Running a Debian Installation ISO from Puppy? Can it be done
Posted: Mon 17 Dec 2012, 17:40
DPup, full install, lenovo laptop N220 (32bit centrino)
I wonder if anyone can help me? Long story not quite so long...
I am running on a laptop without a writable DVD drive and I want to install a debian-like system because my PC at home is Debian Squeeze.
DPup Exprimo 5.X.3.4.12
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I have tried DPup Exprimo 5X3412 and put it successfully onto a USB stick, and done a full install from there.
However, I am having real problems using it with python as this is essential for me.
I have copied in the devx sfs so I have gcc Python 2.66 etc but now I want to install pip python package manager so that I can load other python modules like requests and wxPython etc etc.
However, although the PPM version installs pip without issue, I cannot get pip to run correctly. I get a message which says "from pip.log import logger" ImportError: "no module named pip.log" when I try to install requests and other modules. I have tried uninstalling the PPM version of pip and downloading and installing from the pip website but I have problems that way too.
Debian Squeeze 6.06
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So finally, I am thinking to try downloading the Debian Squeeze 32bit ISO and somehow put it onto a memory stick or boot from the ISO on disk.
Can I just do some kind of raw copy (using dd) on to a USB and install from there, or can I mount the ISO directly (booting puppy from memory stick into ram to have a working linux system) then starting the Debian installation process on the ISO from a different partition on the hard disk?
I had a look yesterday and tried running the Puppy universal installer, then copying all the debian iso files onto the USB but that had compatibility issues and all I got was a very unhelpful "boot error" message and no boot.
Re-reading my question, it sounds like it cannot be done but I had the impression Puppy could run an ISO - is that correct?
Any ideas what I can do please?
I wonder if anyone can help me? Long story not quite so long...
I am running on a laptop without a writable DVD drive and I want to install a debian-like system because my PC at home is Debian Squeeze.
DPup Exprimo 5.X.3.4.12
-------------------------------
I have tried DPup Exprimo 5X3412 and put it successfully onto a USB stick, and done a full install from there.
However, I am having real problems using it with python as this is essential for me.
I have copied in the devx sfs so I have gcc Python 2.66 etc but now I want to install pip python package manager so that I can load other python modules like requests and wxPython etc etc.
However, although the PPM version installs pip without issue, I cannot get pip to run correctly. I get a message which says "from pip.log import logger" ImportError: "no module named pip.log" when I try to install requests and other modules. I have tried uninstalling the PPM version of pip and downloading and installing from the pip website but I have problems that way too.
Debian Squeeze 6.06
---------------------------
So finally, I am thinking to try downloading the Debian Squeeze 32bit ISO and somehow put it onto a memory stick or boot from the ISO on disk.
Can I just do some kind of raw copy (using dd) on to a USB and install from there, or can I mount the ISO directly (booting puppy from memory stick into ram to have a working linux system) then starting the Debian installation process on the ISO from a different partition on the hard disk?
I had a look yesterday and tried running the Puppy universal installer, then copying all the debian iso files onto the USB but that had compatibility issues and all I got was a very unhelpful "boot error" message and no boot.
Re-reading my question, it sounds like it cannot be done but I had the impression Puppy could run an ISO - is that correct?
Any ideas what I can do please?