Install Puppy Linux From Usb To Hdd

Good day to all. This is my first attempt at Linux, so if you reply you will be talking to someone with no knowledge of Linux at all. I chose puppy linux because from what I can tell from research it is supposed to be one of the simpler linux os. I have d/l the puppy linux 5.0.1 iso, and have burnt it to a cd. The computer I am working with is a emachines T5212 P4 w/XP with 'boot from removable device enabled in the bios'. Dell Optiplex Gx240 Drivers Free Download Windows Xp here.

The cd I burned works aok with the machine, all functions including internet. I am trying to install puppy from the cd to a new clean 4gb hp usb flash drive(known working), formatted in fat 32 and am using puppys universal installer. Vbulletin Download Manager Plugin Chrome.

It seems as their are no problems when working through the software to install(ie puppy throws up no red flags). When the install is done, puppy ejects the cd. Next, I run through the settings, when done, I let it save the settings, after that has finished, puppy shuts the machine off, like all is well. When I try to boot puppy with the flash drive in, all I get is a black screen with 'boot error' on it(note: their are linux files on the flash drive). I guess my question is why will the cd work, but when I put puppy from the cd onto the flash drive, and follow all directions puppy won`t work.

Jul 12, 2008 If your hard drive fails. Puppy Linux On USB Stick How-To. Compared to the way making a bootable USB stick was in the past, Puppy Linux makes it. This type of install copies the main puppy files from the boot media (either optical or USB) to your harddrive. Firstly, you are presented with some information about your system and what partitions you have available. If you don't have a suitable partition then you can use the included graphical partition manager GParted to. Install 'Puppy Linux' as the only operating system in either a real computer or a. ISO file for the desired version of 'Puppy Linux'. Step 3: Use the installation.ISO file to burn a LiveCD disc. Step 4: Insert the installation LiveCD disc into the. Delete all existing partitions on the hard drive by using the RIGHT mouse button. There is now a Flash Movie of this howto available. It takes a while to load, because of it's size. NOTE: The usual Username/Password combo for Puppy sites applies. This Howto was done using Puppy 4.00 (Dingo) as the guinea pig. The purpose of it, is to show how to do a FULL install on an empty HDD.