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I installed Puppy with Windows installer
Posted: Mon 01 Oct 2012, 08:19
by ahmed742163
I installed linux puppy through a windows installer and it installed in the same partition of the windows
when I rebooted my machine I found that the programs I installed disappeared
Also the machine is running slow and I think the OS is not compatible with Arabic language
Posted: Mon 01 Oct 2012, 08:47
by ahmed742163
When I shut down the Linux puppy I didnt get any msgs to ask me where to save the save pup file!
Posted: Mon 01 Oct 2012, 08:54
by BDX
Have you formatted the windows partition? and what's your system requirements?
Posted: Mon 01 Oct 2012, 08:56
by ahmed742163
Maybe I should install Linux puppy again through the windows installer
Posted: Mon 01 Oct 2012, 08:57
by ahmed742163
Its a pentium 3 machine with 256Mb Ram
Posted: Mon 01 Oct 2012, 08:59
by ahmed742163
I didnt format the windows partition
I am running it beside windows
And during installing it didnt ask me where to install
Posted: Mon 01 Oct 2012, 09:09
by BDX
I haven't tried the Windows installer, but you can use the lin'n'win.
What version of windows you have?
Posted: Mon 01 Oct 2012, 09:24
by ahmed742163
I have a windows98se on the c: drive and windows xp sp2 on the D: drive
Posted: Mon 01 Oct 2012, 09:29
by ahmed742163
Now I have a triboot
Posted: Mon 01 Oct 2012, 09:31
by BDX
How do you boot the 2 Windows (what kind of boot loader do you have)?
Posted: Mon 01 Oct 2012, 09:51
by BDX
and which partition is the master (who's the main windows)?
Posted: Mon 01 Oct 2012, 15:54
by ahmed742163
C is the main windows
Posted: Tue 02 Oct 2012, 05:24
by BDX
OK, I will suggest that you use Lin'n'Win
here because it will fit Win98 and will make windows boot Puppy without any problem.
Go to the website and you can start from the bottom.
Note: When he says '
VERY IMPORTANT: Make sure the filename is enclosed in " " marks' just ignore it and don't make them in enclosed marks.
Posted: Tue 02 Oct 2012, 07:05
by emil
IIRC the Windows exe installer performs an automated Lin'n' Win install, so doing it by hand will probably not improve the situation described in the original post. Maybe defragmentation of the Win Partition before installing helps?
A further step would be to repartition the drive to have a linux filesstem for a frugal install. Which Puppy version did you try - maybe you can use one which uses older hardware and low system specs well (Wary, Turbopup
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=80618 or maybe Akita Linux - sure there are others).
I
Posted: Tue 02 Oct 2012, 08:18
by ahmed742163
I uninstalled it and I burned an Iso CD
it now saves my settings
but I want Arabic language support
Posted: Wed 03 Oct 2012, 09:57
by BDX
Download the Arabic installation tutorial from
http://puppylinux.org/main/Manual-English.htm you will find how to write Arabic in chapter 4: solutions (الجزء الرابع: الحلول)
Posted: Thu 04 Oct 2012, 08:28
by ahmed742163
I did and now I can type arabic
Thanks
Posted: Thu 04 Oct 2012, 14:27
by BDX
Your welcome, glad that i helped
