[HOWTO] boot multiple versions of Porteus from one partition

[Ahau]

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Thanks!

[fanthom]

need to admit that before Ahau mentioned this i used to copy and paste 32/64 bit versions from other folder to the main one.
Now i dont have to

Thanks!

BTW - instead of:

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mknod /dev/loop/142 b 7 142
mkdir /mnt/iso
mount –o loop /path/to/iso/isofilename.iso /mnt/iso

you can just do

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mloop /path/to/iso/isofilename.iso

this is one of the hidden features of Porteus (thanks to brokenman)

[Ahau]

Great, thank you!

To be honest, I've been using the max_loop cheatcode and using 'mount /path/to/iso.iso /mnt/iso' without any other options, but I thought mknod and mount -o loop were more technically correct. Courtesy of brokenman, it looks like I can now have it both ways!