On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 10:36:20AM +0000, A Y wrote:
> Hi all,
> I used the following command to create a USB flash drive installation media
> (with all file sets included):
> # dd if=/location/install56.fs of=/dev/rsd0c bs=1m
> The USB flash drive was created successfully.
Exactly. The USB flash DISK drive was created successfully.
> The boot process from the USB was done. However, when we came to installing
> file sets, the following prompt was displayed:
> Location of sets? (disk http or 'done') [http]
> Now, what can I do to direct the installation process to look for the file
> sets in the USB flash drive?
As mentioned above, an USB flash drive is a disk drive, at least in
practical terms within this scope.
Location of sets? (disk http or 'done') [disk]
Is the disk partition already mounted? [no]
Available disks are: sd0 sd1 ... sd9
Which one contains the install media? (or 'done') [sd0]
Be careful to select the device that represents your USB flash disk
drive. The installer may default to other drives according to which such
drives it detects during initalization. (If you're not sure, exit to
shell and have a look at the output of dmesg, then type exit to get back
to the installer and enter the correct device.)
Pathname to the sets? (or 'done') [5.4/amd64]
Good luck!
> The documentation says:
> "Once the install kernel is booted, you have several options of where to get
> the install file sets:
> CD-ROM, HTTP, Local disk partition, NFS" (no mention to USB)
> As adviced, I did the following from the shell:
> cd /devsh MAKEDEV sd1 mkdir /mnt1mount /dev/sd1a /mnt1
> But I got the following error:
> Device not configured
> Thank you
