Whilst not wishing to divert this thread, I just put fossapup on the isobooter usb and booted it on a HP ProBook (5 years old'ish).
sure saves time faffing around.
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- Tue Feb 02, 2021 10:12 pm
- Forum: Install
- Topic: HowTo Boot Puppy directly from ISO by using SuperGRUB2 (SG2D)
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Re: Boot Puppy directly from .iso without making a DVD, Frugal or Full install
- Tue Feb 02, 2021 1:19 pm
- Forum: Install
- Topic: HowTo Boot Puppy directly from ISO by using SuperGRUB2 (SG2D)
- Replies: 43
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Re: Boot Puppy directly from .iso without making a DVD, Frugal or Full install
Yes that is what I discovered, but having both tools in the toolkit means both old and new puppies can be tried on old and new kit, which
has to be a good thing, like others, I match the distro to the hardware and tools like these allow us to do so.
I am deeply grateful to all developers of ...
has to be a good thing, like others, I match the distro to the hardware and tools like these allow us to do so.
I am deeply grateful to all developers of ...
- Mon Feb 01, 2021 10:15 am
- Forum: Install
- Topic: HowTo Boot Puppy directly from ISO by using SuperGRUB2 (SG2D)
- Replies: 43
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Re: Boot Puppy directly from .iso without making a DVD, Frugal or Full install
Here is a link to isobooter for those interested, http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=67235
I think my problem was due to the age of the hardware, 2005-2007 era, I do not have it with me at present so can not get specs, I took it out of the scrap bin many years ago but is well made ...
I think my problem was due to the age of the hardware, 2005-2007 era, I do not have it with me at present so can not get specs, I took it out of the scrap bin many years ago but is well made ...
- Sun Jan 31, 2021 12:56 pm
- Forum: Install
- Topic: HowTo Boot Puppy directly from ISO by using SuperGRUB2 (SG2D)
- Replies: 43
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Re: Boot Puppy directly from .iso without making a DVD, Frugal or Full install
This looks excellent for later puppies, but I wanted to try 4.3 on an old bit of kit, so without the loopback.cfg nothing was listed, found bill's isobooter and it works well, once the usb stick is prepared, for me its simply a matter of replacing the iso on the stick and rename it to linux.iso, now ...