Boot a USB Porteus flash drive in a VirtualBox

[sean]

I understand Oracle does not allow USB boots with VirtualBox. (Y/N?) Has anyone booted a USB Porteus flash drive in a VirtualBox?

Sean

[brokenman]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSS1bOF7sDA

http://www.pendrivelinux.com/boot-a-usb ... irtualbox/

[sean]

Thanks brokenman,

Bedtime here now, so I'll check those links in the morning.

Hope you are doing well,

Sean

[Softysman]

Hi ever1 i Need some help, i'm doing a bootpen and i want to put the porteus on a paste i'm doing this code
title PORTEUS
find --set-root /grldr
kernel /dos/livecd/porteus/boot/syslinux/vmlinuz from= /dos/livecd/porteus/boot/syslinux/vmlinuz copy2ram login=root
initrd /dos/livecd/porteus/boot/syslinux/initrd.xz

But he dont find the porteus-v3.0-i486.sgn

[tome]

Try:

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from=/dos/livecd/porteus

Look at .../boot/docs/cheatcodes.txt file.

[Softysman]

Now i have a erros is say Porteus data not found.

[Ed_P]

Hi ever1 i Need some help, i'm doing a bootpen and i want to put the porteus on a paste i'm doing this code
title PORTEUS
find --set-root /grldr
kernel /dos/livecd/porteus/boot/syslinux/vmlinuz from= /dos/livecd/porteus/boot/syslinux/vmlinuz copy2ram login=root
initrd /dos/livecd/porteus/boot/syslinux/initrd.xz

But he dont find the porteus-v3.0-i486.sgn

This is what I use for booting my ISO file:

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title Porteus 3.0  changes=      \n 213MB\n Porteus-RazorQT-v3.0-x86_64.iso 
find --set-root                       /ISOs/Porteus-RazorQT-v3.0-x86_64.iso
map --heads=0 --sectors-per-track=0   /ISOs/Porteus-RazorQT-v3.0-x86_64.iso (0xff) 
map --hook
root (0xff)
kernel /boot/syslinux/vmlinuz    from=/ISOs/Porteus-RazorQT-v3.0-x86_64.iso changes=EXIT:/porteus/changes/porteussave.dat extramod=/mnt/sda5/porteus/modules volume=40 
initrd /boot/syslinux/initrd.xz

maybe you can borrow some of the code for your VirtualBox booting. Do note the paths for kernel and initrd.

[brokenman]

I assume you have already unpacked the ISO and that is why you have this path: /dos/livecd/porteus/boot/syslinux/vmlinuz

If your directory structure looks like this:

/dos/livecd/porteus/
|
|
--> boot/syslinux
--> porteus/base

Then it should be: from=/dos/livecd/porteus

Make sure there are no spaces.

[Softysman]

I do the from cheat code and when i do the boot he says "from= is incorrect"

[fanthom]

please show me the output of following command:

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find /dos/livecd/porteus -type f

thanks

[Ed_P]

Softysman

Are you creating the menu.lst file in Windows or Linux? In Windows file/folder names are not case sensitive, in Linux they are. Thus /dos/ and /DOS/ are not seen as the same name.

Try:

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title PORTEUS
find --set-root /dos/livecd/porteus/boot/syslinux/initrd.xz
kernel /boot/syslinux/vmlinuz from=/dos/livecd/porteus/boot/syslinux/vmlinuz copy2ram login=root 
initrd /boot/syslinux/initrd.xz

And if your folder names have capital letters in them than then code the menu accordingly.

For example:

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title PORTEUS
find --set-root /DOS/livecd/Porteus/boot/syslinux/initrd.xz
kernel /boot/syslinux/vmlinuz from=/DOS/livecd/Porteus/boot/syslinux/vmlinuz copy2ram login=root 
initrd /boot/syslinux/initrd.xz

[Softysman]

Ed i try our code and this is the message i have
"Porteus data not found.
You are maybe using an unsupported boot device /eg. SCSI or old PCMCIA).
Workaround: Copy the directory /porteus from yout boot device to an IDE/SATA disk, eg. to /mnt/sda1/porteus or C:\porteus. Then try to boot again. Make sure that your boot parameters (cheatcodes) are correct. In case of booting over network - check if the driver for your NIC is included in initrd image.

And yes i'm doin a menu.lst in Windows.

[tome]

Change your Porteus version from

Distribution: Porteus V1.1

to v3.0 and try again.

[brokenman]

The from= line supplied above will never work.

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from=/dos/livecd/porteus/boot/syslinux/vmlinuz

Your from= line needs to point to the path that contains the porteus folder. That is where the 'Porteus data' is stored.

If you really are still using v1.1 please do as Tome says and upgrade.

As fanthom asked please supply the following command:

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find /dos/livecd/porteus -type f

Also please supply the output of:

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cat /etc/porteus-version

[Ed_P]

The from= line supplied above will never work.

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from=/dos/livecd/porteus/boot/syslinux/vmlinuz

Your from= line needs to point to the path that contains the porteus folder. That is where the 'Porteus data' is stored.

Oh! Good Grief. Yes. Sorry Softysman, I'm use to booting ISOs.

Try this instead:

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title PORTEUS
find --set-root /dos/livecd/porteus/boot/syslinux/initrd.xz
kernel /boot/syslinux/vmlinuz from=/dos/livecd/ copy2ram login=root 
initrd /boot/syslinux/initrd.xz

As fanthom asked please supply the following command:

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find /dos/livecd/porteus -type f

Also please supply the output of:

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cat /etc/porteus-version

He's building the menu in Windows not Porteus brokenman. As such try in a Command Prompt these commands:

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dir  c:\*.
dir  c:\dos\*.  /s
dir  c:\dos\*.sgn  /s

and post the output.