[OpenIndiana-discuss] Installing on USB stick

[Matt Connolly]

On 4 April 2011 01:20, Reginald Beardsley <pulaskite at 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 at 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 <am2605 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > From: Andrew Myers <am2605 at gmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Installing on USB stick
> > To: "Discussion list for OpenIndiana" <
> openindiana-discuss at 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
> >
>