Erast Benson wrote: > On Mon, 2006-09-25 at 21:14 +0530, Anil verve wrote: > >> Hello all, >> >> I've been working on creating a liveUSB for a few weeks and now have a >> script ready :) >> > > Quite cool achievement! > > Also, I'd like to note here that installation of Nexenta on removable > media like USB was there starting from Alpha 2 or so. >
Oh good. Then that statement should be withdrawn :) > The problem we didn't resolve at that time is that when after > installation you move USB pen to different HW configuration it will not > boot without prior tweaking of root partition path. > Are you referring to the GRUB disk numbering ? We have not yet faced any problem. If the USB is always made as the first bootable device in BIOS it should always be hd0. This however hoses the ability to boot from harddisk till the BIOS ordering is changed or the USB is pulled out. Regards, Moinak. > Did you resolve it on Belenix yet? > > >> This makes it really easy to get a bootable USB with OpenSolaris on it >> by installing Belenix 0.5.0 on a USB pen drive. Belenix is now the >> first OpenSolaris distribution able to run off a USB drive, and one of >> the few *nix distributions that boot and run off a thumb drive. >> >> Steps: >> --------- >> 1.Download the file >> http://www.genunix.org/distributions/belenix_site/binfiles/usbdump1.0.tar.gz >> 2.Extract the contents to a temporary directory and cd into it. >> 3.Run the script as : ./usbdump <path to belenix 0.5.0 iso> >> ex: ./usbdump /home/belenix-0.5.0.iso >> 4.Now follow the instructions on the screen. >> >> Note: >> -------- >> * currently you need a minimum 1 gb Thumb drive (as the script >> basically dumps the entire live CD contents onto the usb). >> * A smaller iso is being worked on, one that will fit onto a 512 mb >> pen drive. >> * Version 0.5.1 onwards the script will be incorporated into the >> LiveCD >> * I'd also get these changes into the OpenSolaris LiveMedia project so >> a USB bootable Solaris express is possible. This would require >> stripping down the default install, to enable the OS to fit into a 1 >> gb drive. >> >> >> A whole bunch of new possibilities open up with a LiveUSB, which is >> the stuff of future work. >> >> Regards, >> Anil >> >> _______________________________________________ >> opensolaris-discuss mailing list >> opensolaris-discuss at opensolaris.org >>
