Puppy Linux has a very unique way of installing to USB. For the best installation it has been proven, that installing from an official Puppy Linux, using the Stickpup USB installer has the best results (especially for UEFI systems).
Using other tools:
Balena Etcher can write to USB and has been proven to provide a bootable USB that will work on BIOS systems.(please see known bugs at the bottom of this page).
To ensure the integrity of the .iso image please check the sha256sum matches the one shown below:
e47853bf4a6d1e00d64493e732a5139977bd293be8194782808af80521ddbe55
Open a terminal
cd into the folder where you downloaded then run the command below:
sha256sum eksilpup64.iso
open a Powershell terminal
cd into the folder where you downloaded then run the command below:
Get-FileHash .\eksilpup64.iso -Algorithm SHA256
open a terminal
cd into the folder where you downloaded then run the command below:
shasum -a 256 eksilpup64.iso
Best practice is to download and install to USB using an official Puppy Linux OS.
This is Due to it having the correct tools to make the USB bootable for UEFI systems.
This has been proven to work for BIOS systems.
The following are bugs that have been reported:
Slow boot times on BIOS load: The OS seems to hang for a short period whilst loading ZRAM swap. Please be patient and the OS will load. This is only present with when writing to USB with Balena Etcher.
NMAP Missing Library: Althought the library is installed NMAP seems to state it is Missing to fix this run the following command in the terminal:
pkg get libblas3
Eksil Pup is solely intended to run on a USB and help Network Engineers in their day to day role. Eksil Pup and it's Developers are not responsible for any damages that may occur. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK! Eksil Pup is not designed for any misuse which would be deemed as illegal.