Brief process of hard disk installation and Puppy Linux 4.0 in culture (1)

Puppy Linux 4.00 is a very mini Linux operating system with ISO less than 88 MB) however, it comes with a large number of scanning instruments, printers, digital camera drivers and music recording/editing/conversion software. Puppy Linux 4.00 even contains a complete office environment.

Puppy Linux 4.00 has not released a special Chinese version. To use the Chinese version of Puppy Linux 4.00, you need to start it yourself.

1. Hard Disk installation Puppy Linux 4.0 English version

1.1.Download Puppy Linux 4.00 English ISO file (88 MB)

Note: The simpler way to install puppy4 under xp is: Download The Puppy2-installer for Windows XP, and then directly install and restart to enter the puppy linux system. This method can save the following three steps: 1.2-1.4. The disadvantage is that it can only be installed on the C drive, requiring a large available space for the C drive.

1.2.Download Grub4dos

After downloading grub4dos, extract grub.exe, grldr, and menu. lst to the C root directory, modify BOOT. INI under the C root directory, and add the following startup items.

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Code:

C: grldr = "grub loader"

1.3.Modify the C: menu. lst file and add the title Puppy Linux item.

You can refer to the following example to install it on drive C)

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Code:

title Puppy Linux kernel (hd0,0)/vmlinuz root=/dev/ram0 PMEDIA=idehd initrd (hd0,0)/initrd.gz

Note: there is a space. The above (hd0, 0) is the address of the partition where the vmlinuz Kernel File is located. If you are in d: abc, you should do that.

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Code:

kernel (hd0,4)/abc/vmlinuz root=/dev/ram0 PMEDIA=idehd initrd (hd0,4)/abc/initrd.gz

In this case, both vmlinuzand initrd.gz are placed in the same place.

1.4.Use winrar to unbind the Puppy Linux isofile and copy the initrd.gz, vmlinuz, pup_4xx.sfs, and zdrv_4xx.sfs files to the NTFS format under the root directory of the FAT32 format disk, for example, drive C or drive D.

1.5.Restart. Select the grub loader startup item when the Windows Startup menu appears.

Select Puppy Linux in the Grub boot list -- start PuppyLinux normally and load the pup_save.2fs file if any ). After the instance is started and running, the initial configuration is selected: select the keyboard. You can select the first us.

Select X server. Puppy comes with two types of X servers: Xorg and Xvesa. Xvesa is smaller than Xorg but has fewer functions. We recommend that you select "Xorg" here. If the "Xorg" test fails, select "Xvesa". The resolution is low, but the graphic interface is accessible ).

Select the resolution and color depth of the monitor based on your actual situation. After the configuration, you will be able to see the desktop environment of Puppy Linux 4.0 in a short time. Go to menu/setup/network wizard or pppoe settings to access the Internet in Puppy Linux 4.0. The wireless network adapter can also be properly identified in Puppy Linux 4.0.