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The instructions for the frugal install say "Installation is incredibly simple. You just need to create a folder in the ext4 partition, and copy three files, 'vmlinuz', 'initrd' and 'easy.sfs' into that folder. Those files are inside the 'easy-<version>-amd64.img' file."

When I open the USB drive that I currently have Easy OS installed on 'vmlinuz' and 'initrd' are in the easyos folder but there is no 'easy.sfs' although there is a sfs folder. There is also a releases folder and within that there is an easy-5.7 folder and in that folder there is also 'vmlinuz' and 'initrd' and here there is an easy.sfs but it is a Sym link.

Can someone please clarify which of all of these files I need to copy into my easyos folder that I created on my SSD. Or do I just copy everything including all the other files and folders that are there.

Thanks heaps.

The symlink should point to easy_5.7_amd64.sfs
copy that file to your new folder with vmlinuz and initrd and rename it to easy.sfs

OldMan wrote: Sun Apr 28, 2024 11:10 am

The instructions for the frugal install say "Installation is incredibly simple. You just need to create a folder in the ext4 partition, and copy three files, 'vmlinuz', 'initrd' and 'easy.sfs' into that folder. Those files are inside the 'easy-<version>-amd64.img' file.".

Installing from an EasyOS img file does not use the same method as for installing other versions of Puppy which are iso files.

https://easyos.org/install/how-to-write ... drive.html

Tahrbaby wrote: Sun Apr 28, 2024 5:22 pm

Installing from an EasyOS img file does not use the same method as for installing other versions of Puppy which are iso files.

https://easyos.org/install/how-to-write ... drive.html

and if you want to duplicate an existing install with the methods posted by philh, dont forget to copy over the hidden folder .sessions

Thanks all.

I tried copying and renaming the easy_5.7_amd64.sfs and ended up with a kernal panic when trying to boot into it. So I ended up copying the entire easyos folder from my USB installation onto my SSD and that worked perfectly.