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| Thread ID: 150999 | 2022-11-22 01:58:00 | How can I install a Puppy OS on a emmc drive? | mzee (3324) | Press F1 |
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| 1489415 | 2022-11-22 01:58:00 | I have been trying to install 'BionicPup64_8.0' on a HP Stream notebook. It installs, but will not boot because it looks for 'BionicPup64_8.0.sfs' It is looking for SDA1 which doesn't exist, yet it was found when installed. FatDog 64 had the same problem but inserting the word 'coldplug' at the end of the kernel line in the loader, after the save file argument. This forces it to load the save file before the rest of the system. The current version 813 of FD does not have this problem. It is strange that FatDog 64 is a member of the Puppy Linux family, that they have not done the same to the others. Any Linux enthusiasts out there? |
mzee (3324) | ||
| 1489416 | 2022-11-22 04:32:00 | I don't know the answer but I do have an HP Laptop that would not boot any form of Linux no matter what I tried, until I updated the BIOS to the latest version. Windows worked fine on the older BIOS though, and is what I used to flash the thing. But that said, I don't think I've had much success with installing Puppy Linux to anything. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1489417 | 2022-11-22 05:05:00 | I used to put Puppy on a flash drive using Yumi then boot it onto a system then once going choose the option to install to the main Laptop drive. portableapps.com |
zqwerty (97) | ||
| 1489418 | 2022-11-22 05:10:00 | Serious question but why does anyone actually use Puppy? I used to use it on a live CD to test older computers but that was it. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1489419 | 2022-11-24 08:58:00 | It's a lightweight operating system which can be made to run on modest, let's say older laptops, notebooks, computers with limited ram, cpu speeds etc. | zqwerty (97) | ||
| 1489420 | 2022-11-24 12:00:00 | I used to put Puppy on a flash drive using Yumi then boot it onto a system then once going choose the option to install to the main Laptop drive. portableapps.com Puppy doesn't have a problem with any conventional drive SSD, SDA, etc, but will install to an eMMC, but will not boot from it, as it looks for a setup file on SDA1 which doesn't exist. Windows 7 has a similar problem with eMMC, it looks for a driver which doesn't exist. I have tried to extract a driver from W10, but as the names are non descriptive its like looking for a needle in a hay stack! |
mzee (3324) | ||
| 1489421 | 2022-11-24 18:54:00 | It's a lightweight operating system which can be made to run on modest, let's say older laptops, notebooks, computers with limited ram, cpu speeds etc. You could try something like Q4OS with Trinity Desktop? That's meant to run down to 300Mhz and 256MB ram. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1489422 | 2022-11-24 18:55:00 | Puppy doesn't have a problem with any conventional drive SSD, SDA, etc, but will install to an eMMC, but will not boot from it, as it looks for a setup file on SDA1 which doesn't exist. I would ask your question on the Puppy Linux forums, I think you'd be much more likely to get help there. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1489423 | 2022-11-25 08:10:00 | You could try something like Q4OS with Trinity Desktop? That's meant to run down to 300Mhz and 256MB ram. Q4OS is very fast and quick loading, but I have found it to be a bit unstable. FatDog is rock solid and fast. I use it a lot for tweaking windows, it takes no prisoners! |
mzee (3324) | ||
| 1489424 | 2022-12-06 05:37:00 | I had to read up about Puppy Linux and how it boots. It seems to use a modified version of Legacy Grub. SDA1 not being found, I guess this could be a race condition. Maybe just add wait=10 to the end of kernel line would help. | Kame (312) | ||
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