So I created a precise puppy 5.7.1 usb key using Linux Live and booted from usb first time without issue.
1) I installed to hard drive and it told me to edit the grub menu file, but I could not find the grub menu file. I previously had partitioned the drive into 3 partitions, sd1 for Linux, sd2 for swap, and sd3 for data. To install puppy Linux I did not blow out the drive, I just installed on sda. I am assuming the grub file is somewhere else, but I could not figure out how to find it.
2) After searching for the grub file for a while, I had to go so I shut down my computer and now I can no longer boot into precise puppy usb again, it tells me every time:
I could not find someone with the same problem on the forum. I verified that the file is on the usb, then I tried creating the usb again, I tried putting on a different usb port, I tried deleting and redownloading the ISO file in case the original was somehow corrupted, and I tried using a different usb key. I don't have a cd drive and I've tried to start at least a dozen times since the first time and I'm out of ideas. First time was apparently beginners luckSearching for Puppy files.............puppy_precise_5.7.1.sfs not found. Dropping out to initial-ramdisk console...
Thanks for any help.