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Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:39:44 -0700
From: Andrew Sharp <andy.sharp@onstor.com>
To: Patrick Haverty <patrick.haverty@onstor.com>
Subject: Re: USB Install
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On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:31:59 -0700 Patrick Haverty
<patrick.haverty@onstor.com> wrote:

> I haven't figured out how to make a Slowaris bootable USB, but it
> doesn't look like the hardware would allow booting to USB.  At least
> I don't see that option in the boot order settings in the BIOS.
> Drats, foiled again.

No, it will work.  You might have to specify that the USB will operate
in legacy mode or something like that, but I'm pretty sure that modern
systems like this don't even need that.  You might have to have a stick
in the USB port for that option to show up in the BIOS.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andy Sharp 
> Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 3:00 PM
> To: Patrick Haverty
> Subject: Re: USB Install
> 
> On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:51:38 -0700 Patrick Haverty
> <patrick.haverty@onstor.com> wrote:
> 
> > Interesting, the running live part.  There are internal USB ports, 
> > probably for just that type of thing.  I have USB drive I can try
> > the USB install from.  Any tips, from experience, on making a
> > bootable USB run an ISO file?  I'll check around on Google.
> 
> The first trick is to make a bootable USB.  Put the ISO on it, and
> have it mounted in loopback fashion, and run the install from there.
> That's how it works for such things on Linux.  It will be the same
> for Slowaris.  But I don't know how to make a bootable USB stick for
> Slowaris.
> 
> Go for it!  Should be cool.
> 
> > Thanks.
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Andy Sharp
> > Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 2:48 PM
> > To: Patrick Haverty
> > Subject: Re: USB Install
> > 
> > On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:38:17 -0700 Patrick Haverty 
> > <patrick.haverty@onstor.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > Hello Andy,
> > > 
> > > I know you have many other things bouncing around in your head
> > > head, but I was wondering if you think it might be possible to
> > > make a bootable USB drive that could be used for the Pantera LS
> > > OS installation.  If so, would that method of install be any
> > > faster than from a CD?  Whatdayathink?
> > 
> > Absolutely, completely possible.  As for faster, that would depend
> > on slowaris, the USB disk used, the speed of the CD/DVD drive,
> > etc... ~:^)
> > 
> > IMHO, that's what they should be doing, since CDs and DVDs are 
> > completely obsolete.  But what do I know.  I don't even think we 
> > should have hard disks in the head at all, it should be running
> > "live" with a unionfs or similar.  We don't have such things in
> > EverON based appliances....
