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VJ
Joined: 13 Nov 2005 Posts: 3
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Posted: Mon 14 Nov 2005, 06:48 Post subject:
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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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MU

Joined: 24 Aug 2005 Posts: 13648 Location: Karlsruhe, Germany
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Posted: Mon 14 Nov 2005, 07:12 Post subject:
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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).
Mark
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VJ
Joined: 13 Nov 2005 Posts: 3
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Posted: Mon 14 Nov 2005, 07:40 Post subject:
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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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MU

Joined: 24 Aug 2005 Posts: 13648 Location: Karlsruhe, Germany
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Posted: Mon 14 Nov 2005, 07:47 Post subject:
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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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VJ
Joined: 13 Nov 2005 Posts: 3
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Posted: Mon 14 Nov 2005, 07:59 Post subject:
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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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ke4nt
Joined: 15 Nov 2005 Posts: 1
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Posted: Tue 15 Nov 2005, 01:33 Post subject:
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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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Guest
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Posted: Sat 19 Nov 2005, 14:56 Post subject:
Re: Can I run Puppy within DSL? |
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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.
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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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Blue Shadow
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Posted: Sat 19 Nov 2005, 15:06 Post subject:
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Sorry, forgot to insert my Nickname
Greets,
Blue Shadow
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