Video: How to Install Puppy Linux to a USB Drive

[weatheralex2]

Hello. I mae this video a while ago, but I thought I would share it now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFSL5ab8uGU&t

[bigpup]

One problem of installing Puppy to a fat32 formatted partition.
You can only make a save file and it will have a max size limit of 4GB.

Puppy always has options and offers other ways to do installs.

In newer Puppies there is a better installer program to use and a better way to partition the drive.
This also works best for UEFI computers.

The installer program is called Frugalpup Installer.
Usually found in menu->Setup->
If not already installed it can be downloaded and installed from here:
http://www.fishprogs.software/puppy/fru ... index.html
It is packaged as a SFS file, that you download to /mnt/home and load using SFS-load-on-the-fly program.
Pet packages of it are now also available.

Typical way to use Frugalpup Installer to do a Puppy install to a USB drive.

Warning:
Drive labels are going to depend on number of drives on the computer.
So, you do need to be careful to select the correct drive label, when offered to select.

Use Gparted program.
Setup the USB stick with 2 partitions.
First one, small 300MB, fat32 format, flagged boot. (location for boot loader files, boot partition)
Rest of drive, whatever other partition(s), but one ext3 or 4 format. (location to put frugal installs)
(this is UEFI standard requirement, and some computers, look for a fat32 partition, for boot loader files)

Run Frugalpup Installer main program.
On the main window are selection buttons.
Select the Puppy button, to do the install.
Go through install process, selecting to install to the big ext formatted partition.
Note:
When selecting the partition to install to.
A window pops up, giving option to make a directory, to put the frugal install in.
I make this directory and usually name it, the name of the Puppy version.
Carefully read that windows info.
Press enter, makes the directory, not the OK button.
complete the install.

When it gets back to the main Frugalpup window.
Select the boot button.
Select the location of the frugal install, on the USB stick.
Select the small 300MB partition on the USB stick, as location to install the boot loader. (may need to scroll the selection window)
Select the boot loader type.
UEFI
mbr ->legacy bios boot
both

You can install the UEFI for UEFI computers, mbr for legacy bios computers, or both, to boot anything.

The UEFI will also install the needed files, to support secure boot enabled in UEFI.

When you first boot the USB stick, on a UEFI computer, with secure boot enabled.
A process will start, to allow you to install the Puppy security key, to the computer.
It will add this Puppy key, to the other ones, loaded on the computer.

Note:
Not all UEFI computers are the same, for booting from a USB stick.
Some may require secure boot disabled, CSM enabled, or legacy boot enabled, to be able to boot from a USB stick.
So, for those computers.
The mbr boot loader will work, because the UEFI bios, is basically in, legacy bios operation.
Some computer bios setups have option to enable/disable USB booting. That would need to be enabled.

To put more frugal installs on the same USB stick.
Do the complete process again, for the new Puppy version.
When you run the boot loader install.
It will make entries, for all installs it finds, on the USB drive.