Unable to store changes to savefile.dat
Posted: 05 Jan 2020, 13:32
Hi,
I'm completely new to porteus, and my Linux knowledge in general is quite limited (still).
The other day I set up my old MSI Wind netbook (2GB RAM, 1.6GHz ATOM CPU, 1024x600 screen) using Linux Mint XFCE, which is fine but still pushes the CPU to its llimits. So I came across porteus.
The netbook is limited to 32 bit architecture so I chose porteus 4.0 with xfce.
I started by formatting an 8 GB USB pen drive to FAT32, copied the ISO's content to it then ran the Windows installer as is described here. Also modified the /porteus/porteus-v4.0-i586.cfg file to make sure I have the right keymap and timezone:
No problem to boot from the USB drive, and apparently my modifications are working.
Next I followed the instructions creating a 512 MB savefile as /porteus/portauessave.dat using the default xsf as file system. On my netbook the pen drive is mounted as /mnt/sdb, so the entry in porteus-v4.0-i586.cfg is
Problem is: apparently my porteussave.dat file is never recognized, at least that's what I'm told on every boot-up, so I'm constantly booting as "Always Fresh".
I tried numerous times to rebuild (using both ext4 and xfs, also extending the size to 1 GB) or recover the .dat file but without success. Also tried to "tab" into the "Graphical" selection on boot and enter
but no success.
I also tried to re-format the USB drive using ext4 than do the entire setup process from my Linux Mint setup using these instructions. Seems to work, but then I can't boot from the pen drive, the boot sequence starts telling me that there's no bootable kernel found stopping with
No idea what I'm supposed to enter here...
So meanwhile I'm back at base 1, i.e. with a FAT32 formatted drive and no chance to save my changes.
Anyone having an idea what else I could try?
== UPDATE ==
I managed to mount may savefile in Linux Mint using
So I can hava a look at its contents; appears like a properly xfs formatted partition containing what looks like a proper structure (/etc, /home, /root, /run, /usr and /var)
I'm completely new to porteus, and my Linux knowledge in general is quite limited (still).
The other day I set up my old MSI Wind netbook (2GB RAM, 1.6GHz ATOM CPU, 1024x600 screen) using Linux Mint XFCE, which is fine but still pushes the CPU to its llimits. So I came across porteus.
The netbook is limited to 32 bit architecture so I chose porteus 4.0 with xfce.
I started by formatting an 8 GB USB pen drive to FAT32, copied the ISO's content to it then ran the Windows installer as is described here. Also modified the /porteus/porteus-v4.0-i586.cfg file to make sure I have the right keymap and timezone:
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kmap=de
timezone=Europe/Berlin
Next I followed the instructions creating a 512 MB savefile as /porteus/portauessave.dat using the default xsf as file system. On my netbook the pen drive is mounted as /mnt/sdb, so the entry in porteus-v4.0-i586.cfg is
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changes=/mnt/sdb/porteus/porteussave.dat
I tried numerous times to rebuild (using both ext4 and xfs, also extending the size to 1 GB) or recover the .dat file but without success. Also tried to "tab" into the "Graphical" selection on boot and enter
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APPEND changes=/porteussave.dat
I also tried to re-format the USB drive using ext4 than do the entire setup process from my Linux Mint setup using these instructions. Seems to work, but then I can't boot from the pen drive, the boot sequence starts telling me that there's no bootable kernel found stopping with
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boot:
So meanwhile I'm back at base 1, i.e. with a FAT32 formatted drive and no chance to save my changes.
Anyone having an idea what else I could try?
== UPDATE ==
I managed to mount may savefile in Linux Mint using
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sudo mkdir loop /mt/loop
sudo mount -o loop /mnt/sdb/porteus/porteussave.dat