Thank you for saying that..For Puppies only, it is really easy..
Bootable USB stick - How do YOU do it?
Updated first post of thread with my current most reliable method (which uses syslinux 3.73)
This seems to give me the best compatibility with a large range of hardware.
I have partition 1 as FAT32 (containing Puppy files and boot files), partition 2 as an EXT2 data storage partition that preserves linux permissions for compiling, pet building or whatever, and partition 3 as a very large swap partition which enables me to do major remastering etc on a machine that has no hard drive or other swap file, or is low on memory.
This seems to give me the best compatibility with a large range of hardware.
I have partition 1 as FAT32 (containing Puppy files and boot files), partition 2 as an EXT2 data storage partition that preserves linux permissions for compiling, pet building or whatever, and partition 3 as a very large swap partition which enables me to do major remastering etc on a machine that has no hard drive or other swap file, or is low on memory.
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Thanks, greengeek.greengeek (in part) wrote:Updated first post of thread with my current most reliable method (which uses syslinux 3.73)
I can't now recall my past, using loadlin or other bootloaders.
For the last several years, I've used only grub4dos, and almost always from a hard drive. I had occasionally used a USB stick, but am unsure what did or did not work.
I hope to try your method soon. Appreciate all your research, and do like the idea of a stick that reliably boots on a variety of computers.
This morning, (using Puppy from a hard drive), I removed everything but the 3 Puppy Linux files from a 16GB Emtec USB stick, and then used gparted to mark it as bootable.
The USB stick booted OK. Files are as below.
All this was done on this Dell E6410, a laptop from approx 2011.
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# ls -al /mnt/sdc1
total 236
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2017-03-07 17:31 .
drwxr-xr-x 13 root root 80 2017-03-08 08:32 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 220049 2017-03-08 21:29 grldr
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2649 2017-03-08 21:29 menu.lst
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2017-03-07 17:31 pupdesk.flg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 512 2017-03-08 21:29 sdc_mbr.bak
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2017-03-08 21:27 sulu
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# ls -al /mnt/sdc1/sulu/
total 169464
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2017-03-08 21:27 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2017-03-07 17:31 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3688506 2015-06-14 05:59 initrd.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 166846496 2015-06-14 05:59 sulu_002.sfs
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2802352 2015-06-14 05:59 vmlinuz
Dell E6410: BusterPup, BionicPup64, Xenial, etc
Intel DQ35JOE, Dell Vostro 430
Dell Inspiron, Acer Aspire One, EeePC 1018P
Intel DQ35JOE, Dell Vostro 430
Dell Inspiron, Acer Aspire One, EeePC 1018P
I think the following how-to for uefi machines from fatdog64, which also works for slacko 6.3.2 and tahr 6.0.6, should be added to this thread:
http://distro.ibiblio.org/fatdog/web/fa ... drive.html
http://distro.ibiblio.org/fatdog/web/fa ... drive.html
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FINALLY, a simple and finger crossed successful method to make a bootable USB disk from within Puppy, I have just wasted 3 days of trying to make a usable USB drive that will allow me to boot up several different LIVE-ISO's so try out.Sylvander wrote:Here's my favourite method:
How to Make a Bootable Flash Drive using ISObooter
dual boot Puppy Stretch and Mintpup
Isobooter used sucessfully last night, for dual boot Puppy Stretch and Mintpup, an OS Based on casper or porteus.
Easy with rcrsn51 how-to.
Very easy i should say when done once.. No need to read again how-to.
Easy with rcrsn51 how-to.
Very easy i should say when done once.. No need to read again how-to.
contains a swap partition
"I prefer to work with an 8GB or 16GB stick which also contains a swap partition - as that helps me during the remaster/reconfigure phase of the installation."
Are you sure swap on pendrive cannot exist, I was told
Nice tuto however. How many topics, how many videos on You tube about the subject !
Are you sure swap on pendrive cannot exist, I was told
Nice tuto however. How many topics, how many videos on You tube about the subject !
Re: contains a swap partition
Yes, I am certain. Swap partition on usb pendrive works on my hardware.Pelo wrote:Are you sure swap on pendrive cannot exist, I was told
You can test this by using a PC that has no hard drive - boot it with puppy, connect a usb pendrive and use Gparted to format it as "Linux Swap" then shut down the PC. Leave the pendrive plugged in as Puppy needs to find it during the boot process.
Reboot the PC and after booting open a terminal and enter the following command:
free
You should see the swap partition available (may not actually be in use yet depending on your RAM size...)
As an alternative to typing "free" you can enter the following command:
swapon -s
and you should see the swap partition available.
Thanks Bigpup - that did resolve my problem. Sorry for the slow reply (only 1.5 years!) - believe it or not I was persisting with my own manual methods for working around the issue. Turns out updating Grub4Dos is simpler...bigpup wrote:Try this update to Grub4dos. V1.9.2
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=51697
IMG2key, i failed with it...
Before Creating new Programs please check those done by your colleagues.. Look at did18 IMG2key, i failed with it...
Grub4dos makes easy my boots, but i don't have UEFI..
Isobooter too.. My puppies are more thn one hundred for about 30 USB keys, most are multiboot, some with Linux OS as Ubuntu. .
topic img2key Did18 would like some successful feed-back
About CDs or USB, don't format Linux your pendrives.. Puppy Linux with FAT 32 never get trouble, pupsaves .2fs 3.fs. 4fs do not need a Linux partition.
Grub4dos makes easy my boots, but i don't have UEFI..
Isobooter too.. My puppies are more thn one hundred for about 30 USB keys, most are multiboot, some with Linux OS as Ubuntu. .
topic img2key Did18 would like some successful feed-back
About CDs or USB, don't format Linux your pendrives.. Puppy Linux with FAT 32 never get trouble, pupsaves .2fs 3.fs. 4fs do not need a Linux partition.