Steps for running porteus from iso file
Steps for running porteus from iso file
Can someone please clearly mention steps for running porteus 32bit from iso file. Also, what will be limitations of such booting ? Can one use additional modules and save.dat file with iso booting ?
Re: Steps for running porteus from iso file
You can use
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from_iso=/path/to/iso
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Re: Steps for running porteus from iso file
So will it always be in "fresh mode" and without any additional modules ?
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Re: Steps for running porteus from iso file
@rnport
when you are booting from the ISO you must remember about one important thing:
your bootloader must boot porteus from initrd and vmlinuz included in that ISO otherwise kernel version will differ with version of kernel modules included in ISO/porteus/base/000-kernel.xzm.
Let's say you have LILO or GRUB installed on your HD already:
- first what you need to do it to unpack ISO/boot/vmlinuz and ISO/boot/initrd.xz somewhere
- create porteus menu entry in lilo.conf or menu.lst like here (example for LILO)
you can use the same cheatcodes as with normal booting ('from_dev=' is the only exception).
read /boot/docs/cheatcodes.txt for more info about cheatcodes.
Ahau
tips about booting from ISO could be included in some FAQ or doc i guess
when you are booting from the ISO you must remember about one important thing:
your bootloader must boot porteus from initrd and vmlinuz included in that ISO otherwise kernel version will differ with version of kernel modules included in ISO/porteus/base/000-kernel.xzm.
Let's say you have LILO or GRUB installed on your HD already:
- first what you need to do it to unpack ISO/boot/vmlinuz and ISO/boot/initrd.xz somewhere
- create porteus menu entry in lilo.conf or menu.lst like here (example for LILO)
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# Porteus
label = Porteus
vga=791
image = /boot/vmlinuz-ps1
initrd = /boot/initrd-ps.xz1
append = "from_iso=/dev/sda5/iso_images/porteus-v1.0_rc2-x86_64.iso changes=/dev/sda4/porteus_changes rootcopy=/dev/sda4/porteus_rootcopy extramod=/dev/sda4/porteus_xzm autoexec=xconf;telinit~4 toroot copy2ram lxde nohd nocd"
read /boot/docs/cheatcodes.txt for more info about cheatcodes.
Ahau
tips about booting from ISO could be included in some FAQ or doc i guess

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Re: Steps for running porteus from iso file
Appreciate your clear instructions. Can we do without last 4 options: copy2ram lxde nohd nocd ; I want to boot to kde.
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Re: Steps for running porteus from iso file
@fanthom - posted this to FAQ on the main site. Take a look and let me know if I've put it together properly. It might warrant a HOWTO with a link from the FAQ to the HOWTO...
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