Dang, I should really learn how to use pxe boot. I certainly have enough systems to use it. On Jul 22, 2015 10:02 PM, "Justin Sherrill" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Just to add another wrinkle, I had an old Sony with no optical drive > and no USB sticks handy. I did have a DragonFly CD, which I booted on > another machine and started up the network install option. I was able > to pxe-boot from that other machine and install DragonFly on the Sony, > and then remove the CD from the other machine with no effect on its > installed OS. > > On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 7:19 PM, Alex Merritt <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I also had this problem and was unable to find a solution with the USB. > Like > > Ward, I fell back to installing from a disc. > > > > -Alex > > > > On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 2:05 PM, Ward H <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> I had to get an external optical drive to plug into one of the USB > ports. > >> Doesn't really matter which one. As I recall the issue has something to > do > >> with how the img was offset when it was first created, and at which > inodes > >> Dfly starts reading raw devices. The USB img hasn't been changed, so the > >> issue remains. > >> > >> On Jul 22, 2015 11:49 AM, "Tim Darby" <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 9:09 AM, Dmitriy Tochansky > >>> <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> lenovo x220 > >>> > >>> > >>> When this happened to me, I moved the thumb drive to another USB port > and > >>> it worked. > >>> > >>> Tim > > > > >
