limetech Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 In order to simplify installation of unRAID Server onto a new Flash device, I have created a new download package called "AiO" or "All-in-One". This zip file contains exactly the same contents as unRAID Server 4.6.zip with the addition of two new files: syslinux.exe and make_bootable.bat (and readme.txt has been updated). The idea is that after formatting your Flash device, you drag the contents of the zip file to the Flash and then click on make_bootable . A DOS window will open to invoke syslinux.exe with the proper options to make the Flash device on which it resides bootable. No more need to download syslinux separately. Here are the reasons why I wanted to do this: 1. It makes it easier to install for first-time unRAID users. 2. It eliminates the possibility of running syslinux on your main OS hard drive (this would not be good). 3. It ensures a correctly-functioning version of syslinux is included with the release. Here is the download link. In following with previous tradition, this file has an "-rc1" suffix. I'd appreciate some of you more advanced unRAID Server users to download and sanity-check what I've done here. Basically this means reading over the readme.txt file and examining the make_bootable.bat file. Please post any suggestions/improvements, especially if you see any chance of something going wrong for a new user. Thanks! Quote Link to comment
BRiT Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 In any recent Windows OS with UAC enabled (Vista or Windows 7), I believe the user will need to run the make_bootable.bat file via right-clicking then selecting "Run as Administrator" in order for it to actually function. Quote Link to comment
limetech Posted December 18, 2010 Author Share Posted December 18, 2010 In any recent Windows OS with UAC enabled (Vista or Windows 7), I believe the user will need to run the make_bootable.bat file via right-clicking then selecting "Run as Administrator" in order for it to actually function. Yes, those instructions are in the 'readme.txt' file. Quote Link to comment
BRiT Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 Nice to see the instructions already address that issue, even if a large majority will not read them anyways. Quote Link to comment
MvL Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 Nice feature but a quick question what if the new unRAID user uses a other platform like Mac OS X or Linux? Quote Link to comment
NAS Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 Nice feature but a quick question what if the new unRAID user uses a other platform like Mac OS X or Linux? SOunds like something the community could develop for unRAID and contribute back to me Quote Link to comment
Spectrum Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 This will function as a check for admin privileges ATTRIB %windir%\system32 -h | FINDSTR /I "denied" >nul IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 1 ( ECHO. ECHO This script must be run as an Administrator. ECHO. ECHO Right click and select run as Administrator or execute ECHO from an elevated command prompt. ECHO. GOTO END ) Also make sure to have a :END section after everything else in the file Quote Link to comment
limetech Posted December 18, 2010 Author Share Posted December 18, 2010 Nice feature but a quick question what if the new unRAID user uses a other platform like Mac OS X or Linux? SOunds like something the community could develop for unRAID and contribute back to me Quote Link to comment
prostuff1 Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 I guess I might as well point out here this thread. I have used this tool on Windows and it works very well. It is a self contained tool so no install is needed. I am not sure on the legality of including it with the All-in-one zip, but it might be something to look into. I am still searching for a way to make a bootable stick on a Mac. If/when I find something I will be sure to let everyone know. Quote Link to comment
MvL Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 Nice feature but a quick question what if the new unRAID user uses a other platform like Mac OS X or Linux? SOunds like something the community could develop for unRAID and contribute back to me That's clear. I'm not real handy with script's yet (Still have a lot to learn but love doing it). So i have to leave this for the more experienced users (and the community has some very experienced user). I guess I might as well point out here this thread. I have used this tool on Windows and it works very well. It is a self contained tool so no install is needed. I am not sure on the legality of including it with the All-in-one zip, but it might be something to look into. I am still searching for a way to make a bootable stick on a Mac. If/when I find something I will be sure to let everyone know. Yes this tool is working great for me. Last time my USB stick was totally messed up. I tried to repair it with the standard Windows tools and had no success. Using Bootice solved my problems. Quote Link to comment
MvL Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 I am still searching for a way to make a bootable stick on a Mac. If/when I find something I will be sure to let everyone know. Maybe this is working? I can't try it because i don't own a mac. :'( 4. Creating Bootable USB in Mac OS X (Leopard or higher) using DiskUtil 1. Open a Terminal, Insert your flash media and run diskutil list again and determine the device node assigned to your flash media (e.g. /dev/disk2) 2. Run diskutil unmountDisk /dev/diskN 3. Execute sudo dd if=/path/to/downloaded.img of=/dev/diskN bs=1m 4. Run diskutil eject /dev/diskN and remove your flash media when the command completes source http://www.taranfx.com/create-bootable-live-usb-drives Quote Link to comment
prostuff1 Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 I am still searching for a way to make a bootable stick on a Mac. If/when I find something I will be sure to let everyone know. Maybe this is working? I can't try it because i don't own a mac. :'( 4. Creating Bootable USB in Mac OS X (Leopard or higher) using DiskUtil 1. Open a Terminal, Insert your flash media and run diskutil list again and determine the device node assigned to your flash media (e.g. /dev/disk2) 2. Run diskutil unmountDisk /dev/diskN 3. Execute sudo dd if=/path/to/downloaded.img of=/dev/diskN bs=1m 4. Run diskutil eject /dev/diskN and remove your flash media when the command completes source http://www.taranfx.com/create-bootable-live-usb-drives I will have to do some testing to see if I can come up with anything. Thanks for pointing the link out. Quote Link to comment
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