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Question about installing Puppy
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Stefan22

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PostPosted: Sun 29 Apr 2012, 14:40    Post subject:  Question about installing Puppy  
How do you have installed Puppy Linux? With dual boot or as primary os?
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Flash
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PostPosted: Sun 29 Apr 2012, 14:47    Post subject:  
You can have it either way and more besides. For instance, you don't have to install Puppy at all; you can run it from the CD with a Save file (where all your settings and installed programs are) either on a hard disk, a flash drive or even on the CD itself. What would you like to do?
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PostPosted: Sun 29 Apr 2012, 14:48    Post subject:  
Why do you ask?
I use both methods.
Duel boot with Puppy (frugal install) and Windows 7 on one computer.
Only Puppy on another computer.
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Stefan22

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PostPosted: Sun 29 Apr 2012, 16:46    Post subject:  
I don't know what is the best. I have it installed on my hard drive.
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PostPosted: Sun 29 Apr 2012, 17:17    Post subject:  
Stefan- how's the install? You won't really know till you spend some time with each of the available setups.

Frugal however is probably the most forgiving when things don't go Razz quite as you thought they would..
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PostPosted: Sun 29 Apr 2012, 22:37    Post subject:  
This post may give you some info to help understand.
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=77684
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ravenxau

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PostPosted: Mon 30 Apr 2012, 01:29    Post subject:    
Live CD with a save fille on the HDD - easy on an old Laptop!!!!!
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Sylvander

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PostPosted: Mon 30 Apr 2012, 04:03    Post subject:  
1. I have SEVEN live CD's...
Working with SEVEN sets of pupsave+SFS filepairs...
Each filepair in a suitably named folder...
In the only ext3 partition on a 10GB internal HDD...
Dedicated to Puppy use.

2. I LOVE this setup! Very Happy
So flexible and forgiving.
So easy to backup and restore the pupsave.
Files on the CD-RW are incorruptible.

e.g.
3.
(a) If there's an update of a particular Puppy:
I just burn the new disk.
Use a 2nd Puppy to swap the SFS file on the HDD to the new version.
Boot the new CD-RW.
Blank the old CD-RW

(b) If I want to scrap a Puppy and replace it:
Delete it's filepair from the folder and rename the folder to a suitable name for the new Puppy.
Blank the old Puppy's CD-RW.
Burn the new Puppy ISO to the old CD-RW.
Boot the live CD-RW.
Make a new pupsave.
Copy the SFS file to the folder.
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Stefan22

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PostPosted: Mon 30 Apr 2012, 05:07    Post subject:  
I have installed only Puppy Linux on a pc.
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PostPosted: Mon 30 Apr 2012, 05:09    Post subject:  
depends on what kind of computer you have
Possibly a dual boot with Windows would be a better idea
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PostPosted: Mon 30 Apr 2012, 05:16    Post subject:  
And how's it run'n for ya.. good or bad?
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I have installed only Puppy Linux on a pc.
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Stefan22

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PostPosted: Mon 30 Apr 2012, 05:17    Post subject:  
It's good. Very good.

Semme wrote:
And how's it run'n for ya.. good or bad?
Quote:
I have installed only Puppy Linux on a pc.
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PostPosted: Mon 30 Apr 2012, 05:28    Post subject:  
If everything works then you're ahead of the game. Many times peeps have trouble with full installs.

Tell us, did you opt for an ext2, 3 or 4 file system?
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Lazy JW

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PostPosted: Mon 30 Apr 2012, 07:16    Post subject:  
Sylvander wrote:
1. I have SEVEN live CD's...
Working with SEVEN sets of pupsave+SFS filepairs...
Each filepair in a suitably named folder...
In the only ext3 partition on a 10GB internal HDD...
Dedicated to Puppy use.

2. I LOVE this setup! Very Happy
So flexible and forgiving.
So easy to backup and restore the pupsave.
Files on the CD-RW are incorruptible.

e.g.
3.
(a) If there's an update of a particular Puppy:
I just burn the new disk.
Use a 2nd Puppy to swap the SFS file on the HDD to the new version.
Boot the new CD-RW.
Blank the old CD-RW

(b) If I want to scrap a Puppy and replace it:
Delete it's filepair from the folder and rename the folder to a suitable name for the new Puppy.
Blank the old Puppy's CD-RW.
Burn the new Puppy ISO to the old CD-RW.
Boot the live CD-RW.
Make a new pupsave.
Copy the SFS file to the folder.


I hadn't thought of doing it this way, thanks for the tip. I have been using a live CD with save file on my Acer laptop, but your method of rotating the CD-RW discs and multiple Puppy ISO's is very clever.
Joe
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Stefan22

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PostPosted: Mon 30 Apr 2012, 10:28    Post subject:  
I have installed it on ext4.

Semme wrote:
If everything works then you're ahead of the game. Many times peeps have trouble with full installs.

Tell us, did you opt for an ext2, 3 or 4 file system?
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