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Vinzchang
Table pc touch screen with only 1 USB port.
Antix and virtual keyboard on the other pc.
no usb splitter and no usb keyboardHow to navigate in the bootloader menu?
Is it possible to make it boot automatically like Porteus linux?- This topic was modified 1 year, 1 month ago by Vinzchang.
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madibi
Using a USB splitter with power supply
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caprea
Or, at least the live-stick should start without any intervention from the keyboard after some seconds, if the bios is already set to boot from usb.You cant do anything from there, though.
PPC
I would try to solve the problem like this:
1- if possible try to get a usb splitter and then use the pendrive and a usb keyboard, OR
2- use antiX live with persistence, already set up in another computer. Install a onscreen keyboard (for example the “florence” package – it installs in less than 2mb and minimizes to the system tray), so you can use it the virtual keyboard once antiX boots in the touch screen device.Side note: Years ago, I tested MX 19 on a HP laptop that had touchscreen and it worked great- much better than the installed Windows 8.1 – but the device was not mine, so I did not install anything…
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How to navigate in the bootloader menu?
Is it possible to make it boot automatically like Porteus linux?
anticapitalista
You have to wait several minutes (5 minutes IIRC) and then it boots automatically.
Philosophers have interpreted the world in many ways; the point is to change it.
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christophe
However, if you are feeling adventurous, you can edit the /boot/syslinux/syslinux.cfg file, to shorten the timeout.
#-------------------------------------------------------------------- # This is the isolinux.cfg and/or syslinux.cfg file # It controls the main menu in the bootloader on the live system. # You can edit it to change the main bootloader menu on a LiveUSB. # If you are not careful you can break the live system and prevent # it from booting. #-------------------------------------------------------------------- UI gfxboot gfx-cpio readme.msg timeout 3000 default custom MENU TITLE Welcome to antiX-21_386-base (Grup Yorum) ...The timeout 3000 shown there means it will boot in 300 seconds (5 minutes).
On one of my special-purpose live-usb’s, I set up my preferences on another computer, and saved the options (F8).
Then manually set the timeout to 30 (only three seconds). That’s one way to do it…
😉confirmed antiX frugaler, since 2019
Mine is UEFI BOOT and nothing happens after waited 5 minutes, will try legacy boot later, thanks
legacy boot works.
Can UEFI boots the same way?christophe
You change the grub menu on the usb in the same way, for the uefi menu.
Set your menu options & save, while booting on another computer, of course.confirmed antiX frugaler, since 2019
christophe
Are you saying that the computer bypasses it & boots from the internal ssd? Or…?
confirmed antiX frugaler, since 2019
UEFI USB live boot
christophe
Please forgive me, but you are very terse in your answers, and I do not understand.
Give us as much detail as possible, please.
If you can explain what happens on your uefi usb live boot, that would be a good place to start.confirmed antiX frugaler, since 2019
christophe
OK. Since I rarely boot from a usb on uefi, I had to test one just now.
Unfortunately, I cannot get it to timeout under grub/uefi, either.I can see where grub.cfg says
set timeout=60but it never times-out & boots.Just for fun, does anyone else get anything different, booting uefi?
Does it save customized options when chosen?- This reply was modified 1 year, 1 month ago by christophe.
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