Installing Puppy Linux on a separate, partitioned USB drive

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, use Etcher or dd:
https://etcher.balena.io/

To boot from the USB drive, you will need to enter your computer's BIOS or UEFI setup and change the boot order so that the USB drive is the first boot device.
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Whilst Puppy Linux is perfectly usable as a live system on a USB drive, it is also possible to run it as a fully fledged system on a separate, partitioned USB flash drive.

NB In this instance it is necessary to use two separate USB drives:

1. The bootable installation drive with the FossaPup ISO file. See “Booting Up the Puppy Linux Installer” on the link below.

2. The separate, partitioned USB drive where Puppy Linux is actually installed. See “Installing Puppy Linux” on the link below .

This link gives the installation instructions:
https://www.maketecheasier.com/how-t...b-flash-drive/

Note that the main installation instructions are for UEFI (GPT) boot.

If you have Legacy (MBR) boot, then you only need to create a single root partition whilst preparing your disk. Use ext3.

In addition, you also need to run the GRUB4DOS program instead of using FrugalPup to generate the boot partition.

You can access this utility by pressing right-click on the live desktop and selecting “Setup -> grub4dos.”

An alternative link for installing Puppy Linux on a USB drive or PC:
https://www.wikihow.com/Install-Puppy-Linux