Install from live usb

[stuck on stupid]

I'm trying to install to a usb from a live porteus usb. I formatted the usb to ext3 and set it to boot. When I use the install from the GUI it hangs and never finishes. I'm curious is ext3 the correct format and has anyone else experienced this problem ?

[beny]

hi, seem you can't do this because the live system have lot of file that isn't possible to copy on a new installation,you can copy a run system making an iso of it and after you can copy on another media like usb or sd.

[stuck on stupid]

I was able to get it to complete but it won't let me run shell script under linux. I keep getting operation not permitted then Porteus-installer-for-Linux.com not found. Basically I want a persistent live copy that doesn't require the save.dat file each time I reboot.

[stuck on stupid]

Update -

I have all of the files on the copied to the USB drive. Now when I run Porteus-installer-for-Linux.com I get the message saying sfdisk is not installed. I'm getting a little upset. I figured the porteus operating system would include everything need to install porteus to another drive. Any fixes for this ? I can't find sfdisk in the package manager.

Thanks,
Stuck

[Bogomips]

I figured the porteus operating system would include everything need to install porteus to another drive.

AFAIK it does, but then I do everything manually with Grub. So you'll have to wait for the Porteus Install for Linux guy to give you the heads up. In the meantime however, if you're at all familiar with Linux, it might not hurt to look at this thread.

[brokenman]

It should be as easy as the following:

Boot porteus using copy2ram mode.
Copy all files from one USB to another (as root)

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cp -a /mnt/sdxY/* /mnt/sdxZ
sync

Change directory into the second USB (This is essential)

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cd /mnt/sdXz/boot
./Porteus-installer-for-Linux.com
cd /
umount /mnt/sdxY /mnt/sdxZ

Reboot into your second USB.

[stuck on stupid]

Update *

I got everything to work until.

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guest@porteus:/mnt/sdb1/boot$ ./Porteus-installer-for-Linux.com
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing Porteus Installer.............chown: changing ownership of ‘./docs/cheatcodes.txt’: Operation not permitted
chown: changing ownership of ‘./docs/requirements.txt’: Operation not permitted
chown: changing ownership of ‘./docs/GNU_GPL’: Operation not permitted
chown: changing ownership of ‘./docs/License.txt’: Operation not permitted
chown: changing ownership of ‘./docs/install.txt’: Operation not permitted
chown: changing ownership of ‘./docs’: Operation not permitted
chown: changing ownership of ‘./Porteus-installer-for-Linux.com’: Operation not permitted
chown: changing ownership of ‘./syslinux/plpbt’: Operation not permitted
chown: changing ownership of ‘./syslinux/isolinux.boot’: Operation not permitted
chown: changing ownership of ‘./syslinux/porteus.cfg’: Operation not permitted
chown: changing ownership of ‘./syslinux/lilo.conf’: Operation not permitted
chown: changing ownership of ‘./syslinux/boot.cat’: Operation not permitted
chown: changing ownership of ‘./syslinux/extlinux.conf’: Operation not permitted
chown: changing ownership of ‘./syslinux/porteus.png’: Operation not permitted
chown: changing ownership of ‘./syslinux/ldlinux.sys’: Operation not permitted
chown: changing ownership of ‘./syslinux/isolinux.bin’: Operation not permitted
chown: changing ownership of ‘./syslinux/isolinux.cfg’: Operation not permitted
chown: changing ownership of ‘./syslinux/vmlinuz’: Operation not permitted
chown: changing ownership of ‘./syslinux/vesamenu.c32’: Operation not permitted
chown: changing ownership of ‘./syslinux/syslinux.cfg’: Operation not permitted
chown: changing ownership of ‘./syslinux/initrd.xz’: Operation not permitted
chown: changing ownership of ‘./syslinux/chain.c32’: Operation not permitted
chown: changing ownership of ‘./syslinux’: Operation not permitted
chown: changing ownership of ‘./Porteus-installer-for-Windows.exe’: Operation not permitted
chown: changing ownership of ‘./.porteus_installer/extlinux.com’: Operation not permitted
chown: changing ownership of ‘./.porteus_installer/lilo.com’: Operation not permitted
chown: changing ownership of ‘./.porteus_installer/mbr.bin’: Operation not permitted
chown: changing ownership of ‘./.porteus_installer/installer.com’: Operation not permitted
chown: changing ownership of ‘./.porteus_installer’: Operation not permitted
chown: changing ownership of ‘.’: Operation not permitted
chgrp: changing group of ‘./docs/cheatcodes.txt’: Operation not permitted
chgrp: changing group of ‘./docs/requirements.txt’: Operation not permitted
chgrp: changing group of ‘./docs/GNU_GPL’: Operation not permitted
chgrp: changing group of ‘./docs/License.txt’: Operation not permitted
chgrp: changing group of ‘./docs/install.txt’: Operation not permitted
chgrp: changing group of ‘./docs’: Operation not permitted
chgrp: changing group of ‘./Porteus-installer-for-Linux.com’: Operation not permitted
chgrp: changing group of ‘./syslinux/plpbt’: Operation not permitted
chgrp: changing group of ‘./syslinux/isolinux.boot’: Operation not permitted
chgrp: changing group of ‘./syslinux/porteus.cfg’: Operation not permitted
chgrp: changing group of ‘./syslinux/lilo.conf’: Operation not permitted
chgrp: changing group of ‘./syslinux/boot.cat’: Operation not permitted
chgrp: changing group of ‘./syslinux/extlinux.conf’: Operation not permitted
chgrp: changing group of ‘./syslinux/porteus.png’: Operation not permitted
chgrp: changing group of ‘./syslinux/ldlinux.sys’: Operation not permitted
chgrp: changing group of ‘./syslinux/isolinux.bin’: Operation not permitted
chgrp: changing group of ‘./syslinux/isolinux.cfg’: Operation not permitted
chgrp: changing group of ‘./syslinux/vmlinuz’: Operation not permitted
chgrp: changing group of ‘./syslinux/vesamenu.c32’: Operation not permitted
chgrp: changing group of ‘./syslinux/syslinux.cfg’: Operation not permitted
chgrp: changing group of ‘./syslinux/initrd.xz’: Operation not permitted
chgrp: changing group of ‘./syslinux/chain.c32’: Operation not permitted
chgrp: changing group of ‘./syslinux’: Operation not permitted
chgrp: changing group of ‘./Porteus-installer-for-Windows.exe’: Operation not permitted
chgrp: changing group of ‘./.porteus_installer/extlinux.com’: Operation not permitted
chgrp: changing group of ‘./.porteus_installer/lilo.com’: Operation not permitted
chgrp: changing group of ‘./.porteus_installer/mbr.bin’: Operation not permitted
chgrp: changing group of ‘./.porteus_installer/installer.com’: Operation not permitted
chgrp: changing group of ‘./.porteus_installer’: Operation not permitted
chgrp: changing group of ‘.’: Operation not permitted

which: no sfdisk in (/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/games:/opt/porteus-scripts)

The following utilities are required and missing from your system:

sfdisk

Please install necessary packages and run the installer again.[/clode]

As you can see sfdisk is still required.

[fanthom]

run as root.
sfdisk is not in the guest's $PATH.

[stuck on stupid]

run as root.
sfdisk is not in the guest's $PATH.

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guest@porteus:/mnt/sdd1/boot$ sudo ./Porteus-installer-for-Linux.com
Password:
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing Porteus Installer......
which: no sfdisk in (/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/games:/opt/porteus-scripts)
The following utilities are required and missing from your system:

sfdisk

Please install necessary packages and run the installer again.

Exact same thing sfdisk not found. I manually search it's not in any of the folders. Does sfdisk only come with a certain build ?

[Bogomips]

If using sudo, then

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PATH+=:/sbin

[brokenman]

'as root' means as root, not sudo as guest.

In the console type: su
Then type in the password (toor) and you are now root. Installation operation should be done as root. Hope that helps.

[stuck on stupid]

If using sudo, then

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PATH+=:/sbin

Same thing sfdisk not found.

[Bogomips]

Same thing sfdisk not found.

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guest@porteus:~$ /sbin/sfdisk

Usage:
 sfdisk [options] <device> [...]

[stuck on stupid]

Same thing sfdisk not found.

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guest@porteus:~$ /sbin/sfdisk

Usage:
 sfdisk [options] <device> [...]

That seems to have found it but why can't the executable in the boot folder seem to find it. Can you post the full command line you used to make it work.

Thanks

[stuck on stupid]

'as root' means as root, not sudo as guest.

In the console type: su
Then type in the password (toor) and you are now root. Installation operation should be done as root. Hope that helps.

Man I totally missed this post. Going to try this thanks. #can'tread

SUCCESS !

Thanks