http://forum.porteus.org/viewtopic.php? ... 5&start=15
Iso downloaded, usb just bought, and the steps to take, should it be possible to boot from usb without unpacking the iso, the way one can from CD/DVD?
Threads on the porteus forum:
1.0 howto using the porteus cheatcode to boot porteus iso under syslinux
- from cheatcode instruction applied to porteus iso file:
from=/path/porteus.iso
http://www.porteus.org/tutorials/26-gen ... -them.html
... Loads Porteus from the specified device, folder or ISO file.
Examples:
...
'from=/linux-ISO/porteus.iso' will attempt to load the Porteus
data from an ISO file placed inside the 'linux-ISO' folder.
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from=porteus-latest-version.iso
http://www.porteus.org/tutorials/37-ins ... tcode.html
2.0 howto from bogomips for grub legacy bootloader and boot iso:
http://forum.porteus.org/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=3994
3.0 howto solution for grub2 and boot iso:
viewtopic.php?f=81&t=1938
Example:
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menuentry "Porteus ISO" {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,5) # as you need on your own system. Here the partition number
set isofile="/isos/Porteus-v2.0-i486.iso"
search --no-floppy --file --set=root $isofile
loopback loop $isofile
linux (loop)/boot/syslinux/vmlinuz from=$isofile
initrd (loop)/boot/syslinux/initrd.xz
}