1. Download the .iso.
2. Download and install DVD Decrypter (or use you favourite .iso burning software).
3. Right click on the .iso file and choose “Burn with DVD Decrypter.
4. Reboot your PC. It should boot from the CD, if it doesn’t do this by default, look for a message telling you what to press for boot options (often F2 or F9).
5. That’s it.
To run WaryPy in Virtual Box.
1. Download WaryPy.vdi.
2. Download and install VirtualBox.
3. Start VirtualBox. Choose “new”.
4. Follow the instructions on screen and choose “Linux” and Linux 2.6.
5. Choose “use existing hard disk” and find the .vdi file.
6. Start your new virtual machine.
Since Liz posted on the RPi homepage about this LiveCD, I’ve had a lot of hits on the blog. Quite a few people have asked about running Puppy in VirtualBox. This works really nicely and I have uploaded a .vdi file for WaryPy (this seems to be better for VB as it doesn’t need PAE).
The .iso of RacyPy is here.
This Operating System is aimed at people with no experience of using Linux. If you are excited about the Raspberry Pi and keen to start learning to program, this could be useful to you.
Features:
1. The original version only came with Python 3 and Pygame. This one has Python 2.7.2 and 3.1.4. Both have Pygame installed which means you are ready to start learning to code whichever version you favour.
2. On the old version I had added a lot of tutorials for several programming languages. This time I have decided to keep it simple. There are lots of great materials for learning Python (you’ll find them in an archive file in my-documents). I’ve left out the others, becuase I am sure that those who want to try other programming languages will have no difficulty finding them.
3. I have included the Java Development Kit (1.7.2). This means that if you wan to learn Java too, you can compile and run Java code without needing to install anything.
4. Typing tutorial included. The nice “gtypist” program is installed, because good coding requires typing skills!
As before, there’s no need to install anything – you just put the disc in your optical drive and boot from it. You can save your work to a memory stick or onto the hard drive without doing anything at all to your existing operating system. If you want to install it, there’s lots of help on the Puppy forum.
As before, this OS is based on Racy Puppy. Racy has a very up-to-date Linux kernel. But it’s a lightweight distribution that should run nicely on quite old machines (eg it’s fine on my old Toshiba laptop with a Pentium 3 processor and 256mb of RAM). If there’s an old computer in your house that no-one uses any more, you will probably find that RacyPy runs really well on it. So you can use this system while we wait for our RPis to be delivered!
happy coding
antiloquax.
BugFix (if you haven’t got the latest version).
You may notice that Java isn’t working in Seamonkey. To fix it, click on this link and choose open with petget. I put the wrong link in the plugins folder – oops!
Tags: Linux, Python, Raspberry Pi
05/03/2012 at 6:20 pm
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18/03/2012 at 11:18 pm
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11/04/2012 at 1:00 pm
[...] Python in anticipation (and especially if you’re new to Linux), you might want to install RacyPy on your PC; I’ve been playing with it this week, and it’s a great lightweight OS for [...]
11/04/2012 at 1:17 pm
I was hoping to use this in a VM and wanted to install it to the VM drive, is there anyway to install it to drive instead of using it as a live CD?
11/04/2012 at 1:20 pm
Lovely stuff – I’ve a few people in mind who this’d be perfect for!
11/04/2012 at 1:29 pm
[...] your Python in anticipation (and especially if you’re new to Linux), you might want to install RacyPy on your PC; I’ve been playing with it this week, and it’s a great lightweight OS for Linux [...]
11/04/2012 at 1:58 pm
Yes, it’s a full Puppy Linux system. If you go to Setup / Puppy Univeersal Installer you’ll see the options. A Frugal install is recommended!
11/04/2012 at 5:16 pm
Can you provide instructions to install in Virtual Box with Virtual Box drivers.
11/04/2012 at 6:18 pm
Doh! Can’t believe I missed that. Thanks!
11/04/2012 at 6:45 pm
I haven’t actually used Virtual Box very much. I know people have used it with this. I’ll get back to you, if I can come up with any information.
11/04/2012 at 7:49 pm
I’m also interested in VirtualBox install. I’ve already tried but freezes on a kernel panic (after figuring out you have to set the PAE checkbox).
11/04/2012 at 10:00 pm
Hi just one caution. If it’s a *really* old machine (I tried racy on a single processor (1.4/1.6GHz?) celeron, with 256Mb RAM (long story)) there may be problems for some – in this case it failed to boot with a complaint about the CPU not supporting PAE. I assume that a “WaryPy” would work however, and may not require a significant rebuild (I’m guessing). The same machine also works fine with Lucid Puppy(update 4).
11/04/2012 at 10:13 pm
Fair comment – although it does work on a Pentium II machine I own that has 128mb RAM. Initially I chose Racy because it worked well on my (fairly old) Toshiba Laptop (PIII with 256mb RAM).
11/04/2012 at 10:17 pm
Hi, I haven’t had a chance yet to look into this. But if you go to the Murga Linux forum, I’ll bet there’s some help there.
Google also threw up this:
http://johann.loefflmann.net/de/articles/how-to-install-puppy-linux-3.01-on-virtualbox.txt
http://aksgeek.wordpress.com/2010/11/20/how-to-install-puppy-linux-in-virtual-box/
11/04/2012 at 10:24 pm
i have not used virtual box much either but i believe i got it working i created a new machine named it gave it the os linux2.6 and did the recommended memory and other stuff. Then got a error saying the cpu cant work with pae and to fix that you double click system go to the processor tab and check enable PAE/NX. then start it up and its good to go. hope this helps
12/04/2012 at 5:23 am
im on ubuntu 11.10 and its not working i download it Racypy ios
12/04/2012 at 7:55 am
Sorry to hear that. Did you burn the .iso to a cd?
12/04/2012 at 4:20 pm
Can this be run on WinXP SP3?
12/04/2012 at 6:01 pm
Is there a kernel which doesn’t require pae in the processor? I want to run RacyPy on a Pentium M laptop?
12/04/2012 at 6:25 pm
Do mean as a virtual pc? Because it should boot fine from the cd on most PCs.
12/04/2012 at 6:31 pm
Sorry, I don’t know about that. But it will do nothing to your system if you just boot from the CD. (I mean, you don’t need to install anything).
If you want to save your changes / files you can make a savefile (recommended size is 512mb). This can stay on your C: drive without Windows even noticcing, or you could use a flash-drive. I also have an installation on a memory-stick (I’m using it now on my father-in-law’s Windows-only PC. That way you always have your system with you and you can boot into it on any PC that supports booting from USB. You can find options for making a flash-drive installation in Menu > Setup > Puppy Universal Installer.
12/04/2012 at 7:58 pm
I’m not sure if either of the last two antiloquax posts are responses to my previous query. Perhaps I wasn’t sufficiently clear.
I tried to boot from the RacyPy2 ISO, it failed to boot with a mesage about the CPU not supporting PAE, “try another kernel”. Pentium M processors don’t support address extension,
I’m sure I’m not the first person to hit this problem, hence my query. I don’t know where to look.
13/04/2012 at 3:40 pm
Seems to work using VirtualBox on a Windows 7 platform but the mouse movement seems a bit flaky. Also tried on VMware Workstation and so far it looks to work very well.
13/04/2012 at 6:16 pm
Great. Thanks for trying it. Are you already a Linux user?
14/04/2012 at 12:43 am
HI. I am new to Linux and am also having the same problem as CaptainWebb with a Pentium M processor and PAE. Is there any way to solve this?
14/04/2012 at 10:04 am
Following a suggestion from antiloquax, I’ve run Wary in VirtualBox under XP, without PAE. It seems fine, except for a few screen issues I managed to bypass. Unfortunately, no Python …
15/04/2012 at 2:27 am
I can’t set my virtualbox to show perfectly the screen resolution at 1366×768, the screen is showed “cut” and I can’t see the bottom line with clock etc in full screen mode.
15/04/2012 at 5:58 am
I’ve uploaded a .vdi of Wary with Python.
warypy.vdi
15/04/2012 at 5:59 am
I think you need to play around with the resolution in Puppy. Try 1024*768. I had the same thing at first!
15/04/2012 at 4:07 pm
Wow! Whoopee! and other cries of joy!
WaryPy is excellent, and Python slithers (well, snakes can’t run, can they?) beautifully. Now, to how many figures can I calculate Pi before mine arrives?
Many thanks.
16/04/2012 at 4:08 am
virtual box interest ? tutorial thing
17/04/2012 at 4:43 pm
WaryPy update. I made a bootable WaryPy on USB stick. It now really motors
on my Pentium M laptop, way better than in VirtualBox. Highly recommended.
17/04/2012 at 6:03 pm
How did you go about making that bootable USB stick?
17/04/2012 at 6:25 pm
Great stuff! I love having Puppy on a stick! That way I have my system with me wherever I go!
17/04/2012 at 6:27 pm
@thassan – if you boot into Puppy and go to the Universal Installer (Start Menu > Set-up). You’ll see the options there. Depending on the bios of your computer, you might need to try a couple of the options to make it work with your PC. On most modern computers, the default setting work fine.
17/04/2012 at 8:21 pm
I was going to say that! It’s what I did. The only real problem was getting VirtualBox to recognise the laptop’s USB hardware, but I’ve no idea whether that was specific to my machine or a general issue. Once the stick became adressable, the rest just went as described.
One warning. There are long (minutes) while files are being transferred silently and invisibly. Just wait. It’s worth it.
11/08/2012 at 1:40 am
Hi comm,
Following this great sugestion I downloaded racypy2_1.iso and tryed to burn it on a cd with brasero (I use fedora 16) but unsuccessful. I repeated the download and burn job but same. Would ayone know to help me? I’d appreciate it.
I saved the brasero sesion log if this can be of help:
Thanks anyway.
Txe.
(…)
BraseroLibburn SCSI error condition on command 2Ah WRITE(10): [3 0C 00] Medium error. Write error.
BraseroLibburn called brasero_job_set_current_action
BraseroLibburn Libburn reported an error SCSI error on write(0,16): [3 0C 00] Medium error. Write error.
BraseroLibburn called brasero_job_error
BraseroLibburn finished with an error
BraseroLibburn asked to stop because of an error
error = 1
message = “SCSI error on write(0,16): [3 0C 00] Medium error. Write error.”
BraseroLibburn stopping
Session error : SCSI error on write(0,16): [3 0C 00] Medium error. Write error. (brasero_burn_record brasero-burn.c:2856)
11/08/2012 at 7:32 am
Well, assuming the download was okay, it looks like a problem with your “medium” – ie the disc itself. Try setting the burn speed to the lowest possible setting, or buy a better quality CD ROM.
11/08/2012 at 2:19 pm
Hi antiloquax,
Thanks for your reply. I tried to burn it on Wxp using infrarecorder and this http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/7940/burningpupy.jpg what I got.
You are right its seems to be the disc itself. Does it have to be any in special????? This in particular is a Kodak one…
I appreciate your help anyway.
11/08/2012 at 8:07 pm
I would have thought Kodak would be very good quality discs. It doesn’t need to be a special disc. I use Tesco discs and they are okay. It would be worth trying a different brand, I suppose. Unless your drive itself is causing a problem. Have you burned .iso images before on your system?
12/08/2012 at 10:53 am
OOoops! forget it!, my friend. It’s solved it now. It was a faulty one disc, I tryed with another one from an another pack I had and everything ran smoothly…. D
12/08/2012 at 11:02 am
Hi comm,
Would anyone know to tell what different is racyPy2 from the puppy available here http://bkhome.org/blog/?viewDetailed=02910
Thanks!!
Txe
12/08/2012 at 11:08 am
That’s great.
12/08/2012 at 11:12 am
Yes. That is the puppy that runs on the raspberry pi itself. My iso is for ordinary pcs. It just has all the python stuff I wanted to use back in the days before the pi was actually available.
13/09/2012 at 6:40 pm
Sir. I seem to be having a problem with the pygame working (RacyPy2.1) . I typed up the Bat and Ball from MagPi Issue 1 but I get an error about it importing the Pygame modual. Have you heard of anyone having this problem? I am running off a stick. Had the same problem off an ISO.
R
TomareUtsuZo
15/09/2012 at 6:58 am
Sorry to hear this.
You could check if Pygame is working by opening idle (for whichever version of Python you are using) and typing “import pygame”. If this gives an error, let me know.
Otherwise, could you post up your code and the error message you get.
The Bat and Ball game in the Magpi was edited a lot from my original version. Have a look at the video tutorials I have posted on this blog – it’s number 8.
01/11/2012 at 3:22 pm
love racypy2 it comes with pygame
01/11/2012 at 3:23 pm
can any now teach me to program in racypy2
11/11/2012 at 10:40 am
Try watching some of the Python Videos I have made – go on YouTube and search for “Raspberrypy”
20/02/2013 at 10:06 pm
My computer uses a Intel 82801H card (or chip) for sound. My speaker jack worked with Puppy 5.2 but not with RacyPy. Can I exchange modules 5.2 to RacyPy?
20/02/2013 at 10:27 pm
I would think that you could get it to work by using the Puppy sound wizard. If you have no luck please ask on the murga linux puppy forum. There are more experienced pupppy users there.
Also there’s a new .iso of racypy here:
http://db.tt/qLK9jw9m
19/04/2013 at 10:52 am
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trying to figure out how to begin. Any recommendations or hints?
Thank you!
22/04/2013 at 11:22 am
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