Neat way to boot Puppy --- from .iso using Grub

[sunburnt]

Messing with: c:\msdos.sys isn't nessesary, any last command in autoexec.bat will be run.
If the last command is: command.com then DOS will start, if there's no command to execute then WinBlows starts.

[toddyjoe]

I dual-boot Windows 98 SE and Puppy 1.0.8r1 using the GRUB method on an old IBM Thinkpad laptop. If you search this forum, you will find a detailed, step-by-step explanation of how I set up my "autoexec.bat" file to boot Puppy with GRUB from a single FAT32 partition without needing the Live CD. Search for a lengthy thread involving myself and members by the name of "pelokwin" and "Sit Heel Speak" installing Puppy on an old IBM laptop.

[ZeNiTRaM]

BTW - the fromiso= cheatcode does nothing on Puppy.. it's only a Kanotix specific one, so you can remove both the command and the ISO..

[kleung21]

Hi there,

I'm new to linux and this thread was EXACTLY what I was looking for. I want a system that boots quickly from the hard drive but is forgiving (fresh install equivalent on reboot).

I needed the information from this thread to get my puppy running in iso form.

Thanks

Kevin

[willhunt]

I've used this for several puppy versions but when I try it for 2.16 it is
unable to find puppy on pmedia idehd and dumped me to
linux guru prompt(dat ain't me)

I have all the files from the iso extracted right and I also extracted
them to a usb stick when I tried export PMEDIA=usbhd and then init it
said still no media on usbhd what have I done wrong?

I really like this and would like to have it working again