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I am trying to install an Ubuntu-compatible Puppy Linux VM, and am concerned that this looks like the most difficult VMware Linux installation I've seen yet. I've seen http://johann.loefflmann.net/en/articles/how-to-install-puppy-linux-3.01-on-vmware.txt (which points to an FTP site that is live but does not, after a couple of clicks, show to download the preferred ISO -- is the lupu-528.005.iso I downloaded from elsewhere appropriate?), and a couple of in-depth, hacker-strength HOWTO's, which may or may not point to something current in their URL's, but I haven't been able to follow any of them to the point of installing on a working system.

(I can boot off the live ISO image just fine; I haven't yet managed to get it to talk to the VMware virtual hard drive partition.)

Is getting Puppy to install on a VMware VM really at a Linux guru's HOWTO in pay grade? Is there a simple way I can install Puppy to a hard drive, whether or not it's at the point-and-almost-drool simplicity of almost every other Linux distribution I've tried to install?

Christos Hayward
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Puppy linux and derivatives seem not to recognize SCSI disks from ESXi so you have just to connect an IDE virtual or physical disk (change the SCSI interface in vsphere client and attach an IDE disk).

If it still don't see the disk I try a more modern live cd,create and format partitions in some ext varient or fat system and reboot in puppy.

Journeyman Geek
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perieanuo
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i've founded zero troubles about installing puppy on a vmware VM exept 'cause the graphics v card...tweaking a bit could foun something more or less usable but forget x org....just that. P.D: same issue with obsolet REAL machines and most UNsolved just a few could work propperly graphics with puppy...

Fabricio Lezcano
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Can't say I've used Puppy for a long time but a quick read of the install instructions on their web site would indicate that installation is no more difficult than any other Linux.

Set up a new VM & prep a new virtual drive. Attach the Live CD/DVD, boot and follow the instructions.

Julian Knight
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