Hello everyone. I'm brand new to Porteus. I've installed it (32 bit) on a USB drive. I access it through Oracle Virtual Box on my Dell Desktop, and also on my old 32bit IBM thinkpad which has no hard drive.
I had to format the USB drive to a couple different file systems in gparted in ubuntu before I finally found one that worked with porteus for me without error. (ext2). Everything seems to be going smoothly.
But when I try to run USM, I'm given an error message that says I don't have the required database file.
I've tried following this post [INFO & SCRIPT] Slackware Mirror Settings for USM, but upon executing only the first command in the konsole (guest@porteus:~$ bash sesm.sh all), I get the message that sesm.sh is not a recognized command.
If anyone out there can shoot me some advice I would be very grateful. I'm fairly new to using the terminal in linux, it seems a little daunting to be honest.
Thank you for your time!
Can't use USM, missing database file.
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- Ronin
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Can't use USM, missing database file.
bash-5.0$ usm -u all, this is the usm command to upgrade database or you can write usm only for the help
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Can't use USM, missing database file.
Welcome benjermin96.
Porteus runs fine on FAT32 formated drives, which is what I use. Did you review the USB_INSTALLATION.txt file in the Porteus ISO?I had to format the USB drive to a couple different file systems in gparted in ubuntu before I finally found one that worked with porteus for me without error. (ext2). Everything seems to be going smoothly.
After saving the sesm.sh script you need to make it executable. In a terminal/konsole window run: chmod +x sesm.shI've tried following this post [INFO & SCRIPT] Slackware Mirror Settings for USM, but upon executing only the first command in the konsole (guest@porteus:~$ bash sesm.sh all), I get the message that sesm.sh is not a recognized command.
Then run beny's: usm -u all command.
If you encounter a problem you know where to find us.
Ed