Porteus 4.0 on multiboot USB does not boot
Porteus 4.0 on multiboot USB does not boot
I have Porteus 4.0 MATE on a USB stick as a live boot system, using YUMI.
The system does not boot however. I get the boot menu but it doesn't boot, all that happerns is the countdown starts anew and goes on and on in a loop.
What could be the problem here? I am using YUMI for other multiboot USB sticks (also using Porteus, and other Linux distros) and usually it works just fine.
The system does not boot however. I get the boot menu but it doesn't boot, all that happerns is the countdown starts anew and goes on and on in a loop.
What could be the problem here? I am using YUMI for other multiboot USB sticks (also using Porteus, and other Linux distros) and usually it works just fine.
Porteus 4.0 on multiboot USB does not boot
By 'in a loop' you mean it reboots?
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Porteus 4.0 on multiboot USB does not boot
EFI or BIOS system?
Partition structure of the USB drive?
Show the grub menu item.
Partition structure of the USB drive?
Show the grub menu item.
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Porteus 4.0 on multiboot USB does not boot
No, it doesn't. I do get the YUMI multiboot menu allowing me to choose which OS I want to boot and when I click on Porteus, I then get the expected Porteus options for booting, but when the 10-second countdown is finished, it starts over again, without end. Do you know what a loop is?
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Porteus 4.0 on multiboot USB does not boot
Are you booting an extracted/installed Porteus system or an ISO?https://www.pendrivelinux.com/yumi-multiboot-usb-creator/ wrote:Contrary to MultiBootISOs which used grub to boot ISO files directly from USB, YUMI uses syslinux to boot extracted distributions stored on the USB device, and reverts to using grub to Boot Multiple ISO files from USB, if necessary.
Any way you can show the source for the YUMI menu?
What version of YUMI are you using?
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Porteus 4.0 on multiboot USB does not boot
I am talking about live CD's installed on USB, obviously ISO files. I don't even know what an "extracted distribution" is.The quote in your reply is contrived an pretty confusing and I don't know what he means to say - what is "if necessary"? How are we supposed to know if or when "it is necessary"? So in my case does it use grub or syslinux or isolinux?Ed_P wrote: ↑19 Sep 2018, 03:39Are you booting an extracted/installed Porteus system or an ISO?https://www.pendrivelinux.com/yumi-multiboot-usb-creator/ wrote:Contrary to MultiBootISOs which used grub to boot ISO files directly from USB, YUMI uses syslinux to boot extracted distributions stored on the USB device, and reverts to using grub to Boot Multiple ISO files from USB, if necessary.
Any way you can show the source for the YUMI menu?
What version of YUMI are you using?
As for your question, I use YUMI to put one or more ISO files on a USB stick, it's not sorcery. The result is one or more live systems on a USB stick. But IMHO the problem does not lie with YUMI, as I do get the Porteus boot menu. It's just that clicking on the standard (or "fresh") boot option does not result in booting and the countdown just starts anew and repeats endlessly.
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Porteus 4.0 on multiboot USB does not boot
So you're booting ISOs not installs. I can relate to that.
Without knowing what code YUMI is using to boot Porteus can't say how to fix it.
Can you post the output of an du -h /mnt/sd*1/ command for the USB drive, where * is the linux drive letter for the USB drive or if in Windows a dir *:\ /ad command where * is the windows drive letter for the USB drive.

Without knowing what code YUMI is using to boot Porteus can't say how to fix it.
Can you post the output of an du -h /mnt/sd*1/ command for the USB drive, where * is the linux drive letter for the USB drive or if in Windows a dir *:\ /ad command where * is the windows drive letter for the USB drive.
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Porteus 4.0 on multiboot USB does not boot
ok, if you're seeing the porteus boot screen, it might be safe to assume the problem isn't with YUMI(for now)
what exactly happens after that?
what should appear:
1.a message about searching for (and finding porteus files)
2.modules loading
3.auto login to guest
4. init4 (which starts Xorg(and GUI DE))
are you seeing any of that?
what exactly happens after that?
what should appear:
1.a message about searching for (and finding porteus files)
2.modules loading
3.auto login to guest
4. init4 (which starts Xorg(and GUI DE))
are you seeing any of that?
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Porteus 4.0 on multiboot USB does not boot
Porteus 4.0 on multiboot USB does not boot (Post by Macchiato #66613)ncmprhnsbl wrote: ↑19 Sep 2018, 09:21ok, if you're seeing the porteus boot screen, it might be safe to assume the problem isn't with YUMI(for now)
what exactly happens after that?
what should appear:
1.a message about searching for (and finding porteus files)
2.modules loading
3.auto login to guest
4. init4 (which starts Xorg(and GUI DE))
are you seeing any of that?
Porteus 4.0 on multiboot USB does not boot (Post by Macchiato #66598)