Puppy Linux Windows Installer - LICK v1.3.3 released

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steve_s · #201 Post by **steve_s** » Mon 26 Nov 2012, 13:04

did one for Saluki...haven't uploaded it yet. The installer program worked great! Kudos!

noryb009 · #202 Post by **noryb009** » Tue 27 Nov 2012, 01:28

steve_s: I have already created a Saluki installer and am going to upload it soon.

steve_s · #203 Post by **steve_s** » Tue 27 Nov 2012, 13:46

noryb009 wrote:steve_s: I have already created a Saluki installer and am going to upload it soon.

Sweet! I'll let you do it...mine left out zdr_whatever...the driver sfs, so I'd need to redo it. Look forward to the upload!

noryb009 · #204 Post by **noryb009** » Wed 28 Nov 2012, 02:36

Saluki 023 has been uploaded, see the link in the first post.

noryb009 · #205 Post by **noryb009** » Thu 29 Nov 2012, 04:01

Three-headed Dog 528.005 has been uploaded, see the link in the first post.

noryb009 · #206 Post by **noryb009** » Sat 01 Dec 2012, 22:01

Precise Puppy Linux 542 has been uploaded, see the link in the first post.

steve_s · #207 Post by **steve_s** » Mon 03 Dec 2012, 21:23

noryb009 wrote:Saluki 023 has been uploaded, see the link in the first post.

Thanks!

noryb009 · #208 Post by **noryb009** » Fri 14 Dec 2012, 04:10

(Slacko) Puppy Linux 540 has been uploaded, see the link in the first post (sorry for the delay for PAE).

MNJack762 · #209 Post by **MNJack762** » Sat 15 Dec 2012, 17:40

This is very cool. I'm using the latest precise version now with the windows installer.

Question: Can I install more than one version of puppy using the installer?
If I already have Precise installed, can I install Slacko too, with a menu option of which OS I want to boot into each time?

Thanks

noryb009 · #210 Post by **noryb009** » Sun 16 Dec 2012, 00:16

MNJack762: Yes, you can have multiple puppies installed (I have around 7 right now). The new puppy is added to the second boot menu (with the puppy linux logo).

ICPUG · #211 Post by **ICPUG** » Mon 14 Jan 2013, 13:28

Not so long ago I finally updated the Lin'N'WinNewB project notes with the method for Windows 7 as used in the Windows Installer.

I recently had some feedback which suggested a failure of Lin'N'Win when trying to install to a Windows 7 PC which has a boot option back to legacy Windows XP.

The Windows Installer creates a real-mode boot option in the bcd of Windows 7 and I am wondering if this clashes with the boot option that Windows creates for Windows XP (even though it is called Windows Legacy OS, in this case).

I cannot really test my thoughts as I do not have Windows XP on my Windows 7 machine.

I'm posting this to find out if somebody has successfully run the Windows Installer on a dual booting Windows 7 / Windows XP machine.

If my thoughts on the clash of boot loaders is correct then my thoughts to a solution are to use the windows XP bootloader as normal to boot Puppy. On bootup of the triple booting machine one would first choose Windows XP and then Linux from the Windows XP bootloader menu.

Any comments?

noryb009 · #212 Post by **noryb009** » Mon 14 Jan 2013, 23:23

ICPUG: In your instructions, it assumes that Windows 7 is on the C drive. This might not be true if Windows XP is also installed. That's really the only reason I can think of.

ICPUG · #213 Post by **ICPUG** » Tue 15 Jan 2013, 12:59

Thanks noryb009. I shall progress that thought with my contact. Unfortunately, I was not given a description of what actually happened when it failed. The contact solved the problem by reinstalling Windows 7 and reapplying Lin'N'Win! I may have lost the ability to find out what happened.

If there is a problem then I presume the Windows Installer might be problematic with this configuration also so it would be nice to hear that a Windows Installer user has successfully triple booted with Windows 7 - Windows XP.

noryb009 · #214 Post by **noryb009** » Fri 08 Mar 2013, 23:25

(Slacko) Puppy Linux 550 has been uploaded, see the link in the first post.

simargl · #215 Post by **simargl** » Fri 08 Mar 2013, 23:29

noryb009 · #216 Post by **noryb009** » Sat 09 Mar 2013, 00:18

Unetbootin installs a distro to a USB. Puppy Linux Windows Installer installs it to your hard drive.

Unetbootin is better if you are traveling and want to use your own distro on another computer, and this is better if you want it to be installed to your own computer.

noryb009 · #217 Post by **noryb009** » Sun 10 Mar 2013, 19:52

Precise Puppy Linux 550 has been uploaded, see the link in the first post.

mtiqbal · #218 Post by **mtiqbal** » Mon 18 Mar 2013, 23:06

I installed slacko 5.5 PAE using the most recent exe installer on my windows 7 computer. It works fine and fast till I save my setup before I reboot. If I save my setup in an ext4 520MB file then next boot takes 5 minutes. Therefore, there is some thing wrong with the installer. It works fine if I go back to windows and delete my saved file. I tried on two computers and I have same issue. There was no such issue with slacko 5.4 PAE exe installer.

How can I fix the slow boot and performance issue? Thanks

noryb009 · #219 Post by **noryb009** » Mon 18 Mar 2013, 23:09

mtiqbal: Does the startup hang at a certain step?

Also, have you tried to reboot again (3rd, or even 4th time)? I know that puppy does some extra stuff the first time you use the save file.

mtiqbal · #220 Post by **mtiqbal** » Tue 19 Mar 2013, 01:23

Boot is always successful. On a computer with a ssd it take more than 2 minutes to boot. On other computer boot takes 4-5 minuter and there is a lot of hd activity that should not be there since sfs file is in ram. No change after a number of boots. If I delete my 4fs file then boot takes less than 30s.

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