I think BIOS and EFI covers 90% of new users which the 4 steps noted above do.
I agree, and have been doing that for years. A problem for some is the container file can not be bigger than 4 GB on a FAT32 drive.
I think BIOS and EFI covers 90% of new users which the 4 steps noted above do.
I agree, and have been doing that for years. A problem for some is the container file can not be bigger than 4 GB on a FAT32 drive.
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root@porteus:/home/guest# fdisk -l
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Disk /dev/sdc: 7.28 GiB, 7811891200 bytes, 15257600 sectors
Disk model: Store n Go Drive
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0xc2b6cdc1
Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sdc1 2048 2050047 2048000 1000M b W95 FAT32
/dev/sdc2 * 2050048 13209599 11159552 5.3G 83 Linux
/dev/sdc3 13209600 15257599 2048000 1000M 82 Linux swap
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Yes.
on the ISO, it's the folder named EFI.
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ISO-5.01/EFI
└── boot
├── bootx64.efi
├── chain.c32
├── ldlinux.e64
├── libcom32.c32
├── libmenu.c32
├── libutil.c32
├── linux.c32
├── menu.c32
├── syslinux.c32
├── syslinux.cfg
└── vesamenu.c32
If you format the second partition as ext2, no save.dat file needed. And I should note, when I said "copy the porteus folder" I meant "move it".