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This is an old revision of squashfs made by darkcity on 2012-02-25 08:42:42.
Squashfs
SquashFS is a compressed read-only 'file system within a file' and has the file extension .sfs. Puppy can load programs stored in this format.
Using SFS software packages with Puppy Frugally Installed
Package installation:- place the SFS file at /mnt/home, then
- either (A) follow the instructions at (requires re-booting): Menu > System > BootManager
- or (B) follow the instructions at (does not require re-booting): Menu > Setup > SFS-Load
- or (C) another option is sfsget
- accessed through either the Menu or the command-line interface (and not by clicking on the SFS package file)
If you are using a Full Installation see HowtoAddSFStoFullInstall How to Add SFS to Full Installation.
More Information
Explanation of the Squash file system: PDF
Compatiblity
Lists of SFS software packages
Also See
GnewPet - extracts pets and sfs from current installation
PetMaker - simple tools for making pets and sfs
Pets - pet format packages