On Fri, 2009-04-03 at 22:12 +0100, Ian Pascoe wrote: > Guys and Gals > > Some help please. > > Had planned this weekend to set up one of those nice little Viglen MPC's, > curtesey of the now Series 2 UK Podcast, to act as a File Server connected > to my home LAN with a couple of USB drives attached. This is my first > attempt to get this type of setup working, and was going to go for the SAMBA > File Server and Print Server options as I have both Ubuntu and Windows > machines. > > My problem is that my trusty USB CD Drive has disappeared into the back of > some cupboard or another and I can't find it. > > Can, and if I can how do I, run the Server Live CD from a USB drive - pen or > HD? I know that the Desktop comes with the option to put a copy on this > type of media , but can't find anything as to how to do it for the Server > Live CD. > > Pointers please? > > Ian
I've not had any luck getting the server iso to boot from a usb pen-drive, it tends to fail when it looks for the cd drive! However! The netboot iso does work. There is a little gotcha with the viglen though with the latest images, in that it doesn't have the required drivers for the HD controller. There is a workaround, as described in the bug report here (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/318805) (thanks popey!) I did this on my Viglen the other day! It's a small amount of a pain in the bum, but not too bad. -Matthew Daubney -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
