(old)Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

I am unable to install Windows on my computer for various known/unknown reasons and am attempting to install Linux.
I can boot from a live CD boot am unable to figure out how to put it on my hard drive so I can boot w/o the disk and have full use of my HD. I am unable to find the menu.lst file and have zero experience with Linux. Any and all help on this matter is appreciated.

Alienware m7700
80GB Sata HD
2GB RAM

i hate to sound unhelpful but...

there's like a million posts in here discussing installation, have you read any of them?

the install procedure is pretty much fully automated, there is a menu item for it, give it a try!

[and menu.lst is in /boot/grub but you won't have one until you install grub--it's part of the installation]

help available on the forum is valuable resource to be used for real problems not as a substitute for doing some homework
you can search forum using advanced Puppy forum search and you will come up with:
how full install
and if you still have questions after reading excellent tutorials and howtos available, I am sure people will help you

Archuletta

Here is two posts with flash movie links on making frugal or
full installs of Puppy.
When you make an install of frugal, the menulist can be found
at: file-green arrow-boot-grub-menu list.


http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 224#263224

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 565#201565

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