[Cbe-oss-dev] On petitboot

[Geoff Levand]

Jiafu Gao wrote:

> 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?

All petitboot does is a kexec of the ubuntu kernel and initrd
on the USB.  The ubuntu installer (inside the initrd) is totally
independent of petitboot.  The problem is the installer.  I
guess it is made to run from the CD.  Check the ubuntu forums for
info on how to do an install from USB storage.

-Geoff