• Click on the Puppy iso file to open its contents

• Copy the files vmlinuz, initrd.gz and *.sfs to the U.S.B. flash drive

Installation from within Microsoft Windows to an U.S.B flash without using an optical drive

• Format the U.S.B flash drive to FAT32 using Menu > System > GParted

• When using FAT32 partitions, the bootloader syslinux, instead of GRUB, is required: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/syslinux/

• Acquire the desired Puppy Linux iso file, e.g. http://puppylinux.org/main/index.php?file=Download%20Latest%20Release.htm

• Extract the contents of the Puppy iso file to the partition, using e.g. 7-zip, (it is important that the original file names be kept; sometimes the archivers mess up with the names e.g. PUP_434.SFS instead of pup-434.sfs)

• Rename the file "isolinux.cfg" to "syslinux.cfg"

• Delete the file "isolinux.bin"

• Edit "syslinux.cfg" in a text editor: change "pmedia=cd" to "pmedia=usbflash"

• Extract syslinux to a folder, e.g. C:/syslinux. Then go to C:/syslinux/win32/ and run this command to make the drive bootable (where X: is the drive letter for the target drive/partition):

  syslinux.exe -m -a X:

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