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Install of Puppy on a pendrive of 2 Gb without burning Puppy on a CD.
My box: acer aspire 5102wlmi (amd64)
We use the OS linux Debian.
We assume that the pendrive is on /dev/sdb
We have to download:
Lucid Puppy here: lupu-528.005.iso
Then we mount the file .iso in a directory.
We need of the following packages: syslinux, lilo, mbr, dosfstools
1
Insert the pendrive, then write sudo fdisk -l then hit Enter
This lists all the partitions of all peripherics of the machine.
We assume that fdisk indicates that the pendrive is on /dev/sdb
2
Write sudo fdisk /dev/sdb then Enter
We are going to partition the pendrive.
3
Write d then hit Enter
We are to remove the partitions present on the pendrive.(resume for each partition)
4
Write n then hit Enter
We are going to create a new partition. The n° 1.
5
Write p then hit Enter
Primary partition n° 1.
Hit Enter to choose the first cylinder.
Write +400M to set the size of the partition to 400Mb (Warning if we forget the M, 400 is skipped).
6
Write a then hit Enter
We make the partition 1 bootable.
7
Write t then hit Enter
To choose the type of partition.
Code 6 for fat16.
Then we resume n to create the second partition and we allocate to it all the rest of the memory.
8
Write w then hit Enter
To write the new table of partitions on the disk.
9
Take care that the partitions are not mounted.
Then write: sudo mkfs.vfat -F 16 -n usb /dev/sdb1
We put a file system fat16 on /dev/sdb1.
10
Write : sudo mkfs.ext2 -b 4096 -L casper-rw /dev/sdb2
To put on the second partition a file system ext2.
11
Take off the pendrive and insert it again.
with gnome and metacity the two partitions are mounted automaticaly: (we can disable this function:
with system -> controle center)
/dev/sdb1 on /media/usb and /dev/sdb2 on /media/casper-rw.
Otherwise we have to mount /dev/sdb1 with mount and replace /media/usb by your point of mounting.
12
Write : sudo mount -o loop lupu-528.005.ISO.iso /mnt
To mount the image iso of Puppy.
13
Write cd /mnt
To be able to go in the image mounted in /mnt.
14
Write cp -rf * /media/usb then Enter
we copy le content of the image in the partition 1 of the pendrive
15
Write cd /media/usb/ then hit Enter
Write sudo mv isolinux.cfg syslinux.cfg then hit Enter
Then edit the file syslinux.cfg and remove pmedia=cd
16
Umount the partitions of the pendrive.
Quit xwindow, then in command ligne:
Write sudo syslinux -sf /dev/sdb1 then hit Enter
Write sudo lilo -M /dev/sdb then hit Enter.(not /dev/sdb1)
17
Reboot the machine, enter in the BIOS and put USB-HDD in the head(not USB KEY or USB FDD)
The box would boot Puppy on the pendrive.
Have fun !