Porteus

Hi all,

I've been using Porteus 4.0 on an USB drive these last weeks and all went nice until now.

I want to install it on an internal SSD so I followed the steps from docs/install.txt but with no luck.

1) The drive is formatted as ext4.
2) Mounted the iso with "mloop path/Porteus /mnt/sdc1/Porteus-LXDE-v4.0-x86_64.iso"
2) As for the instructions I've copied boot/ and porteus/ from a terminal.
3) Changed to boot/ and ran "sh Porteus-installer-for-Linux.com".

Installing Porteus to /dev/sdb1
WARNING: Make sure this is the right partition before proceeding.

Type 'ok' to continue or press Ctrl+c to exit.
ok
Flushing filesystem buffers...

Using extlinux bootloader.

Installation finished successfully.
You may reboot your PC now and start using Porteus.
Please check the /boot/docs folder for additional information about
the installation process, Porteus requirements and booting parameters.
In case of making tweaks to the bootloader config,
please edit: /mnt/sdb1/boot/syslinux/porteus.cfg file.

Press Enter to exit.

It seems all went ok but when selecting the drive from the boot menu it doesn't start.

Any clue what I did wrong or did I missed some step?

It sounds like the boot menu isn't pointing to the partition you installed Porteus to. Before selecting it edit the APPEND hd0 1 parms.

Hi,

where do I need to make the change, in boot/syslinux/porteus.cfg?

Thanks for the help.

Hi Olaf.
I don't have any troubles with install Porteus on SSD. Porteus works for me fine at my SSD drive.

Try this howto:
1) Boot up from USB with Porteus. Format your internal SSD to ext2 (ext2 is better for SSD).
2) Open terminal and run these commands:

Olaf wrote: ↑

29 Nov 2018, 17:42

where do I need to make the change, in boot/syslinux/porteus.cfg?

Yes but initially I would try them by editing the menu when it displays. That way you can try the changes to ensure they work.

Hi,

many thanks Ed_P and Blaze for the prompt help.

I had some minutes so I started the install process from scratch and found the problem: missed to set the boot flag for the drive. Did it and it worked flawlessly.

As you already know, usually, the problem lies between the monitor and the chair.

Olaf wrote: ↑

29 Nov 2018, 20:41

As you already know, usually, the problem lies between the monitor and the chair.

Spoken like a true tech.

Glad we could help.