UNETBOOTIN

[David Curtis]

On Sun, 04 Oct 2009 16:45:07 -0700
John Heinen <hensandpat at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Scott wrote:
> > John Heinen wrote:
> >   
> >> I downloaded unetbootin and then the iso file on puppy Linux  on a
> >> usb flah drive, when I restart my gateway laptop with the usb, I
> >> get grub > and waiting,,,,,,,,,,waiting. Appreciate suggestions/
> >> John
> >>
> >>     
> > Personally, I have found Unetbootin, and USB installs in general,
> > to be hit and miss.  Sometimes it works perfectly like a charm, and
> > other times I get the same problem as you.
> >
> >  From what I have read it may be the combination of the USB drive
> > you are using and the computer you are using.  Some USB drives work
> > with only certain computers and some USB drives don't work at all
> > for booting from.  So, try again with a different USB drive and see
> > if that works. You can also try having Unetbootin download the ISO
> > for you.  I think sometimes that works better.
> >
> >   
> Thanks, you'r right, I did, though, download puppy with unetbootin. I
> will try again with another version when I get to the library.

If you're going to re-install on the drive, make sure to format
fat32 (bootable).