Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

Dromeno · Joined: 12 Sep 2008 Posts: 502

Puppy has its universal installer, but Unetbootin has -to some- its familiar interface. So I would like to include it to the puppy version I distribute to friends.

I have tried the deb2pet converter to make this version into a pet:

http://packages.debian.org/sid/i386/unetbootin/download

the conversion to a pet is smooth but when I try to run it it asks for

sfdisk (util-linux)

vol_id (udev)

mtools

At the moment I am not sure how to proceed... so is there anyone here who is willing to make a working unetbootin.pet?

mikeb · Joined: 23 Nov 2006 Posts: 4378

It's not popular amonst those who have had windows installs trashed by it so perhaps you might have to do this yourself and take the responsibility.

I recommend learning about grub4dos which is a safe way to add on puppy and linux in general when there is windows present...will keep your popularity rating up otherwise maybe tinker with the universal installer if you feel its a bit confusing...

regards

mike

Dromeno · Joined: 12 Sep 2008 Posts: 502

Windows trashed? Have not seen that yet (with Unetbootin). But anyway, what I would like to have is a Unetbootin as puppy application. There is no possibility to trash windows this way.

iscraigh · Joined: 03 Sep 2006 Posts: 276

I have tried to get it going with no luck but would love to see it. I use it not to install puppy but when running puppy (If I could get it to work, I actually boot into ubuntu) I use it to install other distro's to a usb stick to play with.

Craig

digitalmusic · Joined: 21 Jul 2009 Posts: 2

Yes I would like this too. Hope someone or the devs make a pet for this.

nooby · Joined: 29 Jun 2008 Posts: 9476 Location: SwedenEurope

Dromeno

if even the dev of UNetbootin fail to do it then it is very difficult to achieve.

I have done my best to engage both of them since 2008 and I trust that if they have not provided such linux program yet then it is too difficult at the moment.

So two suggestions.

1. Contact tuxcantfly on his own sites about Unetbootin or the user AGO who is active on Ubuntuforums because both of them was into Wubi and they know most about how to do such things.

2. Look at pendrivelinux. They have tried to do similar things and have alternative to UNetbootin so ypu can compare how others have tried to do same thing.

3.
Maybe the best suggestion is to do a script that mimic a pure manual frugal install of Puppy on USB or HDD

Edit

Great Thanks to rcrsn51 who gave the right link to the text I referred to in my confusing way.
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=413412#413412

In the meanwhile also look at how Lin'nWin does it

http://www.icpug.org.uk/national/linnwin/step00-linnwin.htm

rcrsn51 · Posted: Wed 02 Jun 2010, 08:28 Post_subject:

This may be helpful.

nooby · Joined: 29 Jun 2008 Posts: 9476 Location: SwedenEurope

paulhomebus · Joined: 21 Jan 2010 Posts: 120 Location: New Zealand

There is now a Pet for unetbootin for Lucid 5.1...

see here...
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=59263

nooby · Joined: 29 Jun 2008 Posts: 9476 Location: SwedenEurope

Good that you told us.

Can it do frugal install too or only full installs?

paulhomebus · Joined: 21 Jan 2010 Posts: 120 Location: New Zealand

both - as far as I know....