Could someone open a bug for this please? USB install was working at some point, look like it is broken in RC2..
On Wed, 2008-01-23 at 10:17 -0500, Haidut wrote: > I have a similar problem when trying to install Nexnta on a USB > pendrive. If the drive is <512MB Nexenta keep complaining that the > drive is too small and refuses to use the USB stick as install media. > When I try to use a 1GB USB stick, it just hangs while trying to > format it. I tried several other sticks just to make sure it's not a > media error. > Anybody else have similar problems? Any idea what may be causing them. > > On Jan 23, 2008 3:08 AM, Hanspeter Portner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi there > > > > I'd like to try out NexentaCP RC2, I have a running qemu installation, > > but thats no good to play around ;-( > > > > The problem is, that I can neither install NexentaCP on my desktop pc, > > nor on my notebook. > > > > My desktop PC has only 256MB of memory and the installer starts just > > fine but then complains about needing >300MB of memory. > > #Is there known to be a workaround? > > > > On my notebook, I've got no cdrom (and I don't want to buy an external > > one!). I've got a debian running on it and installed it via a hd-install > > image put on a usb pendrive > > So, what I tried now, was to install grub on a 1GB usb pendrive and > > extracted the NexentaCP-RC2 iso image to the pendrive. NexentaCP boots > > just fine from the usb pendrive, the kernel is loaded but then of course > > complains about finding no cdrom (what a surprise ;-) ) > > # I am an experienced linux user, but a totally newbie in opensolaris, > > are there any fancy boot parameters or configuration files I may edit to > > get this up working, e.g. to use the usb pendrive (or even the built-in > > hard drive) instead of the cdrom as my root directory? > > > > hp > > _______________________________________________ > > gnusol-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.sonic.net/mailman/listinfo/gnusol-users > > > _______________________________________________ > gnusol-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.sonic.net/mailman/listinfo/gnusol-users > _______________________________________________ gnusol-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.sonic.net/mailman/listinfo/gnusol-users
