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veezavee
Joined: Fri Jun 25, 2010
8:04 am
Posts: 1
With the new Express CD iso, is it possible to install Amahi from a usb
thumb drive instead of a CD? I'd like to install on to my headless server,
but it doesn't have a CD/DVD drive installed. Thanks.
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bigfoot65
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Joined: Mon May 25, 2009
4:31 pm
Posts: 6244
Hello,
Anything is possible, but I have to admit I don't know if any one has
attempted it yet. Since we are such a small group of volunteers, our
plates are quite full at the moment.
If I have time, I may give it a shot this weekend. If I am successful, I
will post guidance in the Wiki.
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Post subject: Re: Install Amahi 5.4 from USB
Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2010 4:42 am


Post subject: Re: Install Amahi 5.4 from USB
Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2010 2:41 pm


Post subject: Re: Install Amahi 5.4 from USB
Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2010 7:56 pm
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janjacobs
Joined: Sat Jul 04, 2009
3:34 pm
Posts: 67
Location: Arnhem, NL
at this point in time i did not get it to work..
it kjeeps asking for the install CD, where obviously it does not exist..
then it wants to load cdrom drivers from the install cd..
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chaosdesign
Joined: Sat Mar 27, 2010
1:17 am
Posts: 33
Location: Tauranga NZ
Here is a solution that will work.
download the Fedora USB Creator available here.
Install and browse for existing live CD, select the Amahi iso.
Make sure you select the right USB Drive. Don't worry about persistent
storage, Click on create live USB and wait till its finished.
Use a Flash drive Larger than the ISO the Amahi CD is about 400mb so
using a 1gb or larger flash drive is ok.
There is a Windows and Linux version, see the link above for more
info.
Let me know how you get on, i have only tried this with Fedora 12 Full
install DVD, and the K12 Linux Live CD. Any issues or questions Let us
know.
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originalsurfmex
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Post subject: Re: Install Amahi 5.4 from USB
Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2010 4:01 am
Joined: Mon Jun 28, 2010
9:41 pm
Posts: 4
i used liveusb creator and it tells me that it:
"cannot find kickstart file on CDROM"
whether i do regular or expert install
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whetu
Joined: Tue Jul 13, 2010
3:32 am
Posts: 30
Hi there,
let me preface by saying that I'm a Linux sysadmin by day - specialising
in Debian, but with some exposure to RH/Fedora. Suffice to say that
had this been on a deb based system I'd have a 100% fix or workaround
for you, but it's not, so I don't
I used unetbootin on Ubuntu to prepare a usb drive, then I copied the
iso to the root of the usb drive. This saves you a headache later on.
Keywords:
Quote:
Missing ISO 9660 Image The installer has tried to mount image #1,
but cannot find it on the hard drive. Please copy this image to the
drive and click Retry. Click Exit to abort the installation.
Boot up from the usb stick, regardless of which option you choose it'll
fail to find the kickstart cfg, so click cancel and you'll get dumped into
the graphical installer. Follow that through the steps, selecting hard
drive as the installation source, choosing not to include the usb drive in
any of the installation options such as partitioning, mbr etc, add the
Amahi repo and so on.
You'll then reboot into this thread:
http://forums.amahi.org/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=1540
I've run the following:
Code:
system-config-network
then configured the ip, subnet, gateway etc to suit, followed by
Code:
service network restart
yum -y install ruby ruby-libs ruby-rdoc
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Post subject: Re: Install Amahi 5.4 from USB
Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2010 7:26 am


Post subject: Re: Install Amahi 5.4 from USB
Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2010 11:48 pm


Post subject: Re: Install Amahi 5.4 from USB
Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2010 2:20 am
gem install --no-ri --no-rdoc --version 0.9.4 sinatra
to ensure that all requirements are installed. Then finally:
Code:
service amahi-installer restart
This is where I'm at so far. If worse comes to worst, I think this may
necessitate the installation of Gnome and doing a desktop based
install...
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zabzoo
Joined: Tue Jul 13, 2010
7:19 am
Posts: 1
For install properly from usb stick you must modify syslinux.cfg in
/syslinux/ dir as : append initrd=initrd.img ks=hd:sdb1:/advanced.cfg
quiet . Kernel option ks=cdrom:/advanced.cfg quiet is not correct for
usb stick. It is work fine.
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whetu
Joined: Tue Jul 13, 2010
3:32 am
Posts: 30
hey thanks for that! I had to use hd:sda1 as that's what my usb stick
shows up during the install process, and syslinux.cfg is in the usb stick
root when using unetbootin.
Advanced install is advised, as the "destoy everything and install
headless" option will bootload onto the usb stick.
Stand by for results of my next install test...
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whetu
Joined: Tue Jul 13, 2010
3:32 am
Posts: 30
ok, it's alive!
Unetbootin based instructions that worked for me:
Setup a usb stick as you normally would using unetbootin (google for
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instructions, I won't reinvent the wheel here)
When unetbootin has completed, exit out of it - do not select the
reboot option - then copy the iso to the root of the usb stick
In the root of the usbstick will be a file named "syslinux.cfg", edit it to
read as follows:
Code:
default vesamenu.c32
prompt 0
menu title UNetbootin
timeout 100
label unetbootindefault
menu label Default
kernel /isolinux/vmlinuz
append initrd=/isolinux/initrd.img
ks=hd:sda1:/advanced.cfg quiet
label ubnentry0
menu label ^Expert install for Amahi headless - Graphic
installer
kernel /isolinux/vmlinuz
append initrd=/isolinux/initrd.img
ks=hd:sda1:/advanced.cfg quiet
where hd:sda1 represents the likely chance that when installing from
usb, your usb stick will be assigned the device name sda1. If this fails,
try sdb1. The rest of these instructions assume that the usb stick is
sda1 and the drive you're installing to is sdb1.
Boot up your target PC from the usb stick and either choose Expert
install or let it time out - you'll get to the same place either way.
Eventually the installer will complain that it can't find the Install Disc,
press [tab] until [Back] is highlighted and press [enter]
You'll be asked what type of Installation Method you're using, navigate
to Hard Drive press [enter]
You'll be asked to point out the partition where the installation files
are, select /dev/sda1 and press [enter]
The graphical interface will fire up, follow it through, when you get to
the partition editor, deselect /dev/sda1 and ensure that sdb1 is set to
be booted from. Advanced users can configure their own partitions etc
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Post subject: Re: Install Amahi 5.4 from USB
Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 6:11 pm
here, I recommend to keep it simple you choose the option to use the
entire drive.
Then follow the installer through to the end.
At the end, you'll reboot, remove your usb stick and you should boot up
to a command line login prompt. Login as root with the password you
defined during setup.
issue an ifconfig and check to see whether you have an IP address or
not. If you don't, issue a system-config-network and give your hda an
ip address, gateway, dns etc and save and quit. Then issue a service
network restart.
Finally, issue a hda-new-install [your setup code here], ignore the
errors, let it run through and reboot when prompted.
et voila. You should now have an amahi box. Enjoy.
(note: if you cannot login, try useradd admin && passwd admin to
add a user to the fedora base system)
Now, granted, I have been a bit brief in the above instructions - some
level of computer nous is assumed. If you get stuck, just ask.
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AUhoss
Joined: Tue Feb 22, 2011
5:57 pm
Posts: 1
I have followed all the steps outlined here and in other forms but when
it comes time to select a harddrive I unchecked sdb under "Select the
drive(s) to use for this installation" because that is where my USB
drive is and leave sda checked
Under "What drive would you like to boot this installation from" I
selected sda (my harddrive) and tried the installation and then when
that brought me to "Missing ISO 9660 Image" window i restarted the
whole process and then selected sdb (my USB drive)
I am STILL unable to get passed the "Missing ISO 9660 Image" screen..
The only way I have been able to install Fedora 12 is livebooting from
the USB and then doing the install but then that doesn't allow me to load
the repo for Amahi.. So the whole thing ends up being a waste.. I even
tried loading Amahi after install like it said on the website but again no
luck
Is there any winning? I have been working on trying to get Amahi
installed for over 3 weeks and after COUNTLESS forums I've read.. Still
nothing.. I'm new to linux but fairly proficient when dealing with
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