https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Include_Puppy_LinuxInclude Puppy Linux - Revision history2026-04-18T12:09:11ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.30.0https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php?title=Include_Puppy_Linux&diff=2659&oldid=prevPeter Kuykendall: Fixed syntax for mounting of ISO image.2010-11-08T14:14:40Z<p>Fixed syntax for mounting of ISO image.</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>[http://puppylinux.org/ Puppy Linux] will boot from the fog pxe menu without too much trouble. I prefer this to DSL as it has a more modern kernel (2.6 vs DSL's 2.4) and the drivers that go along with it. DSL-N is seems to be no longer maintained, so that's not a great option either. However, Puppy is a bit heavier than DSL, at 130M. These instructions have been tested with Puppy 5.1.1 and Fog 0.2.9 running on Ubunut 10.04.<br />
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First, download the [http://puppylinux.org/main/Download%20Latest%20Release.htm puppy iso] to your home folder, then mount it so you can get to the files inside. Note, add paths to these directions as needed.<br />
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mkdir /tmp/puppy<br />
mount -o loop -t iso9660 lupu-511.iso /tmp/puppy/<br />
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So far, the only way I've found to get Puppy to PXE boot is to include the main file (sfs extension; lupu-511.sfs for Puppy 5.1.1) inside the ramdisk itself. You will need to copy the initrd.gz to a temporary folder, then embed the sfs inside it. Thanks go to jamesbond for the embedding instructions. So...<br />
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mkdir /tmp/junk<br />
cp /tmp/puppy/initrd.gz /tmp/junk<br />
cp /tmp/puppy/lupu-511.sfs /tmp/junk<br />
cd /tmp/junk<br />
mv initrd.gz initrd.gz.old<br />
TMPDIR=`mktemp -d XXXX`<br />
cd $TMPDIR<br />
zcat ../initrd.gz.old | cpio -i<br />
cp ../lupu-511.sfs .<br />
find . | cpio -o -H newc | gzip -9 > ../initrd.gz<br />
cd ..<br />
rm -rf $TMPDIR<br />
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Next, you need to copy the new ramdisk and the vmlinuz to a tftpboot folder, which you make.<br />
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mkdir /tftpboot/puppy<br />
cp /tmp/junk/initrd.gz /tftpboot/puppy<br />
cp /tmp/puppy/vmlinuz /tftpboot/puppy<br />
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Now update the pxelinux menu settings (in the file /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default) adding the following entry at the end:<br />
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LABEL Puppy Linux<br />
KERNEL puppy/vmlinuz<br />
append initrd=puppy/initrd.gz<br />
TEXT<br />
Puppy Linux<br />
ENDTEXT<br />
\n<br />
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At this point, you should be done. Test it out. Do be aware that the initrd.gz will take about a minute to load (on a 100 Mb network) connection. Hope this helps someone else.<br />
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[[Category:pxe]]<br />
[[Category:Customization]]</div>Peter Kuykendall