How can I save my Puppy2.12 thumb drive to a second thumb

[kent41]

I have my puppy 2.12 thumb drive working and I would like to duplicate it and all the added applications I have added to another thumb drive for a friend.

Could I create a .ISO CD from my thumb drive and then install it on a new thumb drive?
And what app would I need to acomplish this?

Thanks for any help
Kent

[sunburnt]

Hi kent41; Just copy all the files from one USB to the other.
Unless you're keeping the SAVE file on a HD, then you'll need it too.
Then setup the second one to boot, any boot method will do.

[kent41]

Hi kent41; Just copy all the files from one USB to the other.
Unless you're keeping the SAVE file on a HD, then you'll need it too.
Then setup the second one to boot, any boot method will do.

Hi sunburnt
The save file is also on the thumb drive. I am rather new to linux and not sure how to make the second thumb bootable after copying files to it.

Thanks for the reply

[stargazer]

edir

[BarryK]

Is the second drive identical?
If so, you could just use the 'dd' program, like this:
# dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb
where sda is the original, sdb the target.

The "Pudd" utility (Utilities menu) is supposed to do stuff like this, but it
is very neglected ...goodness, I looked at that script about a year ago,
don't even know if it still works.

[marksouth2000]

Barry's suggestion will work as long as sdb is at least as big as sda. Of course, it may result in wasted space on sdb but you can always fix that later with gparted.

[sunburnt]

There you go... Three different ways to do it.

Barry's way is definately the easy way to go (if USBs are identical),
stargazer's is good also, both solve the boot thing.

[kent41]

OK the results are in

First I tried the dd copy method and it did not work because even though they were 1 G thumb drives the destination drive before and after formatting did not have the same amount of available space.

So next I tried to use the Puppy Universal Installer 5 times with different options with no success. I would get the error message at boot up "missing operating system" I was about to give up but tried one more time using the SUPER Floppy option and it worked. I mean it booted. I next copied the save file over and then had a copy of my original thumb drive.

Thanks to all who gave me different options to try. That is what I like about this Forum if one way will not work maybe another one will.

Kent