[Server-devel] Install from NFS server

[David Leeming]

Hi Jerry,

I now understand... thanks.

I (quite obviously) am not an expert Linux user, so sorry I am a bit slow
and frustrated...:( these things can take days to work out if you don't have
one small step of information....

I have tried to follow the instructions on the wiki page, but it does not
tell me how to run the mkusbinstall script. With bash?. I am also told to
download it by clicking on the "raw" link, which provides me with the script
in the browser. Do I just save the page, copy/paste into a text file? How do
I invoke it? Can I do this on an XO (or on an XS - I have another one
successfully installed from a CD)


David Leeming



-----Original Message-----
From: Jerry Vonau [mailto:jvonau at shaw.ca] 
Sent: Friday, 13 February 2009 11:28 p.m.
To: David Leeming
Cc: 'XS Devel'; 'Pia Waugh'
Subject: RE: [Server-devel] Install from NFS server

On Fri, 2009-02-13 at 23:09 +1100, David Leeming wrote:
> Hi Jerry
> 
> All totally incomprehensible to me! 
> 
> David Leeming
> Technical Advisor, People First Network, Honiara, Solomon Islands
> Alternative email address: leemingdavid at yahoo.com.au 
> 

You took a shortcut and got burned..  What you have on that USB flash
drive, is the kernel and initrd from the older installer which is
looking for the older iso, and can't find it. To setup the USB flash
drive correctly use "mkusbinstall" as recommended at:

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XS_Installing_Software
Optional: Using a USB key/disk for installation 

Jerry