How to make a frugal install of PuppEX Forky64/Trixie64


To be able to make a frugal installation of PuppEX Forky64/Trixie64 (and other Puppy Linux systems) you must have at least one Linux system installed on your computer and use Grub as boot loader. Download puppex-trixie64-lxqt-uefi-856mb-250829.iso and extract the ISO file. It will look like this - see below.



We are only interested in the folder live. Make a folder called (for example) PUPPEX-TRIXIE64-LXQT in the root (/) of your Linux system. Then extract the folder live (from the ISO) to the folder PUPPEX-TRIXIE64-LXQT. See the contents of the folder live below.



To be able to boot up PuppEX Trixie64 you must finally edit your Grub configuration. Insert the lines below to /boot/grub/grub.cfg (or to /etc/grub.d/40_custom).

menuentry 'PuppEX Trixie LXQt (FRUGAL /dev/nvme0n1p4) 250829' --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'osprober-gnulinux-simple-d00e1237-935c-4e30-9fd4-9f1e247fe22a' {
        load_video
    insmod gzio
    if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi
    insmod part_gpt
    insmod ext2
    search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root d00e1237-935c-4e30-9fd4-9f1e247fe22a
    linux /PUPPEX-TRIXIE64-LXQT/live/vmlinuz1 edd=off noauto from=UUID:d00e1237-935c-4e30-9fd4-9f1e247fe22a/PUPPEX-TRIXIE64-LXQT changes=UUID:d00e1237-935c-4e30-9fd4-9f1e247fe22a/PUPPEX-TRIXIE64-LXQT
    initrd /PUPPEX-TRIXIE64-LXQT/live/initrd1.xz
}

NOTE: The UUID above shall (of course) be the same as the one your installed Linux system has. You don't have to do anything else. Just boot up PuppEX Trixie64 and be happy!

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