Dear Brokenman:
I have followed your indication so...
1) After open a session on always fresh mode, only with the core system (kernel, core, worg and kde).
2) Report my setup.
http://pastebin.ca/3287239
3) Update system, so new packages added: 001-core_alldesktops-150124.xzm and 002-xorg_alldesktops-150126.xzm
4) Reboot, as Porteus setting center is requesting.
5) After reboot, new modules are loaded.
http://pastebin.ca/3287328
6) Update USM. (Missing database error shown)
7) Updated to USM 3.1.9 so I restart the application.
8 ) After updating and restarting, the missing database error is shown again.
9) So I run terminal, closing USM in order to copy console report and update one by one.
10) Update slackware. Done!
11) Update slacky. Done!
12) Update salix. Done!
13) Update alien. Done!
14) Update ponce. Same error than always:
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root@porteus:/home/guest# usm -u ponce
Starting ponce database update
Downloading: vercheck.txt DONE
Downloading: CHECKSUMS.md5.gz DONE
Downloading: MANIFEST.bz2 DONE
Downloading: PACKAGES.TXT.gz DONE
Downloading: LIBS.TXT.gz DONE
gzip: /var/usm/ponce/CHECKSUMS.md5.gz: not in gzip format
==============================================================================
WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! WARNING!
==============================================================================
One or more errors occurred while usm was running:
FATAL ERROR!
usm update_database 270
Could not decompress: CHECKSUMS.md5.gz
==============================================================================
root@porteus:/home/guest#
15) Close Terminal and run USM in order to check if it can work.
Trials:
Gimp (aalib-1.4rc5-x86_64-5.txz;at-spi2-atk-2.8.1-x86_64-1.txz;
at-spi2-core-2.8.0-x86_64-1.txz;babl-0.1.10-x86_64-1.txz;
cups-1.5.4-x86_64-3.txz;gegl-0.2.0-x86_64-2.txz;
ghostscript-9.07-x86_64-2.txz;gimp-2.8.6-x86_64-1.txz;
gtk+3-3.8.2-x86_64-2.txz;ilmbase-1.0.3-x86_64-1.txz;
jasper-1.900.1-x86_64-3.txz;libXevie-1.0.3-x86_64-1.txz;
libwmf-0.2.8.4-x86_64-5.txz;openxr-1.7.1-x86_64-1.txz)
Create a subfolder, convert to modules, merge modules
Slackware database ask for updating.
Updated.
Trying again.
Subfolder created.
Packages to modules converted.
Merged not done. Manually.
Tcl (tcl-8.6.1-x86_64-1.txz & tclx-8.4.1-x86_64-3.txz)
Subfolder created.
Packages to modules converted.
Tk (tk-8.6.1-x86_64-1.txz & tcl-8.6.1-x86_64-1.txz)
Subfolder created.
Packages to modules converted.
Merged.
Thunderbird (mozilla-thunderbird-24.1.0-x86_64-1.txz)
Packages to modules converted.
16) So everything is fine except the USM database error and the ponce error.
17) Delete any change except the updating (See 3).
18) Reboot and again in fresh mode.
19) Report generated.
http://pastebin.ca/3287338
USM updated but I can't update any database.
20) Download 04-chrome; 05-devel; 06-libreoffice; 07-printing; 08-skype
Copy to mnt/sdb1/porteus/base/ (In my case is sdb1)
21) Reboot and again fresh mode.
22) Report generated.
http://pastebin.ca/3287340
23) Profile created: save.dat (1024 MB) on /mnt/sdb1
24) Edit porteus.cfg to introduce that profile file.
25) Reboot and now on KDE mode. (Custom)
26) New report.
http://pastebin.ca/3287343
27) USM checking and update on Terminal.
USM 3.1.7, so update to USM 3.1.9
Slackware. Done!
slacky. Done!
salix. Done!
alien. Done!
ponce. Error
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root@porteus:/home/guest# usm -u ponce
Starting ponce database update
Downloading: vercheck.txt DONE
Downloading: CHECKSUMS.md5.gz DONE
Downloading: MANIFEST.bz2 DONE
Downloading: PACKAGES.TXT.gz DONE
Downloading: LIBS.TXT.gz DONE
gzip: /var/usm/ponce/CHECKSUMS.md5.gz: not in gzip format
==============================================================================
WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! WARNING!
==============================================================================
One or more errors occurred while usm was running:
FATAL ERROR!
usm update_database 270
Could not decompress: CHECKSUMS.md5.gz
==============================================================================
root@porteus:/home/guest#
28) Try USM GUI. It's working but with the famous database error.
29) I will custom the system with some wallpapers, Chrome plugins, Gimp, Tcl/Tk.
I think that something is wrong. I have made this process changing order, on always fresh, with profile, with core, with core and extensions... and no way.
Always USM database is missing and ponce can be updated.
At least, the system is working. It shouldn't be but... it is.
I have tried this in 2 different computers and... same result.
I'm more use to seeing FAT, FAT32, exFAT and NTFS for Microsoft partitions rather than vfat. 
