Re: [osol-discuss] Opensolaris root fs on usb stick
Hi, Initially I installed using .ISO image from http://www.genunix.org/, you could also try .USB image to see if it boots, some mortherboards are picky about some OSes, i.e. I couldn't boot into OpenSolaris and ESX4 on Asus M3A78-EM until disabled C1E (some dual core power related option) in Bios, and I still can't boot FreeBSD on that board, it locks-up after few seconds. These are very nice how-to wiki pages about moving/recovering ZFS rpool : http://www.solarisinternals.com/wiki/index.php/ZFS_Troubleshooting_Guide#ZFS_Root_Pool_Recovery Regards, -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] Opensolaris root fs on usb stick
Hi, Yes, running OpenSolaris on USB 8G stick since snv 101, currently snv 117, on HP ProLiant DL165 G5 server with 4 1TB SATA disks raidz pool (2.7 TB usable). It runs pretty smooth, but 8G for rpool is a little tight, especially when you do pkg image-update, so I mounted /var/pkg/download/ on zfs SATA pool, but still I guess at least 16G would be better for a long run. Once installed, you can also make a mirrored rpool with a second USB stick. Regards, -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] Opensolaris root fs on usb stick
Hi Artisg, Thanks for your reply. By chance did you initially install Solaris on on your usb from livecd or did you copy your root fs from a current working Solaris installation. My problem is that when I boot from a livecd, Solaris recognizes my usb stick through the driver device utility, but when I attempt to install the install wizard hangs at finding disks' this has left me with doing a minimal install and trying to copy the rootfs over to my usb 4GB stick. Im looking for any type of documentation that might help me along with this. Thanks for the heads up on /var/pkg/download as well. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
[osol-discuss] Opensolaris root fs on usb stick
Hello, I was wondering if anyone has successfully installed opensolaris on a USB stick, (not a LIVEcd) but an actual working installation. I am trying to setup a zraid zfs pool on a server and would prefer the OS to be run off of usb flash drive, instead of the primary drive. Does anyone think that this is feasible? Any documentation pointing me in the right direction for this would be extremely helpful Thanks! pico -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
