Easier Select Module Bootup?

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Easier Select Module Bootup?

Post#1 by jimwg » 07 Feb 2015, 01:31

Greetings!

My cfg file looks like this:

LABEL xfce
MENU LABEL RAM ROOT BOOT (XFCE)
changes=cliexec=mv~/etc/X11/xorg.conf-vesa~/etc/X11/xorg.conf
KERNEL vmlinuz
APPEND initrd=initrd.xz changes=UUID:"9364e8df-4855-45d6-9779-546e7c424692"/porteus fsck load=xfce copy2ram login=root
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Thing is that Porteus seems to run faster with fewest apps/modules in memory, but if your modules folder has over 14 modules in it to accommodate all your assorted configurations Porteus indiscriminately load them all. Yes, I can prune the module folder for each desired configuration but that's time consuming and reduces your desire to create custom start-ups with only two or three modules out of 14. You can use noload= but you'd have to do that with each module entry in the cheatsheet. Can there be a variation of noload= called loadonly= that lets you chose the specific modules you want to load without emptying your modules folder or cluttering up your cfg file?

Thanks! Just learning!

Jim in NYC

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Re: Easier Select Module Bootup?

Post#2 by brokenman » 07 Feb 2015, 12:37

Yes. Read the cheatcode documentation. Look for load= and place you modules in the optional folder.
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Re: Easier Select Module Bootup?

Post#3 by jimwg » 08 Feb 2015, 23:22

brokenman wrote:Yes. Read the cheatcode documentation. Look for load= and place you modules in the optional folder.
Thanks! I missed that somehow, but you also hit on another idea if it's possible. Could contextual menus be configured so one can pull up a list of modules to activate and deactivate with a click without having to go into the optional folder?

Thanks!

Jim in NYC

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