I’d like to install a new linux system using for i.e: liveCD or USB boot. But at the time of install new system I’d like to change the name home (home in /home/user1) to user (user in /user/user1) Is there any way? Thanks in advance. Answer Since you seem not to be familiar with the … Read more
Closed. This question is off-topic. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it’s on-topic for Server Fault. Closed 9 years ago. Improve this question Wondering if you could offer any advice. At work I have a MacBook Pro, at home I have a Windows 8 Desktop. I … Read more
My machine is using Ubuntu 8.04 (=> legacy grub). It is backed up regularly and I would like to check I am able to restore the backup. This backup includes everything on the system, including /boot (the only things excluded are things like /proc, /var, /dev…). I “restored” the backup onto an external USB HDD, … Read more
This is very strange. I can not boot up from an USB device until I reboot and close the connection immediately. Then everything works well. I can not provide more information than this, because I don’t know more. I don’t even know, where I could get logs… Answer Since I installed syslinux in stupid mode, … Read more
I have created a bootable USB for Windows Sever 2008 R2. By default UEFI is not able to find all the required files to boot from the media. After following this post the booting is enabled. Even though the booting starts, it gets stuck on the “Starting Windows” screen after few seconds. It does not … Read more
Can’t get an HP 8200 Elite Small Form Factor to boot from USB. It’s done so in the past & the USB boot drive works in a different machine (HP 8440p laptop). Have tried upgrading BIOS (from 2.09 to 2.15a, then back to 2.14a) with no luck. USB drive appears in BIOS “Device Configuration” list, … Read more
CentOS 6.X does not support the option to boot off of a live USB. The issue is that not always am I able to disable the 3.0 port in BIOS. Is there any way of configuring CentOS to only use USB 3.0 on boot or not use USB 3.0 at all? (Ideally I would like … Read more
I burned a boot USBkey with the command(from CentOS wiki): dd if=CentOS-6.5-x86_64-bin-DVD1.iso of=/dev/sdb After the command, I found my USBkey has beened wipe all partitions and it showed entirely freespace of my USB. However, I could find the USB-booting option in my computer’s BIOS after rebooting and it shows the installation UI, and thus I … Read more
I want to install pfSense via USB boot stick. I am attempting to follow the instructions here: https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Writing_Disk_Images#Linux.2Fother Unfortunately they’re fairly vague, so I’ve had to fill in the gaps a little. I’m doing this on Ubuntu: wget https://nyifiles.pfsense.org/mirror/downloads/pfSense-CE-memstick-2.3.4-RELEASE-amd64.img.gz sha256sum pfSense-CE-memstick-2.3.4-RELEASE-amd64.img.gz gunzip pfSense-CE-memstick-2.3.4-RELEASE-amd64.img.gz dd if=pfSense-CE-memstick-2.3.4-RELEASE-amd64.img of=/dev/sdb bs=65536 iflag=noatime status=progress At this point, the USB stick … Read more
I wonder if installing (and running) Linux (CentOS, in this case) from a USB pendrive is a smart or stupid move. Please note that: I am talking about server environment, not clients; I mean full OS install, not a read-only ISO-like boot image (ie: a “standard” install) Practical example: a 8-bay server for ZoL duties, … Read more
