I take it back. Truncation was most likely the issue. Running dd with conv=fsync on linux to write the image on usb made it work (BIOS settings toggle was probably just a coincidence, boots fine with new live usb image without toggling options on BIOS).
Thank you so much, Stephan! Have a great rest of the weekend! Atiq On Sat, Jul 12, 2025 at 3:07 AM Atiq <[email protected]> wrote: > Truncation probably wasn't the issue. Since, you mentioned that I also > tried, > > sudo dd bs=4M if=./OI-hipster-gui-20250606.usb of=/dev/sda status=progress > conv=fsync > > earlier command was from openindiana documentation for installation. So, > I am running this on my Linux system to prepare live usb images. Both > version of dd led to same thing ( restart and corrupt the bootable USB). > > I tried different type of images and then usb images from past archives. > Eventually, while tinkering on BIOS I found ways to disable some system > components. I disabled most of those parts except external USB. Voila! Text > version booted just fine. > *illumos <https://illumos.topicbox.com/latest>* / illumos-discuss / see > discussions <https://illumos.topicbox.com/groups/discuss> + participants > <https://illumos.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/members> + delivery options > <https://illumos.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/subscription> Permalink > <https://illumos.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/Te6ca52e0e174d9c5-M924ddf834f64a05e33ad8dc1> > ------------------------------------------ illumos: illumos-discuss Permalink: https://illumos.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/Te6ca52e0e174d9c5-M42e13ba69fa20464bff42fd1 Delivery options: https://illumos.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/subscription
