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Here are the boot options to control how Puppy boots.

Booting from a CD
If booting from CD/DVD then the parameters are set at the prompt shown before Puppy boots. Usually, if no key is pressed after 5 seconds then Puppy will load with default settings.

Booting from a USB installation or Frugal Installation.
Find the boot loader file that provides the boot menu.
Edit the entries in it to use these options.
Grub.cfg, menu.lst, syslinux.cfg, etc.........

Full Installation
"...Pfix=nox doesn't work in full install because the code that interprets this only exists in initrd.gz, and full-install doesn't use initrd.gz. (In fact, all other puppy boot parameters will not work in full install)"

its a good idea to have these boot options when you have to configure a boot loader.

acpi=off Default on for PCs >2001, may give boot/shutdown Probs
    pfix=ram Run totally in RAM ignore saved sessions
    pfix=nox commandline only, do not start x
    pfix=copy copy .sfs files to RAM (slower boot, faster running)
    pfix=nocopy do not copy .sfs to RAM (faster boot, slower running
    pfix=fsck do filesystem check on pupusave (and host partition)
    pfix=clean file cleanup (simulate version upgrade)
    pfix=purge more radical file cleanup (to fix broken systems)
    pfix=<n> Number of save files to ignore

Example boot loader menu entries:

menuentry "fossapup64 9.5" (normal boot with filesystem check)
linux /vmlinuz pfix=fsck pmedia=cd
initrd /initrd.gz

menuentry "fossapup64 9.5 - Copy SFS files to RAM"
linux /vmlinuz pfix=copy,fsck pmedia=cd
initrd /initrd.gz

menuentry "fossapup64 9.5 - Don't copy SFS files to RAM"
linux /vmlinuz pfix=nocopy,fsck pmedia=cd
initrd /initrd.gz

menuentry "fossapup64 9.5 - RAM only" (do not use save)
linux /vmlinuz pfix=ram,fsck pmedia=cd
initrd /initrd.gz

menuentry "fossapup64 9.5 - No X" (do not start X server and only boot to a prompt)
linux /vmlinuz pfix=nox,fsck pmedia=cd
initrd /initrd.gz

There are other options that can be used.

These options are about providing short cut search information and configure settings, during the boot process.
Information about:
Here is the file to use and it's location.
Configure Puppy to work with this setting.

These options are talked about on this Puppy WIKA page:
https://wikka.puppylinux.com/BootParametersPuppy