Salix installation buggy when used with a USB disk adaptor
Posted: 7. Nov 2023, 13:15
Perhaps not really a bug, but hey, I have wasted one week trying to install Salix, without the smallest hint of what could be the problem in the doc or anywhere else.
The main point: Salix live installation on a disk-on-key works well, but it won't work with a SSD disk (or a HDD disk) with an USB adaptor, like that:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sVENre ... sp=sharing
These adaptors are very common, and it would be a pity Salix not be able to install there.
The fine points:
After I succeeded in booting with a DVD Salix drive, I connected the USB disk-on-key / SSD, and run the following commands in a terminal:
sudo mkdir /tmp/iso
[they asked password and I typed "one"]
sudo mount -o loop path_to_iso_image /tmp/iso
cd /tmp/iso/boot
sudo sh install_on_usb.sh --usb path_to_iso_image device
And after everything finished:
cd ~/
sudo umount /tmp/iso
With a usual 30GB disk-on-key, this installed Salix live bootable and worked after rebooting, but with a SSD disk connected with an adaptor, while it seemed the commands above ended successfully, when I booted with the disk, I got 2 different reactions according to the computer I tried:
The first computer just said "boot error" in a black screen and stayed there. The second computer allowed me to select "English" in the Salix boot menu, then aborted with the following screen:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zS7js2 ... sp=sharing
In the short term, I suggest the Salix team duly insert this issue in the documentation (this will avoid persons like me wast one week before they catch the problem). In the long term, it would be nice if the Salix installation be possible with this type of USB connections, which everybody believe to work as a "big" disk-on-key.
The main point: Salix live installation on a disk-on-key works well, but it won't work with a SSD disk (or a HDD disk) with an USB adaptor, like that:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sVENre ... sp=sharing
These adaptors are very common, and it would be a pity Salix not be able to install there.
The fine points:
After I succeeded in booting with a DVD Salix drive, I connected the USB disk-on-key / SSD, and run the following commands in a terminal:
sudo mkdir /tmp/iso
[they asked password and I typed "one"]
sudo mount -o loop path_to_iso_image /tmp/iso
cd /tmp/iso/boot
sudo sh install_on_usb.sh --usb path_to_iso_image device
And after everything finished:
cd ~/
sudo umount /tmp/iso
With a usual 30GB disk-on-key, this installed Salix live bootable and worked after rebooting, but with a SSD disk connected with an adaptor, while it seemed the commands above ended successfully, when I booted with the disk, I got 2 different reactions according to the computer I tried:
The first computer just said "boot error" in a black screen and stayed there. The second computer allowed me to select "English" in the Salix boot menu, then aborted with the following screen:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zS7js2 ... sp=sharing
In the short term, I suggest the Salix team duly insert this issue in the documentation (this will avoid persons like me wast one week before they catch the problem). In the long term, it would be nice if the Salix installation be possible with this type of USB connections, which everybody believe to work as a "big" disk-on-key.