There are a lot of posts out there on how to do a frugal, so you may have to research to figure out your specifics, but it seems it would be essentially the same result as with XP.: you need to have a folder that has all the files off of the cd (or usb) then something to boot it (a bootloader).nooby wrote:Very good for all of us that have winXP computers. I have two of those.
But I need linux on a small Netbook that I want to take with me on trips/travels.
It has a Win7 Starter on it and that one is like Win Vista in that it has no regular boot. They do it differently.
What would one do to do "frugal install" on such a computer? It has no CD or DVD but has USB booting and I already have two USB sticks with Linux on them that works but it would be much better if I had them on the computer instead.
Any clue on how to do this without partitioning the HDD?
If you were to change your current bootloader to something like Grub, you could then probably boot Win7 and Puppy, but I don't know for sure since I haven't used Win7. Or if the bootloader is the same one as Win XP, then you could modify it as this exe file does (it basically just changes a line). Again, I don't know...
...any Win7/Puppy dual booters out there? You may have to search around if we don't get an answer on that one soon...