Newbies USB boot and save file woes.
Posted: 04 May 2014, 08:02
Hi all,
I've spent the last two days (well not all the time but on and off) trying to get Porteus 3.0 KDE to run off a USB stick. I've tried booting off a Linux prepared USB (using Mint 13 Mate, and Precise Puppy 5.7.1) format ext 2 and from Windows 7 format FAT 32. Both were prepared off the same ISO from the custom ISO choice screen for downloads.
The Windows boot would not let me boot in the "graphics mode" and forced me into the "always fresh" mode and told me to set up a save file. The app to this would not work for me. I tried creating the save file in the boot partition (FAT 32), in an empty ext 2 partition on the same drive and to a USB hard drive. All three returned the message "sorry <folder name>is inside the live file system. You must store your change file outside of aufs". I've read up what I found and could understand on the Porteus site and the forum but have not found a solution.
The Linux prepared boot would allow me to proceed past the first screen with the Graphic mode-Always fresh choice. In my case login as guest password guest was not accepted so was stuck there, and login root plus my password lead me to a red prompt line as in the console. I tried the suggested commands but could not see anything that would get me further. I even started to configure the Wi-Fi from here but gave up as it worked well and very easily in always fresh mode - except that without a save file I have set that up seven or eight times!
Any help in moving forward would be greatly appreciated. I think if I could get the save file up and running I could move on, but the problem may lie in the way I set up the USB boot sticks. I tried all the methods from the tutorial in both Linux and Windows, all gave the same result.
This was written from my laptop running on the last of attempts at a USB boot of Porteus. I like the looks of Porteus over Puppy and it seems to have more potential, but at the moment Puppy is working for me and at much less effort and that is what counts for me. I'm sure I'd prefer a working Porteus, so hoping for some help from here.
I'm sure I have given too little detail, given the question I'll answer to the point rather than filling this post with the minute details of all my mistakes getting this far.
Thanks huymog
I've spent the last two days (well not all the time but on and off) trying to get Porteus 3.0 KDE to run off a USB stick. I've tried booting off a Linux prepared USB (using Mint 13 Mate, and Precise Puppy 5.7.1) format ext 2 and from Windows 7 format FAT 32. Both were prepared off the same ISO from the custom ISO choice screen for downloads.
The Windows boot would not let me boot in the "graphics mode" and forced me into the "always fresh" mode and told me to set up a save file. The app to this would not work for me. I tried creating the save file in the boot partition (FAT 32), in an empty ext 2 partition on the same drive and to a USB hard drive. All three returned the message "sorry <folder name>is inside the live file system. You must store your change file outside of aufs". I've read up what I found and could understand on the Porteus site and the forum but have not found a solution.
The Linux prepared boot would allow me to proceed past the first screen with the Graphic mode-Always fresh choice. In my case login as guest password guest was not accepted so was stuck there, and login root plus my password lead me to a red prompt line as in the console. I tried the suggested commands but could not see anything that would get me further. I even started to configure the Wi-Fi from here but gave up as it worked well and very easily in always fresh mode - except that without a save file I have set that up seven or eight times!
Any help in moving forward would be greatly appreciated. I think if I could get the save file up and running I could move on, but the problem may lie in the way I set up the USB boot sticks. I tried all the methods from the tutorial in both Linux and Windows, all gave the same result.
This was written from my laptop running on the last of attempts at a USB boot of Porteus. I like the looks of Porteus over Puppy and it seems to have more potential, but at the moment Puppy is working for me and at much less effort and that is what counts for me. I'm sure I'd prefer a working Porteus, so hoping for some help from here.
I'm sure I have given too little detail, given the question I'll answer to the point rather than filling this post with the minute details of all my mistakes getting this far.
Thanks huymog