With regard to the SD on USB. Does the motherboard actually see it as a bootable device? Even if the motherboard has a boot from USB option, the device may not be able to boot. As such, the installer will most likely not see it. Even what type of USB device that the motherboard is set to can make a difference (USB-HDD, USB-ZIP, etc.). When we were looking from a bootable one, we tried a few in a system that had no haddrives. Since there's no system drive it halts just after listing the available drives.
Scott -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Hervé Richard Sent: December 13, 2006 3:49 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [OF-users] [Install on Compact Flash] Boot problem Hello, CF (on CF IDE adapter): Tried to reinstall Grub on MBR but nothing changed. I still see "GRUB" and a blinking cursor :-/ Tried with HDD image from web site. Same thing as above SD: Tried to install on SD card on USB adapter. Installer told me that it couldn't find any storage devices to do the installation on :-/ Tried with HDD image on SD/USB. Modified device.map according to my SD/USB device. Nothing change Did a lot of googling without any significative results. I read GRUB manual and Openfiler Doc too, browse forum...etc but no how to :-/ Btw my motherboard is a Tyan S2892 with the latest Bios ( I tried with a former one without success). I've done both install (on SD and CF) with no swap config cause I would prefer Swap partition to be on HDDs. I don't think that made the install going bad... So I'm really stucked :-(( If anyone have an Openfiler 2.X (from rPath) install on CF or SD/USB experience It would be great :-) Any help appreciated :-p Thankx Hervé Richard a écrit : > Esben Laursen a écrit : >> Hervé Richard skrev: >>> Hello all, >>> >>> I' Tried to install openfiler 2.x on a 2Gb Kingston Compact Flash on >>> an IDE CF Adapter. >>> >>> - Firstly I tried a basic install from CD-ROM wich failed. I >>> encountered errors during automatic partitioning and I couldn't boot >>> after install. >>> GRUB on the screen with a blinking cursor. That's all.... :-/ >>> >>> - I tried to dd the hdd image of the distro from Rpath Web site, to >>> the CF. >>> It failed to boot too :-(( >>> Same thing as above: Just GRUB on the screen with a blinking cursor. >>> :-/ >>> >>> Any help very appreciated :-) >>> >>> P.S.: maybe it is a menu.lst config and/or fstab problem? >>> >>> Thanks in advance guys >>> >>> Hervé >>> >> >> >> Hi Hervé, >> >> Im not sure if it right, but the first thing that pops into mind is a >> lacking MBR. > Maybe >> >> You would try and start in rescue mode and reinstall the Grub MBR. > Maybe I have just to try another time and if it doesn't boot try to > reinstall GRUB as you said. > Try and have a look at these pages: > > http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/html_node/Installing-GRUB-using-grub _002dinstall.html > > http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=975 > > I got those from a google search grub install mbr > I've seen the one about Grub Install from gnu.org >> >> hope that helps.. > sure :-) >> >> Cheers >> >> Esben >> Ps. have you thought about write cycles on a CF card? > Yep. I'll move swap partition to HDD's and try to tweak syslog not to > be too verbose to minimize writes on the CF > Maybe it could be possible to move all system write access to HDD's > (like var, tmp...) and make the system not to write on the CF... > > Cheers > > Hervé >> _______________________________________________ >> Openfiler-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.openfiler.com/mailman/listinfo/openfiler-users >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Openfiler-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openfiler.com/mailman/listinfo/openfiler-users > > > CONFIDENTIAL AND PRIVILEGED INFORMATION NOTICE This e-mail, and any attachments, may contain information that is confidential, subject to copyright, or exempt from disclosure. Any unauthorized review, disclosure, retransmission, dissemination or other use of or reliance on this information may be unlawful and is strictly prohibited. AVIS D'INFORMATION CONFIDENTIELLE ET PRIVILÉGIÉE Le présent courriel, et toute pièce jointe, peut contenir de l'information qui est confidentielle, régie par les droits d'auteur, ou interdite de divulgation. Tout examen, divulgation, retransmission, diffusion ou autres utilisations non autorisées de l'information ou dépendance non autorisée envers celle-ci peut être illégale et est strictement interdite.
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