Precise Puppy - Linux Perfected

From the article:

Quoting:"(Alternatively install the Puppy ISO to a CD and boot from the CD as they are always set to boot before the hard drive)."

Predicting frustration from some of the newbie readers of this article, as CD's are most definitely not always set to boot before the hard drive.

ok "always" might be a bit optimistic but in the vast majority of computers that I have used the CD drive is set to boot before the hard drive. The main exception I would think would be devices that didn't come with a CD/DVD drive to begin with such as netbooks

> ... but in the vast majority of computers that I have used the CD drive is set to boot before the hard drive.

And the vast majority of the one's I've used haven't been. YMMV.

Most of the HP's I've seen have been set to boot from CD first. Other vendors not so much so.

I have changed it slightly so that there is a link to follow which shows how to change the boot order.

Still not a perfect solution as the BIOS differs between makes of computer but its a start.

Wait a minute...

We appear to have a case of... a blogger accepting constructive criticism of a distro review.

Is that even allowed?

> Still not a perfect solution as the BIOS differs between makes of computer but its a start.

That's about the best you can do. The are simply too many different bioses out there.

> Is that even allowed?

Well, it;'s never been forbidden, so I guess it depends on the society you come from. :)

Does that make me a Maverick? The blogger who doesn't play by the rules.

Constructive criticism I can accept. Abusive comments I just ignore.

I just cleaned out my piles of ISO disks -- maybe 150 of them. Of the 20 or so I didn't recycle, I probably kept more Puppy discs than anything else except Debian. My favorite Puppy is still my first: 2.13. That release really opened my eyes to Linux distributions offering an all-in-one solution (all the apps preinstalled), introduced me to many apps I still use today (including the excellent Geany text editor) and pretty much provided me an environment in which to learn about Linux. Thanks, Puppy people!