How to install from CD without booting from it?
How to install from CD without booting from it?
how to install from a cd, without having to boot off the cd? if im running xp can i just put in the cd and install puppy os? thanks
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maik.murks
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Re: cd install
Answer to your 1st question:jer99156 wrote:how to install from a cd, without having to boot off the cd? if im running xp can i just put in the cd and install puppy os? thanks
Make a frugal install
Answer to your 2nd question:
Yes
Cheers
Maik.Murks
I tend to disagree.
That is if you want to install Puppy without booting the CD.
If you install Puppy from the booted CD using the Universal Installer, choosing a frugal install, and then installing GRUB, you should also be good to go.
On this forum, there are some versions of Puppy that can be downloaded as an executable installer file.
You download the file and run it from windows to install Puppy and grub-for-dos.
That is if you want to install Puppy without booting the CD.
If you install Puppy from the booted CD using the Universal Installer, choosing a frugal install, and then installing GRUB, you should also be good to go.
On this forum, there are some versions of Puppy that can be downloaded as an executable installer file.
You download the file and run it from windows to install Puppy and grub-for-dos.
frugal install
ok i see the frugal install thing thanks what a pain dont seem worth it but thank you very much for the info
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LateAdopter
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I think you can do what you want from XP
Create a directory that you want to run the Puppy from
Open the ISO file in an compression/archive program like IZArc
Copy vmlinuz initrd.gz and puppy-whatever.sfs to the directory
Then you need to edit boot.ini to add an entry to start linux. And make sure XP displays the boot menu. Then select the Puppy entry at boot time.
It's not a method that I use, so I can't tell you the syntax. You will need to look it up on the puppylinux website.
NOTE: due to incorrect mastering many Puppy ISOs have corrupted ISO 9660 filenames. They are truncated to 8 characters and capitalised before writing to image.
Lucid 5.28 and Slacko 5.3 both suffer from this. So you would have to rename the files back to the correct filename.
kirk seems to do the Fatdog ISOs correctly.
Create a directory that you want to run the Puppy from
Open the ISO file in an compression/archive program like IZArc
Copy vmlinuz initrd.gz and puppy-whatever.sfs to the directory
Then you need to edit boot.ini to add an entry to start linux. And make sure XP displays the boot menu. Then select the Puppy entry at boot time.
It's not a method that I use, so I can't tell you the syntax. You will need to look it up on the puppylinux website.
NOTE: due to incorrect mastering many Puppy ISOs have corrupted ISO 9660 filenames. They are truncated to 8 characters and capitalised before writing to image.
Lucid 5.28 and Slacko 5.3 both suffer from this. So you would have to rename the files back to the correct filename.
kirk seems to do the Fatdog ISOs correctly.
Easy xp no cd no boot install of puppy
http://www.mediafire.com/?5ah0d0rzcz5cc#eavih58r5cncf
Just download this .exe file to your windows machine then just click the .exe file.
Just download this .exe file to your windows machine then just click the .exe file.