Can I run Puppy within DSL?

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Can I run Puppy within DSL?

#1 Post by VJ »

I'm looking for a small distro for my USB key, and Puppy is edging it at the moment, but I need to know one thing, can it boot up inside another operating system like DSL? I prefer Puppy because it's less US centric, eg it runs GAIM instead of NAIM, so I can chat to my mates on MSN (the major IM client here in the UK) and it dosn't 'cheat' by taking up more & more space like DSL does.

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#2 Post by MU »

Pupppy runs from CD.

Insert CD, reboot Computer - go.

On a USB-Stick it depends.
Some people use it together with other systems using a boot-loader like grub.
Some people boot from a floppy (as not every USB-device can boot puppy directly).

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#3 Post by VJ »

Thanks for the reply, but that's not quite what I meant, according to the DSL website:
"Boot from within a host operating system (that's right, it can run *inside* Windows)"
I was wondering if Puppy could do the same, or configured to do the same?
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#4 Post by MU »

DSL uses Qemu.
There is a Qemu-Puppy:
http://www.erikveen.dds.nl/qemupuppy/index.html

But Qemu emulates a second Computer with BIOS and so on.
That makes it slow, and so you loose one of Puppys main advantages: speed. (Qemu runs slow even on my Celeron 2,2 Ghz)

It takes just some seconds to boot the "real" puppy, and most DSL-apps should be available for Puppy, too.
In fact, some additional Dotpups are simply converted DSL-packages.

So I would suggest to use a "real" puppy instead of a slow Qemu-solution.

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#5 Post by VJ »

Thanks, Puppy it is then; It was for the apps & size I prefered Puppy to start with, so I doubt I'll be downloading too many more :)
I may have to use Qemu to boot Puppy on my Uni computers (the only reason I was asking this question), of course e3lsewhere I'll boot into puppy (or my other distro of choice Ubuntu; installed on my home PC).
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#6 Post by ke4nt »

Another thing to try is the free vmware player, for either linux or M$ ..
Bootup your .iso using vmware, and you can use many different
OSes from within another one..

http://www.vmware.com/download/player/

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Re: Can I run Puppy within DSL?

#7 Post by Guest »

VJ wrote: I prefer Puppy because it's less US centric, eg it runs GAIM instead of NAIM, so I can chat to my mates on MSN (the major IM client here in the UK) and it dosn't 'cheat' by taking up more & more space like DSL does.
Thanks
How did you mean this?

DSL base is smaller than Puppy base, an will never go over 50MB.

Of course, both distributions are extendable.

Also, DSL runs fine with german keyboard-layout, so I woud'lnt call it US-centric.

It is mainly a matter of taste which Distro do someone prefer, I think

As MU said, many extensions can be used on both systems.

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#8 Post by Blue Shadow »

Sorry, forgot to insert my Nickname

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