hmm. this time ubiquity wouldn't start. however I didn't see /dev/sdc1 under mount anywhere. It still seemed like the CD was controlling things though. I'll have to get back to it later. I do appreciate all the help though, thanks again.
On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 6:18 PM, grant centauri <[email protected]> wrote: > I suppose my aim would be to have a full install rather than a liveHD, > though I think a liveHD would be fine as well. > > I've been trying the CD boot and taking over from USB, but I'm not sure its > working correctly. Do I just add "live-media=/dev/sdc1" at the end of that > long line of the boot command? It booted fine, but seemed to still be using > the CD. I tried installing and got the same error as before. Maybe I typed > something wrong, so I'll give it another go. > > Is there any way to tell whether I'm running from the USB or not? When I > ran the mount command it showed the USB mounted as a normal drive at /media, > I assume that isn't correct. Perhaps this next try will work and there > won't be a problem. > > On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 6:20 AM, Aymeric Mansoux <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Karsten Gebbert said : >> > grant centauri said : >> > > I can sure give it a try. I don't know much about grub and booting, >> but I'm >> > > assuming adding those lines to my grub.cfg and putting the /live >> folder where >> > > its supposed to be under root should allow it to find the kernel and >> boot. I >> > > can use a USB, but I was wondering if I created a hdd partition and >> labeled it >> > > live-rw if that would work for persistence as well. >> > > >> > >> > definitely, any ext2 partition with that label will do (others: ext3 >> > will work too, right?). >> > >> > > I would be interested in trying the CD+USB boot/install possibility, >> but I'm >> > > not sure how that would work either. Something with editing the boot >> commands >> > > to look for the kernel on the USB device somehow? >> > > >> > >> > oh, my bad, I think I misunderstood. I'm not sure how that scenario >> > would work. >> > >> > > I'll try some things in the next day or so and report back on whether >> anything >> > > works. Thanks for the advice. >> > > >> > >> >> to add up on what dan and karsten already said... >> You can do any kind of combination of partitions, devices, media, etc >> ... >> >> It all depends on what your aim is, each method has pros and cons. If >> your aim is to have a full install on a specific partition and you >> cannot boot on USB and your CD is has issues, then booting on CD and >> taking over from USB is the best solution. >> >> a. >> >> > >> > > -grant >> > > >> > > On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 4:13 AM, Karsten Gebbert <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > > >> > > grant centauri said : >> > > > hello, >> > > > >> > > > i've been having trouble with an old laptop and its CD drive. >> In order >> > > to even >> > > > get pure:dyne to boot I was forced to use a regular CD-R, and >> when trying >> > > to >> > > > install I get an I/O error. >> > > > >> > > > Instead of trying to burn another disc (I did successfully >> install on >> > > another >> > > > machine with it after all, plus I'm out of CD-Rs) I thought >> perhaps I'd >> > > try to >> > > > make a liveUSB and install from that. However, my machine is >> old enough >> > > that >> > > > it doesn't seem to want to boot from USB at all. So after a >> frustrating >> > > night, >> > > > I decided the easiest thing I could think of to get a puredyne >> realtime >> > > kernel >> > > > and start doing stuff was to grab the old leek and potato kernel >> on my >> > > already >> > > > running debian system and go from there. >> > > > >> > > > my goal was to get this laptop with a stable realtime setup so I >> can use >> > > it for >> > > > a performance next saturday. I could run just from the liveCD, >> but I >> > > don't >> > > > really want to chance something going wrong in the middle of a >> set. For >> > > now, >> > > > this solution seems okay, but I would like access to the newer >> software >> > > and >> > > > kernel. >> > > > >> > > > I guess I'm just bringing it up in case anyone had any solutions >> or work >> > > > arounds in case something like this happens to anyone else. >> > > > >> > > > I was thinking that perhaps I could make a partition on the >> drive to be a >> > > > liveHD install of C&C? It seemed like the make-live-device >> script >> > > wouldn't >> > > > work for that because of an issue where if I put /dev/sda3 it >> was trying >> > > to >> > > > create partitions /dev/sda31 and /dev/sda32. Perhaps there's a >> minor >> > > change to >> > > > the script that could be made to allow it to live on a partition >> of a >> > > drive? >> > > > Or perhaps there's another method to put the ISO somewhere and >> make it >> > > > bootable? It seemed like there was a way with leek&potato, but >> I wasn't >> > > sure >> > > > with C&C. >> > > > >> > > > Any ideas? >> > > > >> > > >> > > maybe you could mount the iso on a loop, and cp the /live folder >> to >> > > your root and boot everything using grub. I think there is an >> example >> > > for the config in the iso in the extra folder. then you could use >> a >> > > usb stick with a ext2 partition (and 'live-rw' label!) as your >> > > persistence medium. >> > > >> > > would that work/help? >> > > >> > > greetings, >> > > >> > > karsten >> > > >> > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >> > > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) >> > > >> > > iEYEARECAAYFAktmqVEACgkQJYU9qnGdnMcwawCgoboSHdroyga8XKVqOGdGXPoP >> > > tYMAn2S5K+V6/pjsTdf78R1WcQloTljK >> > > =m8i5 >> > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >> > > >> > > --- >> > > [email protected] >> > > http://identi.ca/group/puredyne >> > > irc://irc.goto10.org/puredyne >> > > >> > > >> > >> > > --- >> > > [email protected] >> > > http://identi.ca/group/puredyne >> > > irc://irc.goto10.org/puredyne >> > >> >> >> >> > --- >> > [email protected] >> > http://identi.ca/group/puredyne >> > irc://irc.goto10.org/puredyne >> >> >> --- >> [email protected] >> http://identi.ca/group/puredyne >> irc://irc.goto10.org/puredyne >> > >
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