Somehow I am having trouble creating a USB boot drive with the new images via ubuntu 14.04:
smartos-20141225T170427Z-USB.img smartos-20141212T064606Z-USB.img I do: $ sudo dd if=smartos-20141225T170427Z-USB.img of=/dev/sdd bs=1024 $ sudo dd if=smartos-20141225T170427Z-USB.img of=/dev/sdd bs=1024k $ sudo dd if=smartos-20141225T170427Z-USB.img of=/dev/sdd bs=1M $ sudo dd if=smartos-20141225T170427Z-USB.img of=/dev/sdd bs=4M all with the same result, that the device is recognized as USB-ZIP and is not bootable; as opposed to a USB Device: 'sudo fdisk -l' gives: /dev/sdd1 * 600 3905999 1952700 c W95 FAT32 (LBA) From an older image I was getting: /dev/sdd1 * 63 3903794 1951866 c W95 FAT32 (LBA) I have a feeling the 600 Start block rather than 63 is giving me the headache. Another note: The volume name is NONAME as opposed to HEADNODE as in the working version. Also I was able to successfully copy my old usb drive: $ sudo dd if=/dev/sde of=/dev/sdd bs=4M but, of course, I would like to use the current version. I even tried to use the iso, without success. $ sudo dd if=smartos-20141225T170427Z.iso of=/dev/sdd bs=1M --------------- Aside: what is the purpose of the , bss=0x0 It would be nice to see 'loading SmartOS verison: 20141225T170427Z' or something to that effect... ----- - [email protected] - http://www.jjsland.com/ ------------------------------------------- smartos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/25769125-55cfbc00 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=25769125&id_secret=25769125-7688e9fb Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
