Re: [zfs-discuss] Install and boot from USB stick?

2009-08-02 Thread tore
No there was no error level fatal. Well, here is what I have tried since: a) I´ve tried to install a custom grub like described here: http://defect.opensolaris.org/bz/show_bug.cgi?id=4755#c28 With that in place, I just get the grub prompt. I´ve tried to zpool import -f rpool when this occoured

Re: [zfs-discuss] Install and boot from USB stick?

2009-08-02 Thread Jürgen Keil
No there was no error level fatal. Well, here is what I have tried since: a) I´ve tried to install a custom grub like described here: http://defect.opensolaris.org/bz/show_bug.cgi?id=4755#c28 With that in place, I just get the grub prompt. I´ve tried to zpool import -f rpool when this

Re: [zfs-discuss] Install and boot from USB stick?

2009-08-02 Thread tore
Does this give you anything? [url=http://bildr.no/view/460193][img]http://bildr.no/thumb/460193.jpeg[/img][/url] -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [zfs-discuss] Install and boot from USB stick?

2009-08-02 Thread Jürgen Keil
Does this give you anything? [url=http://bildr.no/view/460193][img]http://bildr.no/thumb/460193.jpeg[/img][/url] That looks like the zfs mountroot panic you get when the root disk was moved to a different physical location (e.g. different usb port). In this case the physical device path

Re: [zfs-discuss] Install and boot from USB stick?

2009-08-01 Thread tore
Nah, that didnt seem to do the trick. Also tried this http://blogs.sun.com/thaniwa/entry/en_opensolaris_installation_into_usb But that either didnt seem to work. After unmounting and rebooting, i get the same error msg from my previous post. Dont know if there is much more to do...

Re: [zfs-discuss] Install and boot from USB stick?

2009-08-01 Thread Jürgen Keil
Nah, that didnt seem to do the trick. After unmounting and rebooting, i get the same error msg from my previous post. Did you get these scsi error messages during installation to the usb stick, too? Another thing that confuses me: the unit attention / medium may have changed message is

Re: [zfs-discuss] Install and boot from USB stick?

2009-08-01 Thread Jürgen Keil
Are there any message with Error level: fatal ? Not that I know of, however, i can check. But im unable to find out what to change in grub to get verbose output rather than just the splashimage. Edit the grub commands, delete all splashimage, foreground and background lines, and delete

Re: [zfs-discuss] Install and boot from USB stick?

2009-07-31 Thread Jürgen Keil
The GRUB menu is presented, no problem there, and then the opensolaris progress bar. But im unable to find a way to view any details on whats happening there. The progress bar just keep scrolling and scrolling. Press the ESC key; this should switch back from graphics to text mode and most

Re: [zfs-discuss] Install and boot from USB stick?

2009-07-31 Thread Pablo Méndez Hernández
Hi: On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 07:54, Jürgen Keilno-re...@opensolaris.org wrote: The GRUB menu is presented, no problem there, and then the opensolaris progress bar. But im unable to find a way to view any details on whats happening there. The progress bar just keep scrolling and scrolling.

Re: [zfs-discuss] Install and boot from USB stick?

2009-07-31 Thread tore
Well, here is the error: a href='http://bildr.no/view/459154'img src='http://bildr.no/thumb/459154.jpeg' alt='459154' //a Cant seem to find anything on google. Only thing i found were some source code where it seems this error accour:

Re: [zfs-discuss] Install and boot from USB stick?

2009-07-31 Thread Jürgen Keil
I've found it only works for USB sticks up to 4GB :( If I tried a USB stick bigeer than that, it didn't boot. Works for me on 8GB USB sticks. It is possible that the stick you've tried has some issues with the Solaris USB drivers, and needs to have one of the workarounds from the scsa2usb.conf

Re: [zfs-discuss] Install and boot from USB stick?

2009-07-31 Thread Jürgen Keil
Well, here is the error: ... usb stick reports(?) scsi error: medium may have changed ... That's strange. The media in a flash memory stick can't be changed - although most sticks report that they do have removable media. Maybe this stick needs one of the workarounds that can be enabled in

Re: [zfs-discuss] Install and boot from USB stick?

2009-07-31 Thread tore
How can i implement that change, after installing the OS? Or do I need to build my own livecd? -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] Install and boot from USB stick?

2009-07-31 Thread Jürgen Keil
How can i implement that change, after installing the OS? Or do I need to build my own livecd? Boot from the livecd, attach the usb stick, open a terminal window, pfexec bash starts a root shell, zpool import -f rpool should find and import the zpool from the usb stick. Mount the root

Re: [zfs-discuss] Install and boot from USB stick?

2009-07-30 Thread Thomas Nau
Hi Ive tried to find any hard information on how to install, and boot, opensolaris from a USB stick. Ive seen a few people written a few sucessfull stories about this, but I cant seem to get it to work. The procedure: Boot from LiveCD, insert USB drive, find it using `format', start

Re: [zfs-discuss] Install and boot from USB stick?

2009-07-30 Thread tore
Well that seem to work well! :) Still, now the issue have changed from not being able to install to USB, to not being able to properly boot from USB. The GRUB menu is presented, no problem there, and then the opensolaris progress bar. But im unable to find a way to view any details on whats

[zfs-discuss] Install and boot from USB stick?

2009-07-29 Thread tore
Hello, Ive tried to find any hard information on how to install, and boot, opensolaris from a USB stick. Ive seen a few people written a few sucessfull stories about this, but I cant seem to get it to work. The procedure: Boot from LiveCD, insert USB drive, find it using `format', start