank the old CD-RW

(b) If I want to scrap a Puppy and replace it:
Delete it's filepair from the folder and rename the folder to a suitable name for the new Puppy.
Blank the old Puppy's CD-RW.
Burn the new Puppy ISO to the old CD-RW.
Boot the live CD-RW.
Make a new pupsave.
Copy the SFS file to the folder.
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#9 Post by Stefan22 »

I have installed only Puppy Linux on a pc.
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#10 Post by mahaju »

depends on what kind of computer you have
Possibly a dual boot with Windows would be a better idea
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#11 Post by Semme »

And how's it run'n for ya.. good or bad?
I have installed only Puppy Linux on a pc.
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#12 Post by Stefan22 »

It's good. Very good.
Semme wrote:And how's it run'n for ya.. good or bad?
I have installed only Puppy Linux on a pc.
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#13 Post by Semme »

If everything works then you're ahead of the game. Many times peeps have trouble with full installs.

Tell us, did you opt for an ext2, 3 or 4 file system?
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#14 Post by Lazy JW »

Sylvander wrote:1. I have SEVEN live CD's...
Working with SEVEN sets of pupsave+SFS filepairs...
Each filepair in a suitably named folder...
In the only ext3 partition on a 10GB internal HDD...
Dedicated to Puppy use.

2. I LOVE this setup! :D
So flexible and forgiving.
So easy to backup and restore the pupsave.
Files on the CD-RW are incorruptible.

e.g.
3.
(a) If there's an update of a particular Puppy:
I just burn the new disk.
Use a 2nd Puppy to swap the SFS file on the HDD to the new version.
Boot the new CD-RW.
Blank the old CD-RW

(b) If I want to scrap a Puppy and replace it:
Delete it's filepair from the folder and rename the folder to a suitable name for the new Puppy.
Blank the old Puppy's CD-RW.
Burn the new Puppy ISO to the old CD-RW.
Boot the live CD-RW.
Make a new pupsave.
Copy the SFS file to the folder.
I hadn't thought of doing it this way, thanks for the tip. I have been using a live CD with save file on my Acer laptop, but your method of rotating the CD-RW discs and multiple Puppy ISO's is very clever.
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#15 Post by Stefan22 »

I have installed it on ext4.
Semme wrote:If everything works then you're ahead of the game. Many times peeps have trouble with full installs.

Tell us, did you opt for an ext2, 3 or 4 file system?
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#16 Post by Semme »

Oh good- that should keep ya outta trouble for awhile..
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