I am using Puppeee Linux which was based on Puppy Linux 4.4. I think. Anyway, the main file is eee-514.sfs. on an Asus EEE pc 901 9 inch netbook.
A friend of mine gave me a Dell Inspiron 910 9 inch netbook whose SSD no longer worked.
My research once again made me choose Puppy, so I can boot and run everything off of a USB flash drive. I have a 2GB one.
Anyway, the instructions said I had to burn a CD first, which I would rather not do.
So, I did the following.
1. Download an iso file of the latest Puppy. I found out that this is the Slackware version slacko-5.3-MAIN.iso
2. I used the Gparted program. MSDOS partition table, Format the USB flash drive as a ext2 filesystem.. Set the boot flag.
3. Mount the iso. I use ROX-Filer FileMnt. Find the mount point under /mnt.
4. Copy all of the files contained in the iso to the USB flash drive.
5. Run Grub4Dos. I have version 1.7. This is the key step which I did not find in the instructions.
The main point of this post is to say that I did not have much success using either 'BootFlash install Puppy to USB' or the 'Puppy universal installer'. My guess is that I somehow trashed the MBR of the USB Flash drive and Grub4Dos is one way that the MBR is redone.
How to run Puppeee in a netbook with no hard drive
I think people have it working with NTFS, and ext2/3 too
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=54360
Aitch
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=54360
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menu.lst it creates it automatically
gcmartin wrote:Saw this post. Nice approach and layout in the Opening Thread.
Question
Would you mind posting your Grub4Dos configuration (menu.lst)?
Thanks in advance
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# menu.lst produced by grub4dosconfig-v1.7
color blue/cyan yellow/blue white/black cyan/black
timeout 10
default 0
# Frugal installed Puppy
title Puppy slacko 5.3 (sdc1)
find --set-root --ignore-floppies --ignore-cd /puppy_slacko_5.3.sfs
kernel /vmlinuz pmedia=usbflash pfix=fsck
initrd /initrd.gz
title Puppy slacko 5.3 (sdc1) RAM mode\nBoot up Puppy without pupsave
find --set-root --ignore-floppies --ignore-cd /puppy_slacko_5.3.sfs
kernel /vmlinuz pmedia=usbflash pfix=ram,fsck
initrd /initrd.gz
# Windows
# this entry searches Windows on the HDD and boot it up
title Windows\nBoot up Windows if installed
map (hd1) (hd0)
map (hd0) (hd1)
map --hook
errorcheck off
find --set-root --ignore-floppies --ignore-cd /bootmgr
chainloader /bootmgr
find --set-root --ignore-floppies --ignore-cd /ntldr
chainloader /ntldr
find --set-root --ignore-floppies --ignore-cd /io.sys
chainloader /io.sys
errorcheck on
# Boot from Partition Boot Sector
title Puppy slacko 5.3 (sdc1:PBS)
uuid 847a3908-b5c0-4975-a28d-baf3ba1adafe
chainloader +1
# additionals
title Bootup from HDD\nBootup from the master boot record of the hard disk drive
map (hd1) (hd0)
map (hd0) (hd1)
map --hook
chainloader (hd0)+1
title Find Grub menu on HDD
map (hd1) (hd0)
map (hd0) (hd1)
map --hook
errorcheck off
find --set-root --ignore-floppies --ignore-cd /menu.lst && configfile /menu.lst
find --set-root --ignore-floppies --ignore-cd /boot/grub/menu.lst && configfile /boot/grub/menu.lst
find --set-root --ignore-floppies --ignore-cd /grub/menu.lst && configfile /grub/menu.lst
errorcheck on
commandline
title Find Grub2\nBoot up grub2 if installed
find --set-root --ignore-floppies --ignore-cd /boot/grub/core.img
kernel /boot/grub/core.img
title Grub4Dos commandline\n(for experts only)
commandline
title Reboot computer
reboot
title Halt computer
halt
I have even managed to boot Puppy from 8GB MP3 player vfat formatted .
I used grub-0.97 first , but that did not boot ..
Also the MP3 -Player started but said "DAT SYS ERROR" and would not play anything nor navigate .
I rebooted to one of the main OS on the HD, mounted the MP3-Player, rescued the DATA by cp command to another partition , unmounted it and used gparted to format new with vfat fs .
Then installed grub4dos to the MBR of the MP3-Player .
That worked both to boot and to use the MP3-Player .
The mbr created by grub-0.97 is different than the one from grub4dos /"grub4dosconfig by shinobar" , as ` file mbr.x.x.x.backup shows .
I am not sure, but that might be related to a own compiled grub-0.97 which i was experimenting with after detecting, that debian grub-0.97 does not support ext4 fs (puppy grub-0.97 does) .
Happy with that
I used grub-0.97 first , but that did not boot ..
Also the MP3 -Player started but said "DAT SYS ERROR" and would not play anything nor navigate .
I rebooted to one of the main OS on the HD, mounted the MP3-Player, rescued the DATA by cp command to another partition , unmounted it and used gparted to format new with vfat fs .
Then installed grub4dos to the MBR of the MP3-Player .
That worked both to boot and to use the MP3-Player .
The mbr created by grub-0.97 is different than the one from grub4dos /"grub4dosconfig by shinobar" , as ` file mbr.x.x.x.backup shows .
I am not sure, but that might be related to a own compiled grub-0.97 which i was experimenting with after detecting, that debian grub-0.97 does not support ext4 fs (puppy grub-0.97 does) .
Happy with that