How to Install Puppy Linux 06/10/09

Introduction -- This document tells how to perform a full disk install of Puppy 4.x.

It assumes the computer has at least 128 megabytes of memory and at least 1 gigabyte of free disk space. At least 256 megabytes of memory yields Puppy's optimal performance.

1. Download the Puppy 4.x CD. Select the Retro Kernel version if installing on an

older computer.

2. Boot computer from the Puppy 4.x CD.

If the computer already has Puppy on it and you are re-installing it for some

reason, at Puppy's CD boot prompt type: boot: puppy pfix=ram

Otherwise just press the ENTER key at Puppy's CD prompt boot:

3. Select -- Type of mouse……….[PS/2]

Keyboard…………….[US]

Display………………[Xorg]

Resolution…………...[1024 x 768 x 16]

4. Create an empty ext3 partition if none exists for the Puppy install of size 500 M.

Create a Linux swap partition if none exists of size 500 M.

Right-click on desktop -> System -> GParted Partition Manager

Select: ALL drives

Create partition(s) as necessary

Exit Gparted Partition Manager when done

5. Ensure that the CD is mounted prior to installing Puppy. You can tell if the CD is

mounted because the CD icon at the bottom of the screen will have a green dot

superimposed on top of it. If the green dot is already there, skip this step.

Otherwise do this:

Click on the CD-ROM icon at the bottom of the desktop

A green light will appear on it after you do

Close any file manager window that pops up

6. Install Puppy

Right-click on desktop -> Setup -> Puppy Universal Installer

Select "Internal (IDE or SATA) hard drive"

Select The Drive you want to install Puppy on

Select The Partition to install Puppy on

Select OK to confirm the partition

Select FULL install -- Puppy now copies its files to the disk

Select "Install/Update GRUB" -- This will install a boot menu

Select INSTALL

Select OK to confirm

Select "Simple" as the type of install

Select "Standard" the default console

Select OK the partition to install GRUB to should be shown

Select "MBR" as the place to install GRUB to -- This is not the default

Select OK to confirm

Select NO you're all done

7. Clean-up the Boot Menu Puppy just generated to make it more readable

Click on the Puppy disk icon at the bottom of the screen

(you can tell which it is by hovering the cursor over it)

This mounts the disk if necessary and opens a file manager window.

Select the folder boot

Select the folder grub

Select the file menu.lst

Edit that menu to make it look nice

Exit saving your file changes

8. Reboot the computer

Right-click on the desktop -> Shutdown -> Reboot computer

9. Select "DO NOT SAVE"

10. Remove the CD as the computer reboots so that it will boot from the hard disk

11. The computer reboots and the boot menu will appear. Select the option for Puppy

Linux, which should be first in the list.

12. Select all the same equipment options as you did the last time you booted Puppy

13. Configure Networking (we assume a wired connection to the internet)

Right-click on the desktop -> Setup -> Network Wizard

Select "eth0"

Select "Test eth0"

Select "Auto DHCP"

Select "YES" to keep this configuration

Select "Done" to exit the wizard

14. Configure the Firewall

Right-click on the desktop -> Setup -> Linux-Firewall Wizard

Select "OK"

Press ENTER to quit

15. Test the Internet Connection

Click on the desktop BROWSE icon

Go to YOUTUBE and select any video

Ensure the Video runs and the Sound works

You're Done

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