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1. JR_the_postman | Dec 13, 2010 | Reply

   Part of the education process with computers is taking the time to learn and solve problems. I am pleased to see you attempting to recycle computer hardware. The puppy operating system is a surprise to most people that have only experienced Microsoft operating systems. There are some computer users that have no idea there are 600+ different desktop operating systems.

   Running windows software in a non Microsoft operating system using wine in a great many Linux desktop operating systems also comes as a surprise.

   Unetbootin might be one solution you can use.

   If it is a desktop computer, then replace the CD drive with a $5 ebay replacement, or one from your local computer repair shop (Phone round to the shop, rather than travel burning your petrol)… Memory is easy to find and add to both desktop and mobile systems…

   I have a 700Mhz desktop system with 384 of 133 memory dual booting Antix, and a 32-bit version of Mepis 7…

   Puppy should ruin fine in your 128 memory configuration… however I would find a way to replace your CD Rom, it would make your life easier in the long run…

   If it is a Laptop/Notebook then you could remove the hard drive use a $5 IDE adapter for the desktop, partition and install the operating system and replace the hard drive into the Laptop/Notebook and have it work. Or you could place the ISO on the hard drive and use the instructions found in the link I have provided.

   Puppy also has a floppy wake up, that will install from the hard drive, and the boot floppy let you find the ISO placed on the hard drive…

   Quote, “WakePup to boot from floppy…

   Most PCs support booting from a floppy drive. If not already configured, it is a matter of invoking the BIOS setup when the PC first powers-up. Most often this is done by pressing the DEL key, but some PCs require a function key to be pressed, such as F2. Then, what is called the “boot order” can be setup, and you would typically set CD drive first then hard drive, or you can include a USB drive or floppy drive in the boot-check sequence.

   Puppy has something special, called WakePup, developed by Puppy enthusiast pakt (forum name) — look in the “Setup” menu and you will see an entry “WakePup create boot floppy”. This will create a floppy disk that your PC can boot from. The WakePup floppy disk scans the PC and finds Puppy on a USB drive, hard drive, or CD/DVD drive.

   Note however, as it is a DOS-based system WakePup can only recognise ISO9660 and FAT filesystems. CDs use the ISO9660 filesystem for holding files, so that is okay. USB pen drives are usually formatted with FAT16 filesystem, so that is also okay. MSDOS and Windows 95/98 installations are in hard drive partitions with FAT filesystems, so again okay.

   WakePup will recognize Puppy installed in a NTFS (Windows XP) hard drive partition, but this is currently experimental. WakePup will not recognize Puppy in a Linux partition.”

   JR

2. pzvonimir | Jan 7, 2011 | Reply

   thanks

3. Ravi | Jan 26, 2011 | Reply

   Two Questions:
   1.Are you currently running Win 98 or earlier?
   2.Do you have internet connectivity?

   If you answered yes to both questions, then what you are attempting should be easy. Google and download a linux loader called “loadlin” that can start linux from Win98, Win95, or dos. Download puppy linux to the hard drive. Configure loadlin. And Voila …

   I can give you more specific info, but, google is your friend.

   -Ravi

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