[Solved] [BOOT]

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[Solved] [BOOT]

Post#1 by Jack » 08 Jul 2015, 03:09

Can I ask a question what is [BOOT] "Bootable_NoEmulation.img" inside the ISO image for? I have never seen it before 3.1 and do I need it?
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Re: [BOOT]

Post#2 by donald » 08 Jul 2015, 12:50

This directory [BOOT] don't actually exist in the ISO.
(that's why it shows up in brackets)
If you burn the ISO, you won't see those directories.
The [BOOT]/Bootable_NoEmulation.img file are the first 2048 bytes of /boot/isolinux/isolinux.bin.
your extractor program (7zip ?) just show this file in a special directory,
so you can easily extract the bootsector of the ISO.

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Post#3 by Jack » 08 Jul 2015, 13:45

Thank you, so I can just delete it on my thumb drive.
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Post#4 by donald » 08 Jul 2015, 14:01

Jack,leave it as it is, for now, and please explain where do you have this file on your thumb drive.
I assume that you have unpacked the iso, including the [BOOT] folder to your thumb drive.If so, you can delete this folder/file.
If not, I'm not sure how you got this file onto your drive.

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Post#5 by Jack » 08 Jul 2015, 14:27

I just unpack the ISO to the thumb drive. The file system is ext4 then I ran "sh Porteus-installer-for-Linux.com" to make it bootable. Then I just booted it in to Porteus.
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Re: [BOOT]

Post#6 by donald » 08 Jul 2015, 14:42

OK..got it..
For a porteus Installation only the boot and porteus Folders are required.
I think it is safe to say that you can delete the [BOOT] folder/file.

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Post#7 by Ed_P » 08 Jul 2015, 23:20

I don't know about the .img file but the BOOT folder is for EFI booting.
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Post#8 by Jack » 09 Jul 2015, 01:29

When Porteus Mate 3.1 boot up should it boot up in guest or root? I hope it is guest cause that how mind boot up.
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Re: [BOOT]

Post#9 by donald » 09 Jul 2015, 02:03

If you didn't change the boot options it boots into guest.

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Post#10 by Jack » 09 Jul 2015, 02:06

I didn't change anything and I wanted it to boot to guest. I wish I could change the root password.
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Post#11 by donald » 09 Jul 2015, 02:27

to change the root Pw
open a terminal:

guest@porteus:~$
guest@porteus:~$ su (hit enter)
Password: (type toor > hit enter)
root@porteus:~#
root@porteus:~# passwd (hit enter) and follow the instructions.

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Post#12 by Jack » 09 Jul 2015, 17:49

Thanks, I change the root password now I feel a little safer now.
I just like Slackware because I think it teach you about Linux to build packages where Ubuntu is like Windows you just install programs you want.

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