7Jan/113
How do I install puppy linux as a dual boot?
I have installed Ubuntu and Linux mint as dual boot many times on various computers but i have never experimented with puppy linux. Is it pretty much the same to install puppy linux as a dual boot as it is to install Ubuntu?
January 7th, 2011 - 17:50
Forget Linux.
Get a Mac.
Think Different.
January 7th, 2011 - 18:14
Normally Puppy is booted from a CD or USB stick
It doesn’t need to be installed because it will save all your files in a small file that will live happily on any partion on your hard drive
I have (a while back) multi-booted an fully installed version of puppy, ubuntu and XP using grub and don’t recall any problems – each had its own partition on a single drive
January 7th, 2011 - 18:46
I’m not sure if puppy will set that up by default, but you always can after the install.
Simplest way, just is a live CD and save the settings file on a FAT partition (pre-windows XP or a usb drive)
In windows defragment and re-size your partition. I’ve found Easeus Partition Master 6 Home Edition to be suitable to the task. Leave at least 200 MB at the end of the drive or more if you can spare it.
Format the free space to a to ext3 primary partition using fdisk or whatever utility puppy provides to setup the disks.
Install puppy on the free space you created.
So far pretty much the same as I’ve used for Ubuntu.
However at this point you may have to add a entry to your grub configuration, For which there are easily found tutorials. Basically you just have to know what partition the Windows C drive is. (Usually hd(0,1) is you place the linux partition after the windows one on the drive.