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About Live DVDs and CDs
Puppy can run directly from a DVD or CD.
How to create a LiveDVD (i.e. install Puppy Linux to an optical disc)
- acquire access to an optical disc drive with writing capability (with the logos RW and/or ReWritable on the drive tray)
- acquire a blank optical disc and read Appendix 1 below
- acquire the ISO file of the desired PuppyVersion, e.g. Puppy 5 {Wary edition, Lucid edition, QuicksetWary Quickset edition} or Fluppy, and read Appendix 2 below
- write (burn) the ISO file to the blank optical disc
How to blank a re-writable optical disc
If the optical disc is new then, obviously, there is nothing to blank.Within Puppy Linux
- go to: Menu > Multimedia > Pburn
- use the free program ImgBurn
How to write (burn) the ISO file to a blank optical disc
When using the software writer (Burniso2cd, BurnCDCC or ImgBurn) always select:- write speed of 4x to ensure that data is written properly
- go to: Menu > Multimedia > Burniso2cd
Use either (a) or (b), both free programs
(a) BurnCDCC (simple)
(b) ImgBurn (advanced) (Guide)
Running Puppy Linux from the LiveDVD
- ensure the optical disc is located in its drive
- shutdown the computer and ensure that the computer is switched off
- switch on the computer
When shutting down for the first time one will be given the option to create a personal storage save file with the option of selecting its preferred location.
When the computer re-starts it should load (start) Puppy Linux. If Puppy does not load:
- ensure to follow the instructions at Appendices 1, 2 and 3
When running Puppy from optical disc any additional software or data may be written to one's personal save file located on any partition. If such data is desired to be stored on the same optical disc from which one is running Puppy then one would need to create a special MultiSessionLiveDVD.
Appendix 1 - Using high-quality blank media
To create a live disc it is recommended to use DVD+R discs. D.V.D. has a superior specification than CD. DVD+R is superior than DVD-R. Re-writable media may be used (DVD-RW or CD-RW). It is essential to use high-quality media from manufacturers such as Taiyo Yuden and Verbatim.Appendix 2 - Verifying the integrity of the ISO file
The downloaded container file must have the extension .iso. It is an exact copy, or image, of an existing file system. To ensure that the file is downloaded completely without corruption use the wget command, e.g.:wget -c /puppy-version-location/puppy-version.iso
(If wget is not used then one should verify its integrity by checking its MD5sum MD5sum). This ISO file may then be written to a blank optical disc using a particular software program. It is by booting up with this disc in the optical disc drive that one can run and use Puppy Linux.
Appendix 3 - Setting the correct boot sequence
For a computer to boot from a live disc the optical drive must be read/accessed before the H.D.D. is; therefore when the optical disc is in the optical disc drive at boot up it will load Puppy Linux from that drive only and no where else. If the computer does not start/boot from the live D.V.D. it will be necessary to either access a boot menu or the B.I.O.S. so that the computer is instructed to boot from the optical disc drive and not any other drive; re-starting will be necessary in conjunction with using the correct key(s) (see Appendix from here).Being able to boot from a live D.V.D. also means that it itself may be used to boot the computer when it is not possible to do so with a flash memory drive or hard disk drive: the computer boots from the bootloader on the optical disc but loads the frugal save file (or operating system) from either the flash memory drive or hard disk drive.
Appendix 4 - Boot parameters
"Posted on 22 Dec 2010, 8:30 by BarryKCorrection
Booting with pmedia=cd, Puppy only searches optical drives for vmlinuz and the main sfs (and zdrv).
...correction, the above is true if boot with 'pfix=ram'.
Otherwise, searches optical for vmlinuz, but hd and optical for main .sfs (and zdrv)."
http://bkhome.org/blog/?viewDetailed=02034
