Porteus

Hi,
I had used Porteus few months ago (forgot the version but it was MATE desktop) on my USB flshdisk and I was really impressed. I managed to download the Porteus using the build page. But I lost my USB flashdisk so I haven't used Porteus for a time. Lately, I tried to download Porteus and found out that Porteus discontinued their build page... I mean, why? It was so cool and very convenient for novices like me installing Porteus to USB directly from the net. So why was it discontinued?

Any I downloaded the recent version 3.2.2 (Cinnamon desktop) installing as Live USB using USB Installer. When I booted Porteus it said something like: it cannot boot because the kernel is for x86 and 64, it detected my hardware as i686 and suggested to get the appropriate kernel for it.

I couldn't understand because I have a 32-bit UBUNTU Mate and 32-bit Windows 7 Home Premium in my HDD on my HP Mini 210 4000 laptop. I tried locating i686 iso from one of Porteus' mirror site and I could only find iso i586 no i686.

Any help will be greatly appreciated guys. More power to ya all.

You need to install the i586 version, that is the 32 bit one. The 64 bit one is often called x86-64 when it comes to Linux, be it Linux OS or Linux software.
Both i586 and i686 are both 32 bit versions.

HTH!

thank you very much. I will try your suggestion

tybuzz67 wrote: ↑

23 May 2018, 06:30

thank you very much. I will try your suggestion

and? Did it work?