How can I transfer/copy my Puppy Linux that is installed in RAM to my 80GB HDD? My problem stems from an old Acer Aspire 3000 (3003WLCi) that does not include the feature to boot from any USB device like a USB thumbdrive. To work around the problem, I burned the Debian BookwormPup32 ISO image to a CDROM disc which is a choice on the Acer Boot Menu, but it is very slow and mechanically about to fail.
Now, instead of booting from the slow CDROM, I want to boot from my new hard drive that would be a lot faster, and leave everything else the same. To accomplish that goal, I cloned the CDROM to my Hard Drive partition sda1 using the command: dd if=/dev/SR0 of=/dev/sda1 bs=256 conv=noerror,sync . The contents of the CDROM and HDD sda1 are now identical, but it won't boot with a black screen when I select "Hard Drive" from the BIOS Boot Menu.
I can still boot choosing CDROM from BIOS Boot Menu, but nothing seems to be saved like my hostname, and a script file named dvorak-toggle that I had stored in /root/Startup directory. This is strange because I saved everything as requested by the "First Shutdown" dialog. This First Shutdown procedure recommended using sda2 to save changes in a folder (not a file). It even setup Swap space with a custom .swp filename, so I don't know why nothing is saved in subsequent booting from the CDROM.
Any suggestions on how I can boot from my Hard Drive via the Boot Menu at this point would be greatly appreciated. After that is working, I still prefer having Puppy Linux installed in RAM to run faster. If that is possible when booting from a hard drive, what settings or procedure do I need? By searching the web, I saw some older documentation that used a green "INSTALL" button that does exactly what I want to do. (see attachment).
