Boot Screen -> F4

[Duliwi]

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For what is the function "F4 -> from=USB" good for?
When do I need it?
What does it?
What is different, when I select "from=USB" compared with the selection "none"?

Does the "F4 -> form=USB" function work on its own or does it only make sense in combination with any function from "F5" or does it even only make sense to use it together with "F5 -> persist_static"?

Would appreciate some answer. Thank you.

[Charlie Brown]

From antiX docs:

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from=usb ... Sets default booting device to a LiveUSB

That one is useful especially when a machine cannot boot directly from a usb stick but can with a CD/DVD etc.. Then it enables you to indirectly boot with the usb...

[j2mcgreg]

@Charlie Brown got there first.

[Duliwi]

Thank you.

OK I see it's documented in the Antix docs.

But I have not found the place here: https://mxlinux.org/?s=+form%3Dubs

I have not installed AntiX. Is there a link to the Doc of this issue? Or can we only see this doc, when we install Antix?

[Charlie Brown]

https://download.tuxfamily.org/antix/do ... arams.html

https://download.tuxfamily.org/antix/do ... ml#options

[fehlix]

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For what is the function "F4 -> from=USB" good for?

F1 -> Help
To search for USB's which contains a valid antiX Live system to further boot from.

When do I need it?

To search only for USB's, e.g in case you boot from DVD,
and LiveSystem is loaded from DVD, but you want to boot further the linux system
and persistence files (if persistence was enabled) from faster USB instead.
Or, some PC don't boot the LiveSystem from USB or can't boot from USB directly. So you would be able with help of MX Linux on DVD do start booting to the LiveBoot Menu and further load the linux system from faster USB.

What does it?

See above.

What is different, when I select "from=USB" compared with the selection "none"?

With "none" it looks for both DVD/CD and USB's. none is like not selecting anything with F4, but keep the builtin defaults.

Does the "F4 -> form=USB" function work on its own ...

Yes.

List of docs:
MX Linux MX Linux - Live Boot parameters
antiX Linux Live Boot parameters
antiX linux fan's Table of antiX (Live) Boot Parameters
Not not all antiX boot parameter are used on MX Linux Live System.

Any detailed question, let us know.

[Duliwi]

Thank you all very much.

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For what is the function "F4 -> from=USB" good for?

F1 -> Help

Of course.
How could I have missed that:

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However, thank you for your detailed comments fehlix. I appreciate it.