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[Solved] [BOOT]

Posted: 08 Jul 2015, 03:09
by Jack
Can I ask a question what is [BOOT] "Bootable_NoEmulation.img" inside the ISO image for? I have never seen it before 3.1 and do I need it?

Re: [BOOT]

Posted: 08 Jul 2015, 12:50
by donald
This directory [BOOT] don't actually exist in the ISO.
(that's why it shows up in brackets)
If you burn the ISO, you won't see those directories.
The [BOOT]/Bootable_NoEmulation.img file are the first 2048 bytes of /boot/isolinux/isolinux.bin.
your extractor program (7zip ?) just show this file in a special directory,
so you can easily extract the bootsector of the ISO.

Re: [BOOT]

Posted: 08 Jul 2015, 13:45
by Jack
Thank you, so I can just delete it on my thumb drive.

Re: [BOOT]

Posted: 08 Jul 2015, 14:01
by donald
Jack,leave it as it is, for now, and please explain where do you have this file on your thumb drive.
I assume that you have unpacked the iso, including the [BOOT] folder to your thumb drive.If so, you can delete this folder/file.
If not, I'm not sure how you got this file onto your drive.

Re: [BOOT]

Posted: 08 Jul 2015, 14:27
by Jack
I just unpack the ISO to the thumb drive. The file system is ext4 then I ran "sh Porteus-installer-for-Linux.com" to make it bootable. Then I just booted it in to Porteus.

Re: [BOOT]

Posted: 08 Jul 2015, 14:42
by donald
OK..got it..
For a porteus Installation only the boot and porteus Folders are required.
I think it is safe to say that you can delete the [BOOT] folder/file.

Re: [BOOT]

Posted: 08 Jul 2015, 23:20
by Ed_P
I don't know about the .img file but the BOOT folder is for EFI booting.

Re: [BOOT]

Posted: 09 Jul 2015, 01:29
by Jack
When Porteus Mate 3.1 boot up should it boot up in guest or root? I hope it is guest cause that how mind boot up.

Re: [BOOT]

Posted: 09 Jul 2015, 02:03
by donald
If you didn't change the boot options it boots into guest.

Re: [BOOT]

Posted: 09 Jul 2015, 02:06
by Jack
I didn't change anything and I wanted it to boot to guest. I wish I could change the root password.

Re: [BOOT]

Posted: 09 Jul 2015, 02:27
by donald
to change the root Pw
open a terminal:

guest@porteus:~$
guest@porteus:~$ su (hit enter)
Password: (type toor > hit enter)
root@porteus:~#
root@porteus:~# passwd (hit enter) and follow the instructions.

Re: [BOOT]

Posted: 09 Jul 2015, 17:49
by Jack
Thanks, I change the root password now I feel a little safer now.