How to manually install Puppy

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RoxFox64
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How to manually install Puppy

#1 Post by RoxFox64 »

Okay, I'm not going to preface this too much. Just a few words about syslinux:
If you used the universal installer, and when you boot you go straight to the puppy screen(Bios shows, then straight to puppy(No Grub, lilo, ntldr)) you are using syslinux.

Step 1:

We are going to have the booting drive mounted and readable of course.
The first step is to just simply make a subdirectory to hold puppy in. For this example I've made the directory 'PuppyArcade' because I'm installing Puppy Arcade 9.
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Step 2:

With the install folder made, the next course is to mount the ISO.
Not much behind it. We need the files from it.

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Step 3:

Very simply copy over the files 'initrd.gz', 'vmlinuz', and the version specific sfs
You may have another file inside of here at times. it will begin wit a 'z' and will contain the version number as well. Copy this over too if it exists.

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Now, thats the bulk of this. Simple, right?

The next step involves editing a menu.lst, or syslinux.cfg(Or extlinux.conf).
You'll just simply be adding in lines for a new menu entry of puppy.

Step 4:


For syslinux I'll be using this:

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label arcade
kernel PuppyArcade/vmlinuz
append initrd=PuppyArcade/initrd.gz pmedia=usbflash psubdir=PuppyArcade nosmp
For grub, this:

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title Puppy Arcade 9
root (hd0,0)
kernel PuppyArcade/vmlinuz pmedia=usbflash psubdir=PuppyArcade nosmp
initrd PuppyArcade/initrd.gz
Reboot, and enjoy your new puplet.

~RoxFox64~

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#2 Post by rjbrewer »

If your screen wasn't twice the width of my laptop, I might even look
at your post.

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#3 Post by Brown Mouse »

rjbrewer wrote:If your screen wasn't twice the width of my laptop, I might even look
at your post.
Why cant you use the scroll bar like everyone else :wink:

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#4 Post by disciple »

Using the scroll bar isn't really practical.
The other reason it is bad practice to post massive screenshots is that a lot of Puppy users are on very slow internet connections.
Do you know a good gtkdialog program? Please post a link here

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#5 Post by RoxFox64 »

Heh, sorry guys. I'll have to make better links when I have time.

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#6 Post by disciple »

Thanks.
Also, in this case the screenshots aren't even very helpful.
They show what you see after doing something (like clicking on the ISO file to mount it), but you never explained what to do. How is someone supposed to know that they just need to click on the ISO to mount it? If you think the other actions are intuitive (creating a directory / copying files by drag-and-drop), do the screenshots actually add anything?
Do you know a good gtkdialog program? Please post a link here

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#7 Post by disciple »

It would be good to edit the title or at least the text of your post to clarify that it is about adding a new additional Puppy installation to a system that already boots with syslinux or grub. At the moment that isn't clear.
Do you know a good gtkdialog program? Please post a link here

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#8 Post by niechen861102 »

The other reason it is bad practice to post massive screenshots is that a lot of Puppy users are on very slow internet connections.

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thanks for you post.

#9 Post by mister_electronico »

Hi RoxFox64 I like you post. I like your screenshots and And I deserves great respect people trying to teach something.

Thanks man.

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