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Anil verve
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Announcement : LiveUSB scripts for Belenix released
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Sep 25, 2006 8:44 AM
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Hello all,
I've been working on creating a liveUSB for a few weeks and now have a script ready :)
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:
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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
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Re: [osol-discuss] Announcement : LiveUSB scripts for
Belenix released
Posted:
Sep 25, 2006 10:23 AM
in response to: Anil verve
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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.
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.
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
>
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Re: [osol-discuss] Announcement : LiveUSB scripts for
Belenix released
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Sep 25, 2006 10:46 AM
in response to: erast
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>Also, I'd like to note here that installation of Nexenta on removable
>media like USB was there starting from Alpha 2 or so.
I've experimented that (and it worked) with standard Solaris Nevada
around b 30.
>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.
That's probably a similar issue you need to solve when booting from
a live CD.
Casper
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Re: [osol-discuss] Announcement : LiveUSB scripts for
Belenix released
Posted:
Sep 26, 2006 1:37 AM
in response to: erast
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Erast Benson wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-09-25 at 21:14 +0530, Anil verve wrote:
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>> 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
>>
>> _______________________________________________
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>> opensolaris-discuss at opensolaris dot org
>>
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Re: [osol-discuss] Announcement : LiveUSB scripts for
Belenix released
Posted:
Sep 26, 2006 3:51 AM
in response to: moinakg
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Hi,
Moinak Ghosh wrote:
> Erast Benson wrote:
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>> 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 :)
Schillix had actually been the first one to support this back then, in
June/July 2005, long before Nextenda existed.
See its old announcements.
Nevertheless, as I know Belenix, it is certainly much more user-friendly
and easier to use now.
Even by Solaris-newbies.
M.
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Re: [osol-discuss] Announcement : LiveUSB scripts for Belenix released
Posted:
Dec 2, 2006 7:45 PM
in response to: moinakg
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Congratulations on this cool technology. I live in US and was excited to see you guys featured in Headlines Today.
Had a Question for you.I plan to use the USB drive.
Can I customize the distro by adding my (say perl scripts) stuff into the extracted tar folder? I would do this before writing the image onto the USB drive. I plan to use a 2GB usb drive.
thanks.
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Anil verve
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Re: Re: [osol-discuss] Announcement : LiveUSB scripts for
Belenix released
Posted:
Dec 2, 2006 8:01 PM
in response to: annasaru
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HI V.Rao,
Currently you have the following options:
a)After you create the LiveUSB, you can copy the scripts to say a dir
'bin' on the root of USB. At runtime, all htese will be available under
/.cdrom/bin
b)Add them to the ramdisk file x86.microroot. You can take a look at
the USBdump script that loop-mounts this file as a ufs device.. and add
your scripts to /bin or such.
As soon as a session manager (work in progress) is added to
BeleniX, you can save your scripts anywhere and have them on the USB.
Regards
Anil
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ram kumar.c
ram_ngp_sathy@yahoo....
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installing belenix
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Dec 3, 2006 12:54 AM
in response to: Anil verve
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hi im using system with p4 1.88 ghz(intel) with 128 mb ram.i try to install belenix 0.3 with live cd.the problem is live cd is mounted after that i can able to proceed. i got error message like service time out like that .im very muck interest in exploring belenix .i try for last two days .. but i cant any body please help me... &n bsp; &nbs p; -Ramkumar
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Re: installing belenix
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Dec 3, 2006 1:22 AM
in response to: ram kumar.c
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Hi Ram, ver 0.3 is very old. If you can get your hands on the 0.5 or 0.5.1 versions, the installer utilities in them have many bugs cleared and the interface more friendly. You can download the latest image from
www.belenix.org or make a copy from someone who has a CD Regards Anil
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Re: installing belenix
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Dec 3, 2006 2:12 AM
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i have belexid 0.5 cd but it not even mounting..
-ram
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Re: installing belenix
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Dec 3, 2006 9:19 PM
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ram kumar.c wrote:
> i have belexid 0.5 cd but it not even mounting..
Please post the exact messages that you see on the screen.
Regards,
Moinak.
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> -ram
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> ----- Original Message ----
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> To: Bangalore OpenSolaris User Group <ug-bosug at opensolaris dot org>
> Sent: Sunday, 3 December, 2006 2:52:08 PM
> Subject: Re: [ug-bosug] installing belenix
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> Hi Ram,
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> ver 0.3 is very old. If you can get your hands on the 0.5 or 0.5.1
> versions, the installer utilities in them have many bugs cleared and
> the interface more friendly.
>
> You can download the latest image from www.belenix.org
> <http:// or make a copy from someone who has a CD
>
> Regards
> Anil
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> On 12/3/06, *ram kumar.c* < ram_ngp_sathy at yahoo dot co dot in
> <mailto:ram_ngp_sathy at yahoo dot co dot in>> wrote:
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> hi
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> im using system with p4 1.88 ghz(intel) with 128 mb ram.i try to
> install belenix 0.3 with live cd.the problem is live cd is mounted
> after that i can able to proceed. i got error message like service
> time out like that .im very muck interest in exploring belenix .i
> try for last two days .. but i cant any body please help me...
>
> -Ramkumar
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Re: Re: [osol-discuss] Announcement : LiveUSB scripts for
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Dec 3, 2006 9:21 PM
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V.Rao wrote:
> Congratulations on this cool technology. I live in US and was excited to see you guys featured in Headlines Today.
>
> Had a Question for you.I plan to use the USB drive.
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> Can I customize the distro by adding my (say perl scripts) stuff into the extracted tar folder? I would do this before writing the image onto the USB drive. I plan to use a 2GB usb drive.
>
You can create a separate directory on the USB stick and put all your
scripts
into that. When it boots the USB stick is mounted via /.cdrom, so
/.cdrom/<your directory>
will contain all your stuff.
Regards,
Moinak.
> thanks.
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