I'm not sure why this hasn't been addressed already. I didn't exactly do an exhaustive search for this problem, but you'd think that somebody would have said something by now.
I used unetbootin to write the xfce cd image to a usb stick, and the live installer refuses to run. The reason is that for some reason, the root fs isn't mounted at /mnt/salt/mnt/ during boot. Why the installer script would be written this way is beyond me, but it works, so I don't really care about that.
The way I remedied this situation is by creating a mount point at /mnt/salt/mnt/.
ex:
root[one]# mkdir /mnt/salt/mnt/sdb1/
root[one]# mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/salt/mnt/sdb1
Although this only works for one specific configuration, a more universal way to go about this may be to ln root to /mnt/salt/mnt.
I hope this helps.
Salix Live Install not working
- Tim CowChip
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Re: Salix Live Install not working
Unetbootin version 535 works, but earlier versions may not.
You can also try extracting the *.iso image to your USB stick with an archiver and run the /boot/install-on-USB.sh script to create a USB installer.
These posts may give some insight if other methods fail.
http://www.salixos.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=3554
http://www.salixos.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=3424
You can also try extracting the *.iso image to your USB stick with an archiver and run the /boot/install-on-USB.sh script to create a USB installer.
These posts may give some insight if other methods fail.
http://www.salixos.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=3554
http://www.salixos.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=3424
Re: Salix Live Install not working
For the record, and to avoid possible confusions, the following is not accurate:
The version of unetbootin that should successfully work is 575 (or later).
I don't know if the OP's issue is related to unetbootin, or to something else. I just wanted to avoid that someone would read this topic and think that version 535 works. It doesn't; you need at least v.575.
Tim CowChip wrote:Unetbootin version 535 works
The version of unetbootin that should successfully work is 575 (or later).
I don't know if the OP's issue is related to unetbootin, or to something else. I just wanted to avoid that someone would read this topic and think that version 535 works. It doesn't; you need at least v.575.
- Tim CowChip
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Re: Salix Live Install not working
Thanks Adys. I remembered there was a minimum version requirement and didn't take the time to check my facts.
- ElderDryas
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Re: Salix Live Install not working
Let me see if I have the facts straight:
1) To use unetbootin with the Salix LiveCD's one must use version 575 or greater;
2) gslapt has version 494;
3) Sourcery has version 565.
1) To use unetbootin with the Salix LiveCD's one must use version 575 or greater;
2) gslapt has version 494;
3) Sourcery has version 565.
Re: Salix Live Install not working
Yes, your point?ElderDryas wrote:Let me see if I have the facts straight:
1) To use unetbootin with the Salix LiveCD's one must use version 575 or greater;
2) gslapt has version 494;
3) Sourcery has version 565.
@thevillage8
What you're experiencing could very well be a bug in the installer that shows up with your specific hardware setup. You could provide your hard drive's info with
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fdisk -l
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mount
BTW, if you used the standard installation CD instead of the live CD, it would certainly work, but it would be nice to find out what the problem is with the live installer.