[Cbe-oss-dev] On petitboot

[Yuji Mano]

Jiafu Gao wrote:
> Recently I install Intrepid Ubuntu (daily build), and then petitboot.
> Petitboot works great:
> 
> 1) I like the gui. Simple, intuitive and elegant. 2) It finds systems
> on CD, USB flash, hard disks 3) I have two installed linux on PS3
> hard disk (in different partitions of course). I can boot
> successfully using petitboot. Without petitboot, I can only boot the
> last one I installed. 4) I can select install from LiveCD in CD or
> USB flash. Install from LiveCD succeeded. However, when I copied the
> same files from the CD to a USB flash, petitboot load the installer
> fine, but soon the installer tries to mount the CD (I guess before
> read/copy install files from it). Without much understanding about
> the installer, I would think it is the installer that make the
> assumption that we are installing from CD although in this case, we
> are installing from USB flash. Am I right? If so, I need work with
> Ubuntu installer to fix this issue, right?

I haven't tested this myself and currently don't have the time to look
into this...and I can't think of an immediate reason why it would try
to mount the CD when USB device is selected...

What happens if you don't have the CD inserted and just the USB flash?
 
> Anyway, petitboot works really great. Thanks for the good work!
> 
> Jiafu

Regards,
Yuji