I believe if you open gparted you can check the current partition table. If it's msdos and the installer is complaining, then we have a bug
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Can you post the porteux fdisk command and options you used bour59?
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Hello @Ed_P
Have a good day !
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fdisk /dev/sdh
o # create a new partition table DOS
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reboot
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Try partitioning the drive using "g" rather than "o" to create the partition table.
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Changing from PorteuX 0.4 to 0.5 is not recommended.
Library programs are missing, for example:
Library programs are missing, for example:
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guest@porteux:/apps$ ./run_abiword
abiword: error while loading shared libraries: libdb-4.4.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
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hi roro you can search here for db4.4,but is an old package:https://slackware.uk/cumulative/slackwa ... kware64/l/
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PorteuX doesn't aim to run every application out of the box. Instead, it has the minimum to run the applications it's shipped with.roro wrote: ↑30 Jul 2023, 07:11Changing from PorteuX 0.4 to 0.5 is not recommended.
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guest@porteux:/apps$ ./run_abiword abiword: error while loading shared libraries: libdb-4.4.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
If there is any missing library to run the application you want you can look for an AppImage or solve the dependencies yourself. For the last case it seems you need db package (for stale: http://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/ ... 6_64-6.txz).
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Hi porteux,
#43 That's because you need the partition table to be dos or msdos
Why this compulsion ?
#43 That's because you need the partition table to be dos or msdos
Why this compulsion ?
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hi roro the partition table on hard disk or a memory device is mandatory to data storage is like the toc on a cd or dvd without it you can't access to the record of the data so you have a useless device,we have two way to do this task msdos or gpt, msdos is a classic way gpt if you need efi boot or if you want to do a lot of parttions,the question is why you need an old software to run a new one.but I can be wrong
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Hmmm... In my tests partition tables different from msdos didn't work. I might be wrong though. Using 'loop' doesn't work for sure.
What kinds of partition tables work using PorteuX 0.4 installer?
What kinds of partition tables work using PorteuX 0.4 installer?
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hi porteux well is a lot of time that i don't erase the boot directory so i change only the files but not the mbr.bin so i can start on the go with a new system,i have some microsd i try to work with the installer..and report
we have only one way: i try gpt but....
bash-5.2# sh '/mnt/arch/boot/porteux-installer-for-linux.run'
Creating directory /tmp/porteux-installer
Verifying archive integrity... 100% MD5 checksums are OK. All good.
Uncompressing PorteuX Installer 100%
Only 'dos' or 'msdos' partition table is supported.
Format your storage media using partition table 'dos' or 'msdos' and try again.
bash-5.2#
we have only one way: i try gpt but....
bash-5.2# sh '/mnt/arch/boot/porteux-installer-for-linux.run'
Creating directory /tmp/porteux-installer
Verifying archive integrity... 100% MD5 checksums are OK. All good.
Uncompressing PorteuX Installer 100%
Only 'dos' or 'msdos' partition table is supported.
Format your storage media using partition table 'dos' or 'msdos' and try again.
bash-5.2#
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bash-5.2# sh '/mnt/arch/boot/porteux-installer-for-linux.run'
Creating directory /tmp/porteux-installer
Verifying archive integrity... 100% MD5 checksums are OK. All good.
Uncompressing PorteuX Installer 100%
PorteuX is going to be installed in /dev/sda1
Press Enter to continue
Flushing filesystem buffers...
Installing extlinux bootloader...
Updating initrd with Porteux partition unique ID...
6040 blocchi
6040 blocchi
Setting permissions...
Installation finished successfully
You may reboot your system now and start using PorteuX.
Don't forget to set your BIOS to boot from this storage media.
bash-5.2#
Creating directory /tmp/porteux-installer
Verifying archive integrity... 100% MD5 checksums are OK. All good.
Uncompressing PorteuX Installer 100%
PorteuX is going to be installed in /dev/sda1
Press Enter to continue
Flushing filesystem buffers...
Installing extlinux bootloader...
Updating initrd with Porteux partition unique ID...
6040 blocchi
6040 blocchi
Setting permissions...
Installation finished successfully
You may reboot your system now and start using PorteuX.
Don't forget to set your BIOS to boot from this storage media.
bash-5.2#
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and i have forget the gpt partition table need a different file to work named gptmbr.bin.but i don't know if work or not...
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My experience too, from years ago -- couldn't boot. And I'm booting UEFI with Secure boot enabled, so it's fragile enough already and I only want reliable methods wherever possible. Msdos partition table works and allows 4 partitions -- exactly what I use on my USB. But interesting to hear if anyone makes it boot with gpt.
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Hi all,
Why should I partition the USB device?
Why ??
I'm still a Linux newbie. I use the USB device as I bought it.
It is fat32 formatted: W95 FAT32 (LBA)
Everything is stored on the USB device: folder boot, porteux, ...and a number of folders with Appimages, with private data and so on
But where was a problem: porteux-installer-for-linux.run version 0.5 does not work
But the problem is solved, you have to use another installer, see above
#39 and #41
Why should I partition the USB device?
Why ??
I'm still a Linux newbie. I use the USB device as I bought it.
It is fat32 formatted: W95 FAT32 (LBA)
Everything is stored on the USB device: folder boot, porteux, ...and a number of folders with Appimages, with private data and so on
But where was a problem: porteux-installer-for-linux.run version 0.5 does not work
But the problem is solved, you have to use another installer, see above
#39 and #41