Options:
1. Fix initrd so that usb/ieee modules are loaded (based on comment on bug report) Any hints on how to do this? I might have to do more learning...
2. Put the units on a network, and do a local ftp install
Assuming I have to do #2, is there any documentation for building a local ftp server? Is the following possible:
boot machine using usb cdrom or usb memory stick (this works)
Point install to a local machine with the install cd mounted and shared via ftp
Thanks
]]>Any suggestions on a work around? Should I rebuild the 0.7 beta disk with additions to the initrd? Eventually, I will need to install Arch on about twenty standalone systems. They do not have cdrom's in them, and are not on a network. Sounds like I may have to open up the units and plug a cdrom in for the install
I was thinking of cloning the disk (i.e. open up unit, take hard drive out, put in another system and clone), but it has been pointed out that doing a basic install is a good way of testing the hardware. It doesn't take very long and we have to do testing of our software anyways.
I open to suggestions!
]]>boot: arch-scsi NEEDUSB=auto
I still cannot figure out how to mount the external usb cdrom drive. The setup script does not find the cd rom it booted off of.
What commands do I issue to mount the drive? I cannot see any entries in the /mnt directory nor in /etc/fstab for the usb drive. I do not recognize an appropriate device under /dev. Nothing appropriate under /dev/scsi nor any *sda* style device is visible to me.
I do not think anything is broken, so I must be a newbie when it comes to usb external drives under linux. To be truthful, I generally rely on the hotplugging system to handle this stuff, but during install it is not present.
Thank you for any help!
]]>My boot command is:
arch-scsi NEEDUSB=auto
I cannot run loaddisk, as it does not find the usb cdrom, so I cannot load the addon utilities (thus I cannot modprobe usb-storage).
I can run /arch/setup but when it gets to package selection, I am unable to select the CDROM source. This machine is not on the net, so I cannot do a ftp install.
Has anyone else installed ARCH using an external USB cdrom drive ?
Does anyone have any suggestions?