@wread
I see kernel 3.0.1 manages now ext4 file system; is it convenient to switch to ext4 now?
ext4 is in the kernel for a long time and i'm using it since 2 yesrs or so. rock stable and very fast.
I read somewhere the kernel translates ext3 to ext4 automatically
only if you set proper option in the kernel. i have disabled ext2 and ext3 completely in 64bit kernel and using ext4 for supporting 2 and 3. this is experiment and i'm not sure if brokenman should do this for stable 32 bit release (i'm still considering 64bit edition as a playground - 32bit is the main Porteus edition)
does it consume additional time by doing so?
not sure as i dont have any ext2 and ext3 paritions to test.
Shutting down from text mode shows weird messages; there must be some junk somewhere there...
could you double check this for me please. does it come from rc.6 or initrd's cleanup script?
I couldn't find how from_iso= works; maybe fanthom give us advice.
just looked at /boot/cheatcodes.txt and found that it doesn't give proper explanation how to use it indeed.
requirements:
a) external bootloader: grub4dos, grub, lilo, syslinux/extlinux, etc...
b) vmlinuz and initrd.xz from the ISO you want to boot from
procedure:
a) unpack vmlinuz and initrd.xz from the Porteus ISO and place somewhere on your hd (usually in /boot)
b) create menu for porteus (kde, lxde, copy2ram, etc..) in your bootloader config and point it to unpacked vmlinuz/initrd.xz files
c) add 'from_iso=/path/to_the_iso' cheatcode to each booting option
how it works:
a) external bootloader loads kernel and initrd from the hd
b) once initrd is unpacked in the memory (/dev/ram0) linuxrc searches for the ISO and mounts it
c) booting continues using xzm modules from the mounted ISO.
iportant:
when you are updating Porteus ISO then you also must update unpacked vmlinuz/initrx.xz
Porteus can boot even without drivers from 000-kernel but hw support wil be very limited (you may end up with non working kbd/mouse, wifi, etc). that's why version of unpacked kernel should match drivers included in ISO/000-kernel.xzm
@Ahau
please compose something useful from the "wisdom" posted above and update cheatcodes.txt.
i know that i suck on posting enough information about all Porteus fetaures and i'm not surprised that users are confused quite often
Cheers