Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] catching hell getting booted

> On 6. Feb 2021, at 11:16, Toomas Soome via openindiana-discuss > wrote: > > > >> On 6. Feb 2021, at 08:54, Harry Putnam > > wrote: >> >> Gary Mills mailto:gary_mi...@fastmail.fm> >> >> writes: >> >>

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] catching hell getting booted

> On 6. Feb 2021, at 08:54, Harry Putnam wrote: > > Gary Mills mailto:gary_mi...@fastmail.fm>> writes: > >> On Wed, Feb 03, 2021 at 01:06:12PM -0500, Harry Putnam wrote: >>> I've been running an hp xw8600 for several years and for about 5-6 of >>> those yrs running openindiana OS. >>> >>> A m

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] catching hell getting booted

Gary Mills writes: > On Wed, Feb 03, 2021 at 01:06:12PM -0500, Harry Putnam wrote: >> I've been running an hp xw8600 for several years and for about 5-6 of >> those yrs running openindiana OS. >> >> A month ago or so I shutdown OI to change out a couple of disks. >> >> Once I did that I have no

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] catching hell getting booted

On Wed, Feb 03, 2021 at 01:06:12PM -0500, Harry Putnam wrote: > I've been running an hp xw8600 for several years and for about 5-6 of > those yrs running openindiana OS. > > A month ago or so I shutdown OI to change out a couple of disks. > > Once I did that I have not been able to use any of the

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] catching hell getting booted

> On 4. Feb 2021, at 17:40, Stephan Althaus > wrote: > > On 02/04/21 16:12, Harry Putnam wrote: >> Carl Brewer writes: >> >>> None that I can do to help, but can you continue to document what you do? >> I will try but make no bones about only being about half literate. >> English is not my f

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] catching hell getting booted

On 02/04/21 16:12, Harry Putnam wrote: Carl Brewer writes: None that I can do to help, but can you continue to document what you do? I will try but make no bones about only being about half literate. English is not my first language... I learned to speak in Wyoming hill-billy for the first 10

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] catching hell getting booted

Carl Brewer writes: > None that I can do to help, but can you continue to document what you do? I will try but make no bones about only being about half literate. English is not my first language... I learned to speak in Wyoming hill-billy for the first 10 or so years. hehe. > I experienced so

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] catching hell getting booted

I've installed OI many times on a lot of different hardware. I've learned that a number of things are very important when it comes to booting on a USB stick: 1. Make sure that you actually use the .usb image file to write a usb stick (yes, it's obvious, I know) 2. Make sure that you use the ri

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] catching hell getting booted

On 2021-02-03 16:41, John D Groenveld wrote: In message , Bob Friesenhahn writes: Yes, dd works the same using Linux. Just make sure to select the correct device to write to or your system may be destroyed. The handbook offers good advice for identifying the correct device name: http://docs

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] catching hell getting booted

In message , Bob Friesenhahn writes: >Yes, dd works the same using Linux. Just make sure to select the >correct device to write to or your system may be destroyed. The handbook offers good advice for identifying the correct device name: http://docs.openindiana.org/handbook/getting-started/#crea

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] catching hell getting booted

On 4/02/2021 11:31 am, Harry Putnam wrote: Any more instructions I need to know before attempting to burn one with dd on linux OS? None that I can do to help, but can you continue to document what you do? I experienced something very similar, and ended up backing out to an older OI build an

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] catching hell getting booted

On Wed, 3 Feb 2021, Harry Putnam wrote: I don't have an OI host running currently but is it not possible to do the dd bit from linux or even windows? Yes, dd works the same using Linux. Just make sure to select the correct device to write to or your system may be destroyed. Bob -- Bob Frie

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] catching hell getting booted

Toomas Soome via openindiana-discuss writes: >> On 3. Feb 2021, at 23:11, Harry Putnam wrote: >> >> Toomas Soome via openindiana-discuss >> writes: >> >> [...] >> So, I'm hoping someone here will have sage advice about booting from network somehow. Is there a way to circ

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] catching hell getting booted

> On 3. Feb 2021, at 23:11, Harry Putnam wrote: > > Toomas Soome via openindiana-discuss > writes: > > [...] > >>> So, I'm hoping someone here will have sage advice about booting from >>> network somehow. >>> >>> Is there a way to circumvent both usb and DVD boots and do something >>> over

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] catching hell getting booted

Toomas Soome via openindiana-discuss writes: [...] >> So, I'm hoping someone here will have sage advice about booting from >> network somehow. >> >> Is there a way to circumvent both usb and DVD boots and do something >> over the network to get oi installed? >> > > What exactly is happening? d

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] catching hell getting booted

> On 3. Feb 2021, at 20:06, Harry Putnam wrote: > > I've been running an hp xw8600 for several years and for about 5-6 of > those yrs running openindiana OS. > > A month ago or so I shutdown OI to change out a couple of disks. > > Once I did that I have not been able to use any of the oi ins

[OpenIndiana-discuss] catching hell getting booted

I've been running an hp xw8600 for several years and for about 5-6 of those yrs running openindiana OS. A month ago or so I shutdown OI to change out a couple of disks. Once I did that I have not been able to use any of the oi installation media I've made up. Both usb stick and DVD fails to boot