How to install Puppy Linux on PTSource MiniVM
Tested Puppy Release: Puppy Linux 3.01 Retro
- Download the Live CD image puppy-3.01retro-k2.6.18.1-seamonkey.iso
- Open the PTSource Imager and create a new 2GB Image for the installation
- Point your C drive to the new Image using the --initdisk command line switch or just rename it to C.RAW
- Boot the Live CD in PTSource MiniVM (remember to change the boot order in the bios)
- During the first boot of the Live CD select your keyboard layout
- Prepare the disk with cfdisk and mkfs
- Open the console and create a partition with the cfdisk
Commands: New, Primary, Size (in MB): 2147.48, Bootable, Write, Are you sure: yes, Quit The cfdisk parameters should look like this: Name Flags Part Type FS Type [Label] Size (MB) hda1 Boot Primary Linux
- Format the partition with mkfs /dev/hda1
- Select Menu/Setup/Puppy universal installer
- Select “IDE (ATA) internal hard drive”
- Select “hda IDE Hard Drive, size 2 GiB”
- Select Install Puppy to hda1
- Click OK
- At the question “Where are the Puppy files? …” Click on the “CD” button.
- Click OK
- Select FULL Install
- Wait
- Wait until the Grub install dialog appears, select “Install GRUB”
- Click OK
- Accept the defaults (simple, standard, /dev/hda1), except at the Grub Destination Question. Select “MBR, Install to Master Boot Record (possibly unsave)”
- Click OK
- Click No (installation finished)
- Reboot and remember to change the boot order in the bios