new install to usb, doesnt make it bootable

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zander
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Solved : new install to usb, doesnt make it bootable

Post#46 by zander » 25 Aug 2015, 15:55

[quote="brokenman"]Are you entering these values manually by hitting a key at the boot screen?

Changes can be made permanent by adding this line into the boot config file.
If you are booting on UEFI then it is /mnt/sdXy/EFI/BOOT/refind.conf
If you are booting with BIOS it is /mnt/sdXy/boot/syslinux/porteus.conf

yes, on boot, ->F2->options-> save changes, manually, then it works,
this is my refind.conf,

menuentry "Porteus GUI mode" {
volume KERNELS
icon EFI/BOOT/icons/os_porteus.png
loader boot/syslinux/vmlinuz
initrd boot/syslinux/initrd.xz
options "from=UUID:c5264ed2-8661-4701-a33f-97b9d742efc8"
submenuentry "Save changes" {
add_options "changes=UUID:c5264ed2-8661-4701-a33f-97b9d742efc8/changes"
}
submenuentry "Always fresh" {
add_options "nomagic base_only norootcopy"
}
submenuentry "Boot to copy2ram mode" {
add_options "copy2ram"
}
submenuentry "Text mode" {
add_options "3"
}
submenuentry "pxe-boot" {
add_options "pxe"
}
}

zander
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Re: new install to usb, doesnt make it bootable

Post#47 by zander » 25 Aug 2015, 16:05

brokenman wrote:
Need more info about the win drive. What file system? (NTFS,FAT32)
How are you trying to access it? (console, file manager)
Do you run windows 8.1 or above?
Are you using the quickboot function in windows to boot faster?

Windows doesn't really shut down all the way anymore if you are using this function. You can probably force the drive to mount but I would just disable quickboot in the BIOS.

its NTFS win 8.1, i didnt know about quickboot, gonna research

to access i tried both, terminal and file manager,
but seems quickboot is the reason of the problem, gonna get rid of it!
thnx

zander
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Re: new install to usb, doesnt make it bootable

Post#48 by zander » 25 Aug 2015, 16:14

looks like quickboot problem solved !< thnx

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