USB Install

DISCLAIMER: This has worked for some, but has not been thoroughly tested nor is it a preferred way for install. Support is not provided at this time, so proceed with caution.

Amahi 7

NOTE: Guidance is incomplete and this does not work. Need more details.

This is untested, however, Amahi 7 may be bootable via USB disk as follows:

• copy the image to a USB drive
• boot from it
• when the bootloader comes up, manually change the command line to replace this:

  inst.stage2=hd:LABEL=Amahi\x207.1\x20x86_64

with

  inst.stage2=hd:sda1

That assumes sda1 is where the USB drive is coming up at boot time. Yours may be different.

UNetbootin based instructions (Fedora 14)

1. Setup a USB Flash Drive as you normally would using UNetbootin

2. When UNetbootin has completed, exit but do not select the reboot option. Next copy the Express CD ISO to the root of the USB Flash Drive.

3. Change the file syslinux.cfg to read as follows:

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

4. Most likely hd:sda1 will be what your USB Flash Drive is assigned (the remaining instructions assume your USB Flash Drive is sda1 and the hard drive you're installing to is sdb1).

• Boot up your target PC from the USB Flash Drive and 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].

• When asked type of Installation Method, navigate to Hard Drive and press [enter]

• When asked partition where the installation files are, select /dev/sda1 and press [enter].

• When the graphical interface begins, follow it through until you get to the partition editor. Deselect /dev/sda1 and ensure that sdb1 is set to be the boot partition. Advanced users can configure their own partitions here, but recommend keeping it simple by choosing the option to use the entire drive.

• Once the installer finishes, reboot. Remove the USB Flash Drive and it should boot in to a command line interface. At the login prompt enter root as the user and 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.

5. You should now have an Amahi box.

NOTE: if you cannot login, try useradd admin && passwd admin to add a user to the fedora base system.