Install custom system to new USB only root access [solved]
Posted: 24 Apr 2015, 15:09
I have installed Porteus to an 8Gb USB flash drive and have everything setup as I like it. I want to move my existing installed system (intact with all customizations) to a different USB that will be used when away from my primary computer. The secondary USB does have a smaller capacity however it appears that there is ample space to move all the contents from the 8Gb stick as only around 950Mb are used while the new stick has a 2Gb capacity.
I have invoked the Porteus Installer (after formatting the second USB flash drive to ext4 - same as primary USB). I have installed Porteus to the secondary USB and the installer reports success in doing so.
Boot with the secondary USB occurs with no noticeable issues, however, I can not login as guest nor using a tertiary account that I created (lets call that account XYZ). I can, however, login as root. From the root account I changed the password on the guest and XYZ accounts. Tried to login again as guest and XYZ without success.
The login screen simply "blinks" and returns with the login box empty after attempting to login.
I boot Porteus to RAM like this:
LABEL copy2ram
MENU LABEL Copy To RAM
KERNEL vmlinuz
APPEND initrd=initrd.xz copy2ram timezone=America/Costa_Rica utc kmap=latam,us changes=/porteus login=
TEXT HELP
Run Porteus the same as above,
but first copy all data to RAM
to get a huge speed increase
(needs >768MB)
ENDTEXT
As an aside, how does one change the default selection in the boot menu?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
I have invoked the Porteus Installer (after formatting the second USB flash drive to ext4 - same as primary USB). I have installed Porteus to the secondary USB and the installer reports success in doing so.
Boot with the secondary USB occurs with no noticeable issues, however, I can not login as guest nor using a tertiary account that I created (lets call that account XYZ). I can, however, login as root. From the root account I changed the password on the guest and XYZ accounts. Tried to login again as guest and XYZ without success.
The login screen simply "blinks" and returns with the login box empty after attempting to login.
I boot Porteus to RAM like this:
LABEL copy2ram
MENU LABEL Copy To RAM
KERNEL vmlinuz
APPEND initrd=initrd.xz copy2ram timezone=America/Costa_Rica utc kmap=latam,us changes=/porteus login=
TEXT HELP
Run Porteus the same as above,
but first copy all data to RAM
to get a huge speed increase
(needs >768MB)
ENDTEXT
As an aside, how does one change the default selection in the boot menu?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.