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Installing Puppy Linux on a separate, partitioned USB drive

Posted 02-09-2024 at 04:55 AM by beachboy2
Updated 02-11-2024 at 04:06 AM by beachboy2

NB Puppy Linux is not meant to be used as a primary OS installed on a hard disk drive:
https://puppylinux-woof-ce.github.io/install.html

It is designed to be used from a bootable USB drive.

Download FossaPup-9.5.iso from:
https://distro.ibiblio.org/puppylinux/puppy-fossa/

Burn the ISO image to a bootable USB drive:

(a) With a Windows computer, use Rufus:
https://rufus.ie/en/

(b) With a Linux computer,...

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Is my drive (HDD or SSD) about to fail?

Posted 10-26-2023 at 05:31 AM by beachboy2
Updated 10-26-2023 at 05:39 AM by beachboy2

Tags drive, failing, interpret, results, smart

If you have any doubts about the condition of your HDD or SSD, then first make sure that all your personal data is backed up to an external drive or elsewhere.

Next, install gsmartcontrol:

Code:

sudo apt install gsmartcontrol

If you have multiple drives, then identify the correct drive letter using:

Code:

lsblk

I recommend running the Long SMART test. This should take about 2 hours, but it may take longer depending on the size of the...

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Adding a Second (Backup) Drive (drive2)

Posted 07-06-2023 at 02:15 PM by beachboy2
Updated 07-07-2023 at 08:29 AM by beachboy2

Tags backup, drive, uuid

Note: If you do not have gedit installed, then install it using:

Code:

sudo apt install gedit

Alternatively, use nano or vim or vi or other text editor instead of gedit.

Then modify your particular UUID settings and username etc using the following procedure:

1. Find the UUID of HDD (drive2) using:

Code:

sudo blkid

NB The blkid results will show /dev/sda* as the main drive partitions and usually /dev/sdb1 refers to...

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