Keyboard and mouse disabled on install

beachboy2 · 01-24-2017, 12:48 AM

n7rgw,

A lot of people make this mistake.

Puppy is NOT meant to be installed on a hard drive.

Extract from Puppy info:

Quote:

Puppy is easy to use and does not require a hard disk, so the first trick that you must know is how NOT to install it to hard disk !

See:
http://puppylinux.org/main/How%20NOT...ll%20Puppy.htm

Rickkkk · 01-24-2017, 10:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by beachboy2

n7rgw,

A lot of people make this mistake.

Puppy is NOT meant to be installed on a hard drive.

Extract from Puppy info:

See:
http://puppylinux.org/main/How%20NOT...ll%20Puppy.htm

... However, as I mentioned earlier, it can be "installed" according to a method that Puppy calls "Frugal" - sort of a hybrid between live external media usage and a hard disk install. Frugal was my preferred way of using Puppy, since you don't need external media to boot and use it. Give it a try - the Puppy online documentation should provide sufficient explanations.

Cheers :-)

n7rgw · 01-24-2017, 11:59 AM

I can live with it booting from the CD. The BIOS in this laptop will not allow me to select a boot from a USB, so CD is good.

Rickkkk · 01-24-2017, 12:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by n7rgw

I can live with it booting from the CD. The BIOS in this laptop will not allow me to select a boot from a USB, so CD is good.

.. Excellent. However, so that you know, a "frugal" Puppy setup, even though it's not a full hard-disk installation, requires neither a CD, USB drive or any external media to boot and use. I personally found it much more convenient than always having to insert a CD ... Also faster to boot.

Cheers :-)