That is a good idea!On 03/10/2013 06:06 AM, Steven Haigh wrote:
On 10/03/2013 9:05 PM, Steven Haigh wrote:
On 9/03/2013 7:56 AM, Pat Riehecky wrote:
Network Install Images:
http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6rolling/i386/images/boot.iso
http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6rolling/x86_64/images/boot.iso
I believe these should be:
http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6rolling/i386/os/images/boot.iso
http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6rolling/x86_64/os/images/boot.iso
For what its worth, I just used unetbootin to copy the DVD to a USB
stick to try the install, but it failed saying it can't find the install
image.
I'm currently trying it again but with the network install ISO instead...
Ok, so this time the install went ok using the NFS method and the DVD ISO mounted on a network connected machine.
The bootloader was installed to /dev/sda - problem is - this was the USB stick. It doesn't look like it installed the bootloader to /dev/sdb - which would have been the SSD drive on this netbook.
So, I left the USB key in until grub appeared, then removed the USB stick. This made the SSD come up as /dev/sda
From there on, I needed to edit /etc/grub.conf to properly show the correct drive layout of the system:
root(hd0,0) instead of root(hd1,0)
Then run:
grub-install --recheck /dev/sda
Then install grub again just to be sure:
grub-install /dev/sda
Then I could boot ok.
I'm wondering if it is worthwhile checking if /dev/sda is a removable disk / USB stick, and if so, move onto the next as default? Or maybe prompt?
Unfortunately this behavior comes from upstream, I fear submitting a bugzilla is the best recommendation I can offer.
Pat
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Pat Riehecky
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