Hello, there - I updated my USB installer images to SL6.5 (64-bit only, sorry).
Download the stuff from here: http://trshare.triumf.ca/~olchansk/linux/ Instructions are here: http://trshare.triumf.ca/~olchansk/linux/SL65-64-USBBOOT/AAA-README-USBBOOT.txt Major changes: - updated to SL6.5 (duh!) - includes an example kickstart file, customize it as you wish - includes all recent versions of memtest86 and memtest86+ (if you figure out how to boot memtest86-5.0.0, please drop me a note) The problem of installer writing the final GRUB to the installer source USB stick instead of to the target disk is still present, you have to catch it and change the drive order on the boot loader install page. > (There is one caveat with running the installer from writable media - > the SL6.3 installer sometimes writes the GRUB boot loader on the USB > installer disk > instead of the installation target disks - producing an unbootable > system and ruining the USB installer disk at the same time. I have > not seen the SL6.1 installer do this. Maybe one should use write-protect > capable USB flash media). Previous announcement with discussion is below: K.O. On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 11:33:46AM -0700, Konstantin Olchanski wrote: > For reasons unknown, RHEL and SL insist on publishing installer images > that work only from the DVD physical media. But none of the computers > I buy today have DVD drives and I am not sure if Staples carry DVD blanks > anymore. > I guess I must be happy that SL install images do not come on floppies, punch > cards > or paper tape. > > Generally, this does not inconvinience me too much - I do most installs > over the network (PXE boot). But sometimes I have machines generally > not connected to the Internet (on a private network or out in the woods), > so I have constructed bootable USB images for SL6.1 and 6.3. (6.4 on the way). > > (This installer tree is a copy of the .../x86_64/os tree minus the "Packages" > directory, plus the isolinux/extlinux stuff and the DVD .iso files. The SL > installer refuses to install from the "Packages" directory) > > (There is one caveat with running the installer from writable media - > the SL6.3 installer sometimes writes the GRUB boot loader on the USB > installer disk > instead of the installation target disks - producing an unbootable > system and ruining the USB installer disk at the same time. I have > not seen the SL6.1 installer do this. Maybe one should use write-protect > capable USB flash media). > > Download the stuff from here: > http://trshare.triumf.ca/~olchansk/linux/ > > Instructions are here: > http://trshare.triumf.ca/~olchansk/linux/SL63-64-USBBOOT/AAA-README-USBBOOT.txt > > Instructions for making USB-Bootable installation disk for 64bit SL6.3 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 0. These instructions are intended for making a 64-bit SL6.3 installer on a > USB Flash disk. 8GB flash media is recommended. > 1. The ISO DVD images are NOT included. Download your own copies, before > following these instructions. > 2. Prepare the USB disk: > a) su - > b) fdisk -H224 -S56 /dev/sdX, make one partition of type "83-Linux", mark it > bootable. Result should look like this: > > root# fdisk -l /dev/sdX > > Disk /dev/sdc: 7996 MB, 7996440576 bytes > 224 heads, 56 sectors/track, 1245 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 12544 * 512 = 6422528 bytes > Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes > I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes > Disk identifier: 0x00000000 > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/sdc1 * 1 1245 7808612 83 Linux > > b) mke2fs -j /dev/sdX1; tune2fs -c0 -i0 /dev/sdX1 > c) mkdir /mnt/tmp > d) mount /dev/sdX1 /mnt/tmp > > 3. Copy the data: > a) cd to_the_directory_with_this_readme_file; rsync -av . /mnt/tmp > b) cd to_the_directory_with_the_SL63_iso_images; rsync -av SL-63-*-DVD1.iso > SL-63-*-DVD2.iso /mnt/tmp > c) cd /mnt/tmp; chown -R root.root . > > 4. Make disk bootable > a) cd /mnt/tmp/isolinux > b) cat ./mbr.bin > /dev/sdX ### (*NOT* /dev/sdX1) > c) ./extlinux -i . > > 5. cd /; umount /mnt/tmp > 6. try to boot from the newly made USB disk. > > //KO 21FEB2013 > > > -- > Konstantin Olchanski > Data Acquisition Systems: The Bytes Must Flow! > Email: olchansk-at-triumf-dot-ca > Snail mail: 4004 Wesbrook Mall, TRIUMF, Vancouver, B.C., V6T 2A3, Canada -- Konstantin Olchanski Data Acquisition Systems: The Bytes Must Flow! Email: olchansk-at-triumf-dot-ca Snail mail: 4004 Wesbrook Mall, TRIUMF, Vancouver, B.C., V6T 2A3, Canada
