[Bio-Linux] Problem booting installation DVD - biolinux 6

[Tim Booth]

Hi,

Possibly the boot-USB-from-CD hack previously used by Tony T. would work
here
(http://www.pendrivelinux.com/usb-boot-cd-for-ubuntu-810/#more-680).
However, this is quite a faff and I've no idea if it still works on
Ubuntu 10.04.  If you already have Linux on the server you can also
bootstrap the kernel+initrd from your existing Grub on the hard drive,
but this requires knowledge of Grub configuration.  If it comes down to
it I could talk you through it on the phone next week.

Otherwise I'd second Tony's answer number 3 - install regular Ubuntu and
then beef it up with our packages.  I can send you a list of all
packages on Bio-Linux plus a tarball of all the R libraries which gets
you all the software.  You'll still be missing quite a few
customisations like the firewall setup, default user settings, desktop
icons, database configuration but for a server machine these may not all
be appropriate in any case.

Let me know what you want to do.

Cheers,

TIM

On Fri, 2010-07-16 at 10:41 +0100, Tony Travis wrote:
> On 16/07/10 10:07, Anthony Pemberton wrote:
> > Dear biolinux users,
> >
> > I am still having problems with the biolinux 6 install. I have tried
> > booting the USB-stick and the problem is worse - no kernel boot. I
> > have checked the BIOS settings - the USB legacy mode was enabled. I
> > tested the stick on my 64-bit workstation and it works fine. I can
> > boot to the live system on the workstation, but the server just
> > hangs.
> >
> > Does anyone have any suggestions has to how I can proceed? What else
> > can I try?
> 
> Hello, Tony.
> 
> Here are some options:
> 
> #1 Put your server system disk into another machine
>     Install Bio-Linux 6 on the other machine
>     Put the disk back into your server
> 
> #2 Boot 64-bit Ubuntu 10.04 LTS from the Official CD
>     rsync or dump/restore another instance of Bio-Linux 6
> 
> #3 Install 64-bit Ubuntu 10.04 LTS from the Official CD
>     Configure APT for the Bio-Linux 6 repo's
>     Install Bio-Linux 6 packages
> 
> #4 Give up and install Windows 7 ;-)
> 
> HTH,
> 
>    Tony.

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Tim Booth <tbooth at ceh.ac.uk>
NERC Environmental Bioinformatics Centre 
at CEH Wallingford
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