Unetbootin and Pendrivelinux Users: Look on your Puppy flash drive for a file named syslinux.cfg. If it contains the argument pmedia=cd, change it to pmedia=usbflash. Otherwise the One-Click Installer will fail.
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Many users have old computers that they want to completely erase and restore with Puppy. Here are the steps to do a one-click automated install.
We will assume that you already have a Live CD that works on the target machine and you are familiar with basic Puppy operations. Read here for more information. (If you want to install Puppy in a dual-boot setup with Windows, read here.)
The package below contains scripts that will do an automatic hard drive install of any official Puppy version back to 2.15. (The USB installer may not work with very old Puppies.) There are options for both frugal and full configurations. For most machines, a frugal install is the simpler, faster choice. It also gives you the flexibility to add other features to Puppy, like Open Office.
These installers will erase the hard drive, format a new partition, create a swap file, install Puppy and set up the GRUB bootloader. They should work on any machine with standard hardware.
Download and extract the "one-click-installer" folder. Copy the folder to a flash drive. Or, if you already have the target machine on-line with the Live CD, just download the package directly and store it in /root.
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CD Method:
Boot the target computer off the Live CD.
Note: If there is an existing version of Puppy on the hard drive or if you have been storing a pup_save file there, you must boot by typing the following option. There is a short initial pause as the Live CD starts for doing this.
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puppy pfix=ram
Mount the flash drive, open the "one-click-installer" folder and click on the icon labeled "install-cd". Before installation starts, you will get to answer a YES/NO question.
When the installation is done, finish with a shutdown/reboot and make a pup_save file. Your computer is ready to run Puppy on the next start. Some Puppy versions will also ask if you want to save additional files to the hard drive. Answer NO.
The full-install procedure uses the Puppy Universal Installer to do the actual copying from CD to hard drive, so it involves more steps. When the PUI gets to the point of installing GRUB, cancel it. (You may have to close several windows to make it stop.) Finish with a shutdown/reboot but do NOT make a pup_save file.
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USB Method:
Copy the installer folder onto your flash drive and boot off it.
Mount the flash drive and click on "install-usb".
At shutdown, do NOT make a pup_save file yet, because Puppy will want to put it on the flash drive. Reboot off the hard drive and make one at the end of that session.
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Please note. The PET by ecomoney that is attached to the message directly below this one is now out of date and should not be used.