Unable to get an Antix live USB to run

chzuck · 08-23-2022, 12:35 PM

I made a live USB of Antix and I get as far as this: Root partition (hda1, sda2, etc): and I don't know what to enter to continue. Tried searching for help but have been unable to find an answer.

!!! · 09-23-2022, 08:26 PM

Sorry about not getting a reply. (I finally looked at the zrt because I saw someone else trying to help out with the old ZRT threads)

Did you ever get it to work?

Try (see my http://2LQ.org 2006 Toshiba):
“F4 Option” –> “from=usb”

IDK exactly why it needs it, but:
https://antixlinux.com/the-most-exte...on-the-planet/

Let us know...

chzuck · 09-24-2022, 11:13 AM

No. I am trying to get antiX 21 working on a live USB for my old Dell 32 bit desktop. Maybe I am downloading the wrong version. Here is what I downloaded and made a live USB with Rufus. antiX-21-net_386-net.iso

michaelk · 09-24-2022, 11:53 AM

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Root partition (hda1, sda2, etc)

You type in the partition you want to designate as the root partition i.e /. What to pick depends on how the drive was partitioned in the previous step. I would guess sdaX where x is the number of the desired partition.

chzuck · 09-24-2022, 01:14 PM

Why can't it be simple to run like Mint? I don't really understand that stuff. I installed antiX on my USB with Rufus and just want to run the software. I did not knowingly make any partitions.

Emerson · 09-24-2022, 01:24 PM

I had a brief look at MX Linux download page and got impression there is no official antiX live iso. My guess is you have install iso which has no live mode. I may be wrong.

boughtonp · 09-24-2022, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Emerson

I had a brief look at MX Linux download page and got impression there is no official antiX live iso.

???

Go to AntiX website, press the download button, and you will receive this text:

Quote:

Originally Posted by https://antixlinux.com/download/

Below is a list of mirrors available for downloading the antiX ISO images. These can be written and booted live from a cd,frugal install via hdd, from usb, etc.

Quote:

Originally Posted by chzuck

Here is what I downloaded and made a live USB with Rufus. antiX-21-net_386-net.iso

As per the FAQ a live distro should use antiX-full or antiX-base:

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Originally Posted by http://download.tuxfamily.org/antix/docs-antiX-19/FAQ/index.html#_which_flavour_should_i_use

Most users will be happy to use antiX-full as it offers a full desktop experience on legacy and modern computers.

If you have a very old desktop/laptop with 512MB RAM or less (PII, PIII), or you want a desktop with "the basics", it is probably best to use antiX-base.

If you want complete control over what applications to install and know the Debian system fairly well, then use antiX-core or antiX-net since both these do not include X.

chzuck · 09-24-2022, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by boughtonp

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Go to AntiX website, press the download button, and you will receive this text:

As per the FAQ a live distro should use antiX-full or antiX-base:

Thanks. I will give that a try and let you know how I make out.

chzuck · 09-24-2022, 05:38 PM

Well, I tried the full version and that did not work. I got this error, /antix/vmlinuz not found. I think I just will stick with MX. I have no issues with that on a live USB with persistence. Seems antiX is above my abilities.

!!! · 09-24-2022, 06:38 PM

Could you try the “F4 Option” –> “from=usb” ?
I'm just curious if that's the magic that makes it work.... I think I might have had to do this with the slackware mini ISO; I'm just trying to learn and explore...

chzuck · 09-24-2022, 06:55 PM

I will give it a try and let you know.

chzuck · 09-24-2022, 09:43 PM

I tried to do what !!! said, but was unable to see where to do that. I had one of the versions running, then I changed something and it would not load and I don't remember which version it was. I should just stick with an older, 32 bit version of Mint or use MX. Still don't understand why it has been made so difficult when other Linux distros are so simple to run on a Live USB.

!!! · 09-24-2022, 11:55 PM

On the attached screen picture, press F4, as it begins to boot

anticapitalista · 09-25-2022, 04:02 AM

antiX uses exactly the same live system as MX because MX is built from an antiX core and uses our live system.
If you want you could boot your live MX and 'install' the antiX.iso to another usb device using MX Live Usb Maker.

yancek · 09-25-2022, 05:48 AM

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I got this error, /antix/vmlinuz not found

You'll never boot it if you are getting that error as that is the kernel. Did you verify the download was not corrupted before using rufus to create the bootable usb? I would expect that would be the problem or the creation of the live usb went wrong somehow. If you extract the iso, you can look in the antiX directory to see if vmlinuz is actually there.