I nuked the USB drive.
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#!/bin/sh
# http://forum.porteus.org/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=3227&start=15#p25341
if [ `whoami` != "root" ]; then
ktsuss "$0"
exit
fi
umount /mnt/sdb1
parted -s /dev/sdb mklabel msdos
Copied the Porteus 3.0 ISO files to the flash drive.
Ran the Porteus-installer-for-Linux.com from the flash drive.
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Installing Porteus to /dev/sdb1
WARNING: Make sure this is the right partition before proceeding.
Press Enter to continue or Ctrl+c to exit.
Flushing filesystem buffers...
Using extlinux bootloader.
Installation failed with error code '3'.
Please ask for help on the Porteus forum: www.porteus.org/forum
and provide the information from /mnt/sdb1/debug.txt
Exiting now...
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device: /dev/sdb
partition: /dev/sdb1
partition number: 1
partition mount point: /mnt/sdb1
installation path: /mnt/sdb1
subfolder:
filesystem: vfat
bootloader: extlinux
error code: 3
system: porteus 3.13.6-porteus x86_64
mount details: /dev/sdb1 /mnt/sdb1 vfat rw,noatime,nodiratime,fmask=0000,dmask=0000,allow_utime=0022,codepage=437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,check=s,utf8,errors=remount-ro 0 0
full partition scheme:
Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders, total 625142448 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x2bd2c32a
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 2048 27265023 13631488 27 Hidden NTFS WinRE
/dev/sda2 * 27265024 27469823 102400 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda3 27469824 111362579 41946378 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda4 111362580 625137344 256887382+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
Partition 4 does not start on physical sector boundary.
/dev/sda5 111362643 375567569 132102463+ 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
Partition 5 does not start on physical sector boundary.
/dev/sda6 375567633 625137344 124784856 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
Partition 6 does not start on physical sector boundary.
Disk /dev/sdb: 7803 MB, 7803174912 bytes
152 heads, 35 sectors/track, 2864 cylinders, total 15240576 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000ced7f
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 2048 15239167 7618560 b W95 FAT32