I don't get, what you're after... ;-)
There are .usb images available directly from genunix.org, and the tool to put
it onto an USB stick is called USBCOPY.
So, simply grab such an .usb-image, copy it to an USB-stick, and boot off of
that usb-stick directly...
Matthias
You (eXeC001er) wrote:
> Hi All.
>
> I tried to start installation of OpenSolaris from usb-flash via GRUB2.
>
> GRUB2 can mount ISO via loopback and use it contents.
>
> my steps:
>
> 1. load kernel from loopback mounted ISO
> 2. load miniroot (boot_archive) from loopback mounted ISO
> 3. mount usb-flash
> 4. mount ISO from mounted usb-flash
> 4. mount lofi-compressed solaris.zlib from mounted ISO
> 4. start installation
>
>
> steps 1 and 2 execute on GRUB2 layer. After it i have running OS with
> minimal components, which available in boot_archive.
>
> Next i need to mount usb-flash with FAT partition. OK.
>
> >: #mount -F pcfs /dev/dsk/c4t0d0p1 /my_mountpoint
> /dev/dsk/c4t0d0p1 is non DOS filesystem
>
>
> The same usb-flash mounted without error via same cmd.
>
> Why?
>
> Thanks.
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