How to make opensolaris usb bootable

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saurabh

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Nov 1, 2008, 2:53:11 AM11/1/08

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I want to make live usb of opensolaris. I cannot find .cfg file in
opensolaris live cd to configure boot path as we do to make linux usb
bootable. Please tell how to do same in opensolaris or is there any
other way to make usb bootable for open solaris.

Sourabh Modi

Angad Singh

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Nov 1, 2008, 12:50:09 PM11/1/08

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Hi Sourabh,

As you know OpenSolaris has many "distros", just like linux.

"OpenSolaris 2008.05 - the vanilla (and official) distro doesn't support USB booting, though there is a community built distro of OpenSolaris called "Belenix", which was designed to boot off of a USB drive (even a pen drive).

Just download Belenix 0.7.1 from http://belenix.org/download, boot from the LiveCD, run a terminal and run:
# pfexec usbdump

Note that all contents of the pen drive will be erased.

The LiveUSB support for Belenix was developed by Anil Gulecha, ex-campus ambassador and tech lead, student of JSSATE, who now works for Nexenta. (http://docs.huihoo.com/belenix/USB_boot_of_Belenix_and_Build_your_own_distro_80.pdf)

Good luck with your USB booting experience!