Karl Dalen wrote: > Hi, > > Has anyone been successful in booting the live 2008.05 > distribution from USB stick instead of CD ? >
Yes, dozens of times. However, I have not used this: > I have created a bootable USB stick from the 2008.05 CD using > the method described in: > http://blogs.sun.com/anilg/date/20080428 > as Anil's tools are not part of the standard toolset. Instead we use the USB images that we don't yet distribute since they require OpenSolaris to use. The method we know works is outlined here: http://blogs.sun.com/dminer/entry/opensolaris_developer_preview_on_usb > When I plug the USB stick into my laptop (Asus Eee PC) and > boot I get the normal grub menu and can choose GUI or console > log in. After selecting any of these options and continuing I > get warning messages of type: > > WARNING: /[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/[EMAIL PROTECTED],7/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL > PROTECTED],0 (sd1): > Command failed to complete...Device is gone > : > and then end up with: > > "Requesting System Maintenance Mode > (See /lib/svc/share/README for more information.) > Console login service(s) cannot run" > > Based on these warnings it looks like the open solaris loader > suddenly loses contact with the install media (USB stick, [EMAIL PROTECTED],7) > > I know that the USB port is good as I can successfully boot > Live Knoppix Linux from a USB stick on the same port. > > Is there any boot options that can get the warning messages > to be written in a file? Right now, all messages just scroll up > too quickly for reading so it's hard to see what is the first > error message. Nothing was written in /var/log/syslog in the > mini root system I end up in. I have also added -v as a boot option. > System logging on OpenSolaris goes to /var/adm/messages; the dmesg command can also be used to examine the log buffer. It would appear to me that there's something sketchy with the driver interaction with the Eee. Those who've reported success installing on it all seem to be using USB CD drives, though. Dave _______________________________________________ indiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
