[Server-devel] Error Installing XS 0.7 from USB: can't find image #1 on disk

[Sameer Verma]

On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 10:12 PM, Jerry Vonau <jvonau at shaw.ca> wrote:
> On Fri, 2012-07-27 at 21:51 -0700, Brian wrote:
>> On Jul 27, 2012, at 9:04 PM, Jerry Vonau <jvonau at shaw.ca> wrote:
>> >
>> > Using the windows tool is not recommended, use mkusbinstall[1] from the
>> > XS-repo, and you would need livecd-tools from Fedora 16 or greater
>> > installed. Which version of the windows tool are are you using? Maybe we
>> > can work with what was created, can you show me the layout that was
>> > created on the
>>
>> I don't have another Linux box available here to run mkusbinstall. I tried unetbootin but it wouldnt make it bootable so tried another app called Rufus iirc which is like DD for windows to move the ISO to USB.
>>
>> I booted into rescue mode and mounted /dev/sdb1 and here are the contents of /:
>>
>> Packages/
>> TRANS.TBL
>> autorun.ico
>> Autorun.inf
>> images/
>> isolinux/
>> ldlinux.sys
>> media.repo
>> olpcxs.ks
>> repodata/
>> syslinux.cfg
>>
>> In images/ are install.img, updates.img.
>>
>> Brian
>>
>>
>
> Based on the updates.img[1] think the installer is looking for the iso
> image of the cdrom, can you try copying the whole XS iso image to the
> root of the usbdrive, rename repodata, packages, and media.repo.
> Try that first, if that fails you might have to revert the changes to
> isolinux.cfg and try again.
>
> Jerry
>
> 1.http://dev.laptop.org/git/projects/olpc-xs-builder/tree/xs-0.7/anaconda/usbinstall.patch
>
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I simply copied the iso to the stick and that worked. See step 4 here:
http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/server-devel/2012-February/005822.html

cheers,
Sameer
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