What am I missing??? [Solved]

[Bogomips]

@fanthom

Do you mean that cliexec=telinit-3 should now be used in order to boot into text mode?

Had already looked at cliexec, but there was no information there about text mode. So, followed the advice given in this old post http://forum.porteus.org/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=1419

[fanthom]

For text mode you could use just '3' as its in porteus.cfg

[Ed_P]

fanthom does Porteus support independent Options folders like it does for Modules?

[fanthom]

if you meant '/optional folder' then the answer is no.

[Ed_P]

if you meant '/optional folder' then the answer is no.

Yes, that's what I meant.


-edit-

Anyways, adding the Optional folder to extramods= gives me what I think I need for testing DEs with load / noload.

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title Porteus 3.0.1 changes=EXIT  \n213MB\n %ISO30% 
find --set-root                       /ISOs/%ISO30%
map --heads=0 --sectors-per-track=0   /ISOs/%ISO30% (0xff) 
map --hook
root (0xff)
kernel /boot/syslinux/vmlinuz    from=/ISOs/%ISO30% changes=EXIT:/porteus3.0/changes/porteussave.dat extramod=/porteus3.0/Modules volume=40  
initrd /boot/syslinux/initrd.xz

title Porteus 3.0.1 extramod= LXDE\n213MB\n %ISO30% 
find --set-root                       /ISOs/%ISO30%
map --heads=0 --sectors-per-track=0   /ISOs/%ISO30% (0xff) 
map --hook
root (0xff)
kernel /boot/syslinux/vmlinuz    from=/ISOs/%ISO30% extramod=/porteus3.0/Modules;/porteus3.0/modsavedat;/porteus3.0/Optional volume=33 noload=kde;mate;razor;xfce load=lxde
initrd /boot/syslinux/initrd.xz

title Porteus 3.0.1 extramod= KDE \n213MB\n %ISO30% 
find --set-root                       /ISOs/%ISO30%
map --heads=0 --sectors-per-track=0   /ISOs/%ISO30% (0xff) 
map --hook
root (0xff)
kernel /boot/syslinux/vmlinuz    from=/ISOs/%ISO30% extramod=/porteus3.0/Modules;/porteus3.0/modsavedat;/porteus3.0/Optional volume=33 noload=lxde;mate;razor;xfce load=kde
initrd /boot/syslinux/initrd.xz

where ISO30=Porteus-RazorQT-v3.0.1-x86_64.iso

[Ed_P]

Anyways, adding the Optional folder to extramods= gives me what I think I need for testing DEs with load / noload.

Yup, it works.

Don't like KDE. Haven't tried LXDE yet.

[Bogomips]

Ed's tripping the light fantastic 8)

Don't forget to try Kwrite as possible scripting syntax aid.

[Ed_P]

BTW Bogomips when testing other desktops I found that I can see how my RazorQt changes will look on them by copying my save.dat changes file to an extramods folder like so:

cp -p /mnt/sda5/Porteus3.0/changes/porteussave.dat /mnt/sda5/Porteus3.0/modsavedat/porteussave.dat.xzm

Note the .xzm extention added to the end of the copy.

I still boot in Always Fresh mode, so as to not mess up my save.dat file, but I can see the test desktop in a more normal mode for me.

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title Porteus 3.0.1 extramod= MATE\n213MB\n %ISO30% 
find --set-root                       /ISOs/%ISO30%
map --heads=0 --sectors-per-track=0   /ISOs/%ISO30% (0xff) 
map --hook
root (0xff)
kernel /boot/syslinux/vmlinuz    from=/ISOs/%ISO30% extramod=/porteus3.0/Optional;/porteus3.0/Modules;/porteus3.0/modsavedat volume=33 noload=kde;lxde;razor;xfce load=mate
initrd /boot/syslinux/initrd.xz

title Porteus 3.0.1 extramod= XFCE\n213MB\n %ISO30% 
find --set-root                       /ISOs/%ISO30%
map --heads=0 --sectors-per-track=0   /ISOs/%ISO30% (0xff) 
map --hook
root (0xff)
kernel /boot/syslinux/vmlinuz    from=/ISOs/%ISO30% extramod=/porteus3.0/Optional;/porteus3.0/Modules;/porteus3.0/modsavedat volume=33 noload=kde;lxde;razor;mate load=xfce
initrd /boot/syslinux/initrd.xz

where ISO30 is set as:

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set ISO30=Porteus-RazorQT-v3.0.1-x86_64-nu.iso

Thought you might be interested.

I tried KDE and it didn't appeal to me. Same with LXQT. Will see how these two look.