remote install of Suse 10.0
Hello, I have copied the DVD contents onto a drive on one computer and I wish to make a fresh install on a separate computer with no DVD drive. The DVD contents are shared over nfs. How can I create a floppy boot disk so I can connect to the 10.0 nfs share and perform the install? Many thanks in advance. James
James D. Parra wrote:
Hello,
I have copied the DVD contents onto a drive on one computer and I wish to make a fresh install on a separate computer with no DVD drive. The DVD contents are shared over nfs. How can I create a floppy boot disk so I can connect to the 10.0 nfs share and perform the install?
Check out this script: inst-source/boot/i386/mkbootdisk That's what I use for creating a bootable USB-stick - I think it might do floppies too. /Per Jessen, Zürich
Per Jessen wrote:
Check out this script:
inst-source/boot/i386/mkbootdisk
That's what I use for creating a bootable USB-stick - I think it might do floppies too.
/Per Jessen, Zürich
Hi Per. I tried to make a USB-stick: # ./mkbootdisk --32 /media/suse101/ cp: cannot stat `/media/suse101//*': No such file or directory error: failed to copy boot loader files You have new mail in /var/spool/mail/root lajka3:/home/erikja # ls -l /media total 16 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 48 May 18 13:16 floppy drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 16384 Jan 1 1970 suse101 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 48 May 2 11:32 xmms_audio_cd I have mounted the USB-stick. What is wrong here ?. God weekend -- Med venlig hilsen / Best regards Erik Jakobsen DENMARK
Sorry for the inconvenience! But I use a mkbootdisk from a SuSE 10 DVD. Now I use the one from the 10.1 cd 1 But still something not working ok: ls -l /media/ total 22 dr-xr-xr-x 7 erikja root 6144 May 4 23:32 SU1010_001 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 48 May 18 13:16 floppy drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 16384 Jan 1 1970 suse101 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 48 May 2 11:32 xmms_audio_cd lajka3:/home/erikja # ./mkbootdisk --32 /media/suse101/ /media/suse101/: no i386 installation source What is wrong ? -- Med venlig hilsen / Best regards Erik Jakobsen DENMARK
Erik Jakobsen wrote:
I tried to make a USB-stick:
# ./mkbootdisk --32 /media/suse101/ cp: cannot stat `/media/suse101//*': No such file or directory error: failed to copy boot loader files You have new mail in /var/spool/mail/root lajka3:/home/erikja # ls -l /media total 16 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 48 May 18 13:16 floppy drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 16384 Jan 1 1970 suse101 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 48 May 2 11:32 xmms_audio_cd
I have mounted the USB-stick.
Hej Erik, the correct format is mkbootdisk --32 --partition <usbstick> <mount> <usbstick> is usually /dev/sda1 <mount> is where you've got the SUSE CD mounted. So typically I would do : mkbootdisk --32 --partition /dev/sda1 /mnt The USB-stick itself should not be mounted.
God weekend
I lige maade! /Per Jessen, Zürich
Per Jessen wrote:
Hej Erik,
Hej Per, and thanks for your reply.
the correct format is
mkbootdisk --32 --partition <usbstick> <mount>
<usbstick> is usually /dev/sda1 <mount> is where you've got the SUSE CD mounted.
So typically I would do :
mkbootdisk --32 --partition /dev/sda1 /mnt
The USB-stick itself should not be mounted.
Ok good, but doing that, I get this: "no i386 installation source." Where should that source be found ?.
God weekend
I lige maade!
Tak
/Per Jessen, Zürich
-- Med venlig hilsen / Best regards Erik Jakobsen DENMARK
Erik Jakobsen wrote:
Ok good, but doing that, I get this:
"no i386 installation source."
Where should that source be found ?.
At the <mount> point - where you've got e.g. CD1, the DVD or inst-source mounted - where you run mkbootdisk from. /Per Jessen, Zürich
Per Jessen wrote:
Erik Jakobsen wrote:
Ok good, but doing that, I get this:
"no i386 installation source."
Where should that source be found ?.
At the <mount> point - where you've got e.g. CD1, the DVD or inst-source mounted - where you run mkbootdisk from.
/Per Jessen, Zürich
I understand, but a problem is, that my not well set up 10.1 has no more space on it. I changed the mkbootdisk file for another place, where I have more space. But then there were a claim about it was a FAT32. Then I went to my linuxserver, and would do the same there, but the FAT32 still came up. Another thing was, that I couldn't recognize my USB-sticker with the "df" command. Then I think I need to do the set up with CD's. -- Med venlig hilsen / Best regards Erik Jakobsen DENMARK
Erik Jakobsen wrote:
I understand, but a problem is, that my not well set up 10.1 has no more space on it. I changed the mkbootdisk file for another place, where I have more space. But then there were a claim about it was a FAT32. Then I went to my linuxserver, and would do the same there, but the FAT32 still came up. Another thing was, that I couldn't recognize my USB-sticker with the "df" command.
When it is mounted, you certainly should be able to see it. # mount /dev/sda1 /media/USB_DISK # df Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/hda3 7976208 7095032 881176 89% / udev 517648 172 517476 1% /dev /dev/hda1 71028 7920 63108 12% /boot /dev/hda4 31083980 25768784 5315196 83% /home pl1:/mnt/suse-10.1/inst-source 286951456 38994304 247957152 14% /mnt /dev/sda1 127696 10794 116902 9% /media/USB_DISK I'm not sure why space is a problem - unless mkbootdisk needs to use some temporary space. Here is what I do: 1. insert USB stick 1a. if it gets auto-mounted, unmount it. 2. NFS mount /inst-source/ at /mnt 3. chdir /mnt/boot/i386 4. perl ./mkbootdisk --32 --partition /dev/sda1 /mnt 5. done 6. umount /mnt 7. remove USB stick. /Per Jessen, Zürich -- http://www.spamchek.com/ - managed anti-spam and anti-virus solution. Let us analyse your spam- and virus-threat - up to 2 months for free.
Per Jessen wrote:
When it is mounted, you certainly should be able to see it.
Ok Per.
# mount /dev/sda1 /media/USB_DISK # df Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/hda3 7976208 7095032 881176 89% / udev 517648 172 517476 1% /dev /dev/hda1 71028 7920 63108 12% /boot /dev/hda4 31083980 25768784 5315196 83% /home pl1:/mnt/suse-10.1/inst-source 286951456 38994304 247957152 14% /mnt /dev/sda1 127696 10794 116902 9% /media/USB_DISK
I'm not sure why space is a problem - unless mkbootdisk needs to use some temporary space. Here is what I do:
Due to me. I have not noticed the way 10.1 is build up with a / and a /home I could see using the df command, that the partition was full. I have installed too much on the / partition.
1. insert USB stick 1a. if it gets auto-mounted, unmount it. 2. NFS mount /inst-source/ at /mnt 3. chdir /mnt/boot/i386 4. perl ./mkbootdisk --32 --partition /dev/sda1 /mnt 5. done 6. umount /mnt 7. remove USB stick.
Well, I'll see if I can make that above on my server. Obviously the OS on this system does'nt automatically reconize a new usb-hardware until the system has been rebooted. Thanks for your information.
/Per Jessen, Zürich
-- Med venlig hilsen / Best regards Erik Jakobsen DENMARK
Erik Jakobsen wrote:
Per Jessen wrote:
2. NFS mount /inst-source/ at /mnt
For use of nfs, is it true, that there should be added a line in /etc/fstab. If yes, how could it look like ?
If you want something mounted automatically, also NFS, you can put it into /etc/fstab, but you don't have to. For instance, to mount something over NFS: mount <host>:/mnt/suse-10.1/inst-source /mnt In /etc/fstab it could look like this: <host>:/mnt/suse-10.1/inst-source /mnt nfs defaults 0 0 /Per
On Saturday 20 May 2006 13:32, Per Jessen wrote:
Erik Jakobsen wrote:
Per Jessen wrote:
2. NFS mount /inst-source/ at /mnt
For use of nfs, is it true, that there should be added a line in /etc/fstab. If yes, how could it look like ?
If you want something mounted automatically, also NFS, you can put it into /etc/fstab, but you don't have to.
For instance, to mount something over NFS:
mount <host>:/mnt/suse-10.1/inst-source /mnt
In /etc/fstab it could look like this:
<host>:/mnt/suse-10.1/inst-source /mnt nfs defaults 0 0
For the record: there are YaST modules for this. ;) Cheers, Leen
Leendert Meyer wrote:
On Saturday 20 May 2006 13:32, Per Jessen wrote:
Erik Jakobsen wrote:
Per Jessen wrote:
2. NFS mount /inst-source/ at /mnt
For use of nfs, is it true, that there should be added a line in /etc/fstab. If yes, how could it look like ?
If you want something mounted automatically, also NFS, you can put it into /etc/fstab, but you don't have to.
For instance, to mount something over NFS:
mount <host>:/mnt/suse-10.1/inst-source /mnt
In /etc/fstab it could look like this:
<host>:/mnt/suse-10.1/inst-source /mnt nfs defaults 0 0
For the record: there are YaST modules for this. ;)
Cheers,
Leen
Leen!. Thanks for the information. But yast doesn't work on my sort of a RH server ;-) In SuSE's yast, where can I find, what you mention ? -- Med venlig hilsen / Best regards Erik Jakobsen DENMARK
On Saturday 20 May 2006 14:50, Erik Jakobsen wrote:
Leendert Meyer wrote:
On Saturday 20 May 2006 13:32, Per Jessen wrote:
Erik Jakobsen wrote:
Per Jessen wrote:
2. NFS mount /inst-source/ at /mnt
For use of nfs, is it true, that there should be added a line in /etc/fstab. If yes, how could it look like ?
If you want something mounted automatically, also NFS, you can put it into /etc/fstab, but you don't have to.
For instance, to mount something over NFS:
mount <host>:/mnt/suse-10.1/inst-source /mnt
In /etc/fstab it could look like this:
<host>:/mnt/suse-10.1/inst-source /mnt nfs defaults 0 0
For the record: there are YaST modules for this. ;)
Cheers,
Leen
Leen!. Thanks for the information. But yast doesn't work on my sort of a RH server ;-)
Aha, I guess I must have missed that. ;)
In SuSE's yast, where can I find, what you mention ?
yast -> Network Services -> NFS Client/Server or directly, from the commandline: 'yast nfs' or 'yast nfs_server' Cheers, Leen
Leendert Meyer wrote:
On Saturday 20 May 2006 14:50, Erik Jakobsen wrote:
Leendert Meyer wrote:
On Saturday 20 May 2006 13:32, Per Jessen wrote:
Erik Jakobsen wrote:
Per Jessen wrote:
2. NFS mount /inst-source/ at /mnt
For use of nfs, is it true, that there should be added a line in /etc/fstab. If yes, how could it look like ?
If you want something mounted automatically, also NFS, you can put it into /etc/fstab, but you don't have to.
For instance, to mount something over NFS:
mount <host>:/mnt/suse-10.1/inst-source /mnt
In /etc/fstab it could look like this:
<host>:/mnt/suse-10.1/inst-source /mnt nfs defaults 0 0
For the record: there are YaST modules for this. ;)
Cheers,
Leen
Leen!. Thanks for the information. But yast doesn't work on my sort of a RH server ;-)
Aha, I guess I must have missed that. ;)
In SuSE's yast, where can I find, what you mention ?
yast -> Network Services -> NFS Client/Server
or directly, from the commandline: 'yast nfs' or 'yast nfs_server'
Cheers,
Leen
Ok Leen. Thanks for your input to me. -- Med venlig hilsen / Best regards Erik Jakobsen DENMARK
Per Jessen wrote:
If you want something mounted automatically, also NFS, you can put it into /etc/fstab, but you don't have to.
For instance, to mount something over NFS:
mount <host>:/mnt/suse-10.1/inst-source /mnt
In /etc/fstab it could look like this:
<host>:/mnt/suse-10.1/inst-source /mnt nfs defaults 0 0
/Per
The <host> is that localhost, the IP of the server or what ? -- Med venlig hilsen / Best regards Erik Jakobsen DENMARK
Erik Jakobsen wrote:
Per Jessen wrote:
For instance, to mount something over NFS:
mount <host>:/mnt/suse-10.1/inst-source /mnt
In /etc/fstab it could look like this:
<host>:/mnt/suse-10.1/inst-source /mnt nfs defaults 0 0
The <host> is that localhost, the IP of the server or what ?
It can be the IP-address or the name of a host. /Per Jessen, Zürich
Per Jessen wrote:
It can be the IP-address or the name of a host.
/Per Jessen, Zürich
My server has the IP 83.91.50.39 If I ran the first line you wrote, I got informed about missing lines in /etc/fstab. Thought then, that I would enter the last line you wrote. This is the result, and I'm doing something wrong, but what ?. The line in /etc/fstab: *************** 83.91.50.39:/mnt/cdrom nfs defaults 0 0 What I did, and got :-) mount 192.168.1.1:/mnt/cdrom mount: can't find 192.168.1.1:/mnt/cdrom in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab -- Med venlig hilsen / Best regards Erik Jakobsen DENMARK
On Saturday 20 May 2006 15:38, Erik Jakobsen wrote:
Per Jessen wrote:
It can be the IP-address or the name of a host.
/Per Jessen, Zürich
My server has the IP 83.91.50.39
If I ran the first line you wrote, I got informed about missing lines in /etc/fstab. Thought then, that I would enter the last line you wrote.
This is the result, and I'm doing something wrong, but what ?.
The line in /etc/fstab: *************** 83.91.50.39:/mnt/cdrom nfs defaults 0 0
The mount point is missing from above line 83.91.50.39:/mnt/cdrom /mount/point nfs defaults 0 0
What I did, and got :-)
mount 192.168.1.1:/mnt/cdrom mount: can't find 192.168.1.1:/mnt/cdrom in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab
Cheers, Leen
On Sat, 2006-05-20 at 15:38 +0200, Erik Jakobsen wrote:
Per Jessen wrote:
It can be the IP-address or the name of a host.
/Per Jessen, Zürich
My server has the IP 83.91.50.39
If I ran the first line you wrote, I got informed about missing lines in /etc/fstab. Thought then, that I would enter the last line you wrote.
This is the result, and I'm doing something wrong, but what ?.
The line in /etc/fstab: *************** 83.91.50.39:/mnt/cdrom nfs defaults 0 0
You are missing the mount point/destination.
What I did, and got :-)
mount 192.168.1.1:/mnt/cdrom mount: can't find 192.168.1.1:/mnt/cdrom in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab
In your fstab try: 192.168.1.1:/mnt/cdrom /media/nfs nfs defaults 0 0 Make sure that /media/nfs exists first. -- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998
Ken Schneider wrote:
You are missing the mount point/destination.
What I did, and got :-)
mount 192.168.1.1:/mnt/cdrom mount: can't find 192.168.1.1:/mnt/cdrom in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab
In your fstab try:
192.168.1.1:/mnt/cdrom /media/nfs nfs defaults 0 0
Make sure that /media/nfs exists first.
Thanks Ken and Leendert. I did the above, and now I got this: ls -l /mnt/ total 20 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 13 2005 cdrom drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 3 2005 floppy drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 20 15:59 nfs drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 15 2005 sys drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 20 10:58 usb [root@mail /]# mount 192.168.1.1:/mnt/cdrom mount to NFS server '192.168.1.1' failed. /etc/fstab: 192.168.1.1:/mnt/cdrom /mnt/nfs nfs defaults 0 0 How do I see if the NFS server is running ?. I have the nfs-utils installed. Here's what I could find out of on the server with reference to nfs: service nfs status Shutting down NFS mountd: rpc.mountd is stopped nfsd is stopped rpc.rquotad is stopped [root@mail /]# service nfs start Starting NFS services: [ OK ] Starting NFS quotas: [ OK ] Starting NFS daemon: [ OK ] Starting NFS mountd: [ OK ] NB: Its NOT a SuSE server. -- Med venlig hilsen / Best regards Erik Jakobsen DENMARK
Erik Jakobsen wrote:
Thanks Ken and Leendert.
I did the above, and now I got this:
ls -l /mnt/ total 20 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 13 2005 cdrom drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 3 2005 floppy drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 20 15:59 nfs drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 15 2005 sys drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 20 10:58 usb [root@mail /]# mount 192.168.1.1:/mnt/cdrom mount to NFS server '192.168.1.1' failed.
Try "mount /mnt/nfs" instead. Or "mount 192.168.1.1:/mnt/cdrom /mnt/nfs" /Per Jessen, Zürich
Per Jessen wrote:
Erik Jakobsen wrote:
Try "mount /mnt/nfs" instead.
Or "mount 192.168.1.1:/mnt/cdrom /mnt/nfs"
/Per Jessen, Zürich
This job is a permanent appointment :'( # mount 192.168.1.1:/mnt/cdrom /mnt/nfs mount: 192.168.1.1:/mnt/cdrom failed, reason given by server: Permission denied ls -l /mnt/ total 20 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 13 2005 cdrom drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 3 2005 floppy drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 20 15:59 nfs drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 15 2005 sys drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 20 10:58 usb -- Med venlig hilsen / Best regards Erik Jakobsen DENMARK
Erik Jakobsen wrote:
# mount 192.168.1.1:/mnt/cdrom /mnt/nfs mount: 192.168.1.1:/mnt/cdrom failed, reason given by server: Permission denied
Check that you've allowed NFS-mount of that directory by the right host(s) - /etc/exports on the NFS-server machine. /Per Jessen, Zürich
Erik Jakobsen wrote:
Per Jessen wrote:
Check that you've allowed NFS-mount of that directory by the right host(s) - /etc/exports on the NFS-server machine.
The /etc/exports file is absolute clean. Nothing at all written there.
/Erik
OK, that's why you get "no permission" when you try to NFS-mount <something> . Whatever it is you want to NFS-mount, must be "exported" from the server. You do this by editing /etc/exports and adding a line like: /mnt/cdrom 192.168.0.0/16(ro,sync) Then restart your nfs-server ("rcnfsserver restart"). /Per Jessen, Zürich
Per Jessen wrote:
Erik Jakobsen wrote:
Per Jessen wrote:
Check that you've allowed NFS-mount of that directory by the right host(s) - /etc/exports on the NFS-server machine.
The /etc/exports file is absolute clean. Nothing at all written there.
/Erik
OK, that's why you get "no permission" when you try to NFS-mount <something> .
Yes of course it is :-)
Whatever it is you want to NFS-mount, must be "exported" from the server. You do this by editing /etc/exports and adding a line like:
/mnt/cdrom 192.168.0.0/16(ro,sync)
Then restart your nfs-server ("rcnfsserver restart").
I made the above, but have problem now to start my nfs server up: May 21 12:02:47 mail netfs: Mounting NFS filesystems: failed (message from reboot) Gives this: mount 192.168.1.1:/mnt/cdrom /mnt/nfs mount to NFS server '192.168.1.1' failed. And my /etc/fstab nfs line: 192.168.1.1:/mnt/cdrom /mnt/nfs nfs defaults 0 0 Maybe I should give it a try on my 10.1 box now, as it has been set up via CD's :-) Erik
Hi Per. Now I try the same on my SuSE 10.1. Here is what I have under /media: # ls -l /media/ total 6 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 48 May 21 12:40 Debian_Inst <---USB-Sticker dr-xr-xr-x 7 erikja root 6144 May 9 02:05 SU1010_001<---SuSE 10.1 DVD drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 48 May 20 15:40 floppy drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 48 May 20 20:01 sys The Debian_Inst is the USB-Sticker The SU1010_001 is the SuSE 10.1 DVD. Both are now plugged into the computer. If unplugged, I only have /floppy and /sys under /media. My SuSE box has the IP 192.168.1.9 /etc/exports looks like this: mnt/cdrom 192.168.0.0/16(ro,sync) Mount gives this: mount 192.168.1.9:/media/SU1010_001 /Debian_Inst mount server reported tcp not available, falling back to udp mount: RPC: Program not registered Here is then a try to mount. Don't know if the syntax is correct with reference to the details shown above. Sorry for boring you Per with this. You just say stop, if its too inconvenient to you. /Eirk
On Sun, 2006-05-21 at 13:26 +0200, Erik Jakobsen wrote:
Hi Per.
Now I try the same on my SuSE 10.1.
Here is what I have under /media:
# ls -l /media/ total 6 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 48 May 21 12:40 Debian_Inst <---USB-Sticker dr-xr-xr-x 7 erikja root 6144 May 9 02:05 SU1010_001<---SuSE 10.1 DVD drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 48 May 20 15:40 floppy drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 48 May 20 20:01 sys
The Debian_Inst is the USB-Sticker The SU1010_001 is the SuSE 10.1 DVD. Both are now plugged into the computer.
If unplugged, I only have /floppy and /sys under /media.
My SuSE box has the IP 192.168.1.9
/etc/exports looks like this:
mnt/cdrom 192.168.0.0/16(ro,sync)
/etc/exports is the file on the -server- that contains info that it is sharing. In your case the machine that has the DVD in the drive would be the server -not- the client trying to mount the nfs share. On the server add this to /etc/export /media/SU1010_001 192.168.0.0/16(ro,sync) and then restart the nfs server daemon with rcnfsserver restart. Next see if you can mount the nfs share on the -client- machine. mount <server IP>:/media/SU1010_001 /mnt/cdrom Perhaps you are confused about server/client machines and which needs what configured. -- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998
Ken Schneider wrote:
/etc/exports is the file on the -server- that contains info that it is sharing. In your case the machine that has the DVD in the drive would be the server -not- the client trying to mount the nfs share.
Ok Ken.
On the server add this to /etc/export
/media/SU1010_001 192.168.0.0/16(ro,sync)
I have done it.
and then restart the nfs server daemon with rcnfsserver restart.
Done!
Next see if you can mount the nfs share on the -client- machine.
mount <server IP>:/media/SU1010_001 /mnt/cdrom
Perhaps you are confused about server/client machines and which needs what configured.
Yes right. I'm confused as it's the first time I'm working on that :-) But think I don't need to tell that from all my queries :-) Here is what has been done now: Start of the nfsserver: ****************** lajka3:~ # rcnfsserver status Checking for kernel based NFS server: unused lajka3:~ # rcnfsserver start Starting kernel based NFS server done lajka3:~ # rcnfsserver status Checking for kernel based NFS server: running Modifying of /etc/exports: ************************ lajka3:~ # cd /etc/ lajka3:/etc # nano exports nfs restarting: ************** lajka3:/etc # rcnfsserver restart Shutting down kernel based NFS server done Starting kernel based NFS server done The mounting: ************** lajka3:/etc # mount 192.168.1.9:/media/SU1010_001 /mnt/cdrom mount: mount point /mnt/cdrom does not exist lajka3:/etc # mount 192.168.1.9:/media/SU1010_001 /mnt/Debian_Inst mount: mount point /mnt/Debian_Inst does not exist lajka3:/etc # mount 192.168.1.9:/media/SU1010_001 /media/Debian_Inst lajka3:/etc # cd /media/SU1010_001/boot/i386/ ^^Now it succeded. mkbootdisk: ************ lajka3:/media/SU1010_001/boot/i386 # perl ./mkbootdisk --32 --partition /dev/sda /mnt /mnt: no i386 installation source Now it is running, but as mentioned its not a FAT system.. *********************************************** lajka3:/media/SU1010_001/boot/i386 # perl ./mkbootdisk --32 --partition /dev/sda1 /media/Debian_Inst/ disk /dev/sda, partition /dev/sda1 not a FAT file system And that it's not a FAT system is what we know, cause it's a nfs system. Is that not what I have to conclude ? Here is the content of the USB-Sticker: *********************************** # ls -l /media/Debian_Inst/ total 12920 -r--r--r-- 2 erikja root 7113713 May 9 01:59 ARCHIVES.gz -r--r--r-- 1 erikja root 17992 May 2 10:42 COPYING -r--r--r-- 1 erikja root 25733 May 2 10:42 COPYING.de -r--r--r-- 1 erikja root 1439 May 2 10:42 COPYRIGHT -r--r--r-- 1 erikja root 1605 May 2 10:42 COPYRIGHT.de -r--r--r-- 1 erikja root 5907026 May 9 01:46 ChangeLog -r--r--r-- 2 erikja root 30310 May 9 02:03 INDEX.gz -r--r--r-- 1 erikja root 12514 May 2 10:42 LICENSE.TXT -r--r--r-- 2 erikja root 365 May 2 10:42 LIESMICH -r--r--r-- 1 erikja root 378 May 2 10:42 LIESMICH.DOS -r--r--r-- 2 erikja root 357 May 2 10:42 README -r--r--r-- 1 erikja root 915 May 2 10:42 README.BETA.DOS -r--r--r-- 1 erikja root 371 May 2 10:42 README.DOS -r--r--r-- 1 erikja root 2238 May 2 10:42 SuSEgo.ico -r--r--r-- 1 erikja root 36 May 2 10:42 autorun.inf dr-xr-xr-x 3 erikja root 2048 May 9 02:05 boot -r--r--r-- 1 erikja root 4971 May 9 02:03 content -r--r--r-- 1 erikja root 189 May 9 02:03 content.asc -r--r--r-- 1 erikja root 2173 May 2 10:42 content.key -r--r--r-- 1 erikja root 27977 Apr 23 05:32 control.xml -r--r--r-- 1 erikja root 431 May 9 02:03 directory.yast dr-xr-xr-x 12 erikja root 2048 May 9 01:41 docu dr-xr-xr-x 5 erikja root 2048 May 9 01:41 dosutils -r--r--r-- 1 erikja root 877 May 2 10:42 gpg-pubkey-0dfb3188-41ed929b.asc -r--r--r-- 1 erikja root 1007 May 2 10:42 gpg-pubkey-1d061a62-427a396f.asc -r--r--r-- 1 erikja root 613 May 2 10:42 gpg-pubkey-307e3d54-44201d5d.asc -r--r--r-- 1 erikja root 1694 May 2 10:42 gpg-pubkey-3d25d3d9-36e12d04.asc -r--r--r-- 1 erikja root 2173 May 2 10:42 gpg-pubkey-9c800aca-40d8063e.asc -r--r--r-- 2 erikja root 50807 May 9 01:59 ls-lR.gz dr-xr-xr-x 2 erikja root 2048 May 9 02:03 media.1 -r--r--r-- 1 erikja root 4330 May 2 10:42 pubring.gpg dr-xr-xr-x 6 erikja root 2048 May 9 01:41 suse Is that above to be ok ?. Then if it is ok, what should the bios on the computer be set to for booting from an USB-Sticker ?. /Erik
Erik Jakobsen wrote:
# ls -l /media/ total 6 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 48 May 21 12:40 Debian_Inst <---USB-Sticker dr-xr-xr-x 7 erikja root 6144 May 9 02:05 SU1010_001<---SuSE 10.1 DVD drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 48 May 20 15:40 floppy drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 48 May 20 20:01 sys
The Debian_Inst is the USB-Sticker The SU1010_001 is the SuSE 10.1 DVD. Both are now plugged into the computer.
If unplugged, I only have /floppy and /sys under /media.
My SuSE box has the IP 192.168.1.9
/etc/exports looks like this:
mnt/cdrom 192.168.0.0/16(ro,sync)
To NFS mount your DVD from another system, you need to export that mount-point, so "/media/SU1010_001" instead of "/mnt/cdrom".
Mount gives this: mount 192.168.1.9:/media/SU1010_001 /Debian_Inst mount server reported tcp not available, falling back to udp mount: RPC: Program not registered
Is the NFS-server actually running on the system with the DVD? This looks like it isn't. /Per
Per Jessen wrote:
Erik Jakobsen wrote:
# ls -l /media/ total 6 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 48 May 21 12:40 Debian_Inst <---USB-Sticker dr-xr-xr-x 7 erikja root 6144 May 9 02:05 SU1010_001<---SuSE 10.1 DVD drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 48 May 20 15:40 floppy drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 48 May 20 20:01 sys
The Debian_Inst is the USB-Sticker The SU1010_001 is the SuSE 10.1 DVD. Both are now plugged into the computer.
If unplugged, I only have /floppy and /sys under /media.
My SuSE box has the IP 192.168.1.9
/etc/exports looks like this:
mnt/cdrom 192.168.0.0/16(ro,sync)
To NFS mount your DVD from another system, you need to export that mount-point, so "/media/SU1010_001" instead of "/mnt/cdrom".
I want now to mount the DVD on a local machine, not from another system. I mean I want to mount it on the machine where I have 10.1 installed. But yes I can see it now, that I shall modify the line in the export file.
Mount gives this: mount 192.168.1.9:/media/SU1010_001 /Debian_Inst mount server reported tcp not available, falling back to udp mount: RPC: Program not registered
Is the NFS-server actually running on the system with the DVD? This looks like it isn't.
rcnfsserver status Checking for kernel based NFS server: running. But I have started it now. It was down :-(
/Per
/Erik
Per Jessen wrote:
/Per Jessen, Zürich
Hi Per and Hi Ken Schneider. I want to say thank you to both of you for taking your time to help me with the setting up of my USB-Sticker. Unfortunately none of my computers has the option to boot from such a sticker. I have to purchase up to date motherboards :-) -- Med venlig hilsen / Best regards Erik Jakobsen DENMARK
On Monday 22 May 2006 15:48, Erik Jakobsen wrote:
Per Jessen wrote:
/Per Jessen, Zürich
Hi Per and Hi Ken Schneider.
I want to say thank you to both of you for taking your time to help me with the setting up of my USB-Sticker. Unfortunately none of my computers has the option to boot from such a sticker.
I have to purchase up to date motherboards :-)
(Haven't followed the discussion extensively, but...) If you're lucky a bios update provides a boot-from-USB option. Saves you a penny or two. ;) Cheers, Leen
participants (5)
-
Erik Jakobsen -
James D. Parra -
Ken Schneider -
Leendert Meyer -
Per Jessen