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williwaw wrote: ↑Fri Sep 25, 2020 10:42 pm

InvalidUsername wrote: ↑Fri Sep 25, 2020 8:18 pm Finally I tried again with unetbootin on MX Linux...
Now typing this message from Puppy Live USB

live?, or with persistence? fossapup?

Fossapup "live with persistence"!

Can someone mention on Puppy official website not to use Balena but Rufus or Unetbootin instead?

oui wrote: ↑Fri Sep 25, 2020 9:17 pm can your installation use the rest of the memory capacity of your USB memory (normally, unetbootin permit that automatically!)?

I will check! I think so.

Finally I tried again with unetbootin on MX Linux...
Now typing this message from Puppy Live USB

No boot menu at all.
Either a black screen with an "_" cursor blinking on the top left corner or a black screen with a grub error and prompt, depending on the stick generation tool being used.

I want to create a live USB as I did dozens of times to evaluate some Linux distros.
Maybe LX Linux is not the best source OS to generate the bootable stick.
It’s the first time I use MX for this purpose.
I will try with win7 and let you know.

I use a legacy BIOS.
As I mentionned previously I have either a black screen and a blinking cursor (unetbootin) or a grub prompt (balena).

I am not a newbie, I was Unix engineer in the past and installed Puppy successfully some years ago.

But on Linux I cannot generate a USB key.
I will try with Rufus on my old Win7 HD...

I just tried with unetbootin on MX Linux with a brand new USB key (factory formatted in FAT32): Black screen with a blinking cursor at boot... I tried again with Balena on MX Linux with the new USB key (re-formatted in FAT32): Grub prompt. Note: With Balena, all files and directories appear with a ...

Thank you.
Not very intuitive.
Most people want a Live USB product out-of-the-box and it should be generated in a couple of minutes.
After one day I am still at step 0.
The OS is described as "Ease of use → grandpa-friendly certified ™ " but the installation process is not.

Hi, I am new on this forum. I try to find an installation page but did not find anything. Nothing on the website... Finally can be found when searching for "Puppy Linux install" on a search engine... http://puppylinux.com/install.html There is no link to this page on the Home page. No instruction on ...