Puppy Linux Install Problem

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I expected the installation of "Lucid Puppy" to be something like my experience with Ubuntu and Debian. With those previous linux distributions after I ran the installation from a CD, I could remove the CD and reboot.

This was not the case with Lucid Puppy. After I ran (what I thought was) the installation, it seemed that the whole Operating System was in RAM and when I rebooted I found that the previous installed OS on the hard drive came up.

The next thing I did was this. After I installed Lucid Puppy, I ran a suggested setup routine called "Puppy Universal Installer" which seemed to be successful. This, I was told, was to make sure that the OS resided on my hard drive. The final screen said this:

GRUB INSTALL SUCCESS

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GRUB was successfully installed on the MBR of

/dev/sda. You should check and edit the

'/boot/grub/menu.lst' file on 'dev/sda1', if

needed. You may want to change the

location 'boot/umlinuz', and/or options

passed to any Linux kernal listed there.

What should I do and how do I do it?

Should I choose to run Puppy from the command line and then edit a file?

Now when I reboot (without hitting F2 -- a feature the OS offers to select specific boot methods) I get a blue menu that looks like this:

Linux (on /dev/sda1)

Install GRUB to floppy disk (on /dev/fd0)

Install GRUB to Linux partition (on /dev/sda1)

- For help press 'c', then type: 'help'

- For usage examples, type: 'cat /boot/grub/usage.txt

At the bottm of the screen there are suggestions how to edit files. Unix and Linux is new to me. I hope I can get some direction here with better experienced people.

I would think that installing any software would cause that installation to be placed on the users hard drive. I would expect that that would be the defaut option and doing otherwise might be diffiicult or impossible.

According to this link:

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=42876

What I should do is do a new installation from scratch but this time use the option "puppy pfix=ram" and when I get to the point in the Puppy Universal Installer where the it is insatlling GRUB, I cancel it and everything will work. Is that right? I have tried this. When I get to the X-Window, now the Puppy Universal Installer does not go far, it presents a window saying that now running this routine is no longer necessary. I think I should format the hard drive and start over. How would I do that? The other option would be to hand edit some files. How would I do that? What do you suggest I do?

There is an option when I start the Puppy OS that is described as "commandline only". If I choose this option, how do I get to the root directory? Is it done by typing "su -"? Sorry, I am not savvy about linux.

Now, when I start my computer I am given this menu:

Linux (on /dev/sda1)

Install GRUB to floppy disk (on /dev/fd0)

Install GRUB to Linux partition (on /dev/sda1)

- For help press 'c', then type: 'help'

- For usage examples, type: 'cat /boot/grub/usage.txt

But, when I select the "Linux" option, the screen goes blank and, after waiting an hour or so, I am convinced that my installation is broken.

So, formating my hard drive I think is a good next step and then reinstalling.

By the way, I have noticed that when I do manage to get the graphic user interface of the OS going again by doing a fresh installation, I an not able to run the Puppy Universal Installer anymore. So I think I need to go to the command line and wipe the hard drive clean.

[Teebor]

I had a problem when I installed Puppeee recently, it wouldn't boot properly with GRUB so I had to use one of the other boot managers. Worked fine after that and I didn't have to do anything else