On 4 April 2011 01:20, Reginald Beardsley <pulask...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 1) Boot the Live Image > > 2) Identify the internal disk so you don't stomp on it > The command `cfgadm` shows devices and how they are connected. On my machine, I see: root@vault:~# cfgadm Ap_Id Type Receptacle Occupant Condition sata1/0::dsk/c8t0d0 disk connected configured ok sata1/1::dsk/c8t1d0 disk connected configured ok usb5/1 unknown empty unconfigured ok usb5/2 unknown empty unconfigured ok usb6/1 unknown empty unconfigured ok usb6/2 unknown empty unconfigured ok usb7/1 unknown empty unconfigured ok usb7/2 unknown empty unconfigured ok usb8/1 unknown empty unconfigured ok usb8/2 unknown empty unconfigured ok usb9/1 unknown empty unconfigured ok usb9/2 unknown empty unconfigured ok usb9/3 unknown empty unconfigured ok usb9/4 unknown empty unconfigured ok usb9/5 unknown empty unconfigured ok usb9/6 unknown empty unconfigured ok usb9/7 usb-hub connected configured ok usb9/7.1 usb-mouse connected configured ok usb9/7.2 usb-device connected configured ok usb9/7.3 unknown empty unconfigured ok usb9/7.4 unknown empty unconfigured ok usb9/8 usb-storage connected configured ok > > 3) Plug the USB disk into a convenient port > > You will ALWAYS need to plug into the same port to boot the disk. > > NB There are several removable volume managers which will try to mount the > disk. That can make things a bit messy. Post if you run into trouble. > > 3) Install OI and select the USB disk as the target > > NB If you set the boot priority to CD-USB-HD it will boot OI anytime it > sees the disk at boot time. If the disk is not plugged in it's a perfectly > normal Windows machine. Very helpful if it's a company laptop as there's > nothing for IT to get upset about. > > Have Fun! > Reg > > > > --- On Sun, 4/3/11, Andrew Myers <am2...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > From: Andrew Myers <am2...@gmail.com> > > Subject: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Installing on USB stick > > To: "Discussion list for OpenIndiana" < > openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org> > > Date: Sunday, April 3, 2011, 2:38 AM > > Hi Reg, > > > > Thanks for the suggestions. Is there instructions > > anywhere for how to > > create the USB boot disk? > > > > Many thanks, > > Andrew. > > > > ===================== > > > > Something I forgot to mention. > > > > You're a lot better off booting from a USB disk than > > setting up dual > > boot. Many years ago I got a system to boot Solaris, > > FreeBSD and > > Linux from the same disk. It took about a > > dozen installs to figure > > out how to do it. (the installers kept killing each > > other) Not long > > after that I installed removable drive trays in all my > > systems and > > stopped doing multiboots. I won't even consider doing > > it now. > > > > The only constraint on USB disk is you have to plug it into > > the same > > port each time. But it's a much better way to do > > things. I setup a > > friend's Dell D620 to boot Solaris 10 & Linux from a > > pair of USB disks > > w/ Vista on the internal disk. With the boot order > > setup as CD-USB-HD > > you only need to plug in the disk and bot to get the OS of > > your > > choice. > > > > Have Fun! > > Reg > > > _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
