How to install a Thinstation iso to the local hard drive

[Dominic Chan]

We have gotten an usable iso image of thinstation for our workstation.  So if we leave the CD in the drive, and boot up, it works fine.  But now, how can I install this image to the local hard drive?


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[Mike Eriksen-2]

See the docs at
http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/thinstation/index.php?title=FAQ#boot_from_local_storage_media_.28hard_disk.2C_CD.2C_Disk-on-Chip.2FCF....29

Mike

On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 10:15 AM, Dominic Chan <dwchan69@...> wrote:

> We have gotten an usable iso image of thinstation for our workstation.  So
> if we leave the CD in the drive, and boot up, it works fine.  But now, how
> can I install this image to the local hard drive?
>
>
> Dominic W. Chan
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> Email: dwchan69@...
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[paratwa]

I myself just got this working on a test station.  Information is scattered but it does exist.  A brief explanation is in the FAQ http://thinstation.sourceforge.net/faq.html about booting to a local hard drive.  There's also some information here about booting to a local CF card.  None of the complete explanations worked for me so I took a little from here and a little from there.

If you're using the TS-O-Matic, I'll have to apologize,  I don't know what files are available to you.  I am using the linux build environment.

The short version of what I did was this.

1.  Use a DOS boot disk create a small partition with FDISK (I created a 100MB partition).  Set that partition active.   Reboot.
2.  Use the DOS boot disk again and format. (format c:)
3.  From your build environment grab the contents of /ThinstationXX/boot-images/syslinux and put it on media (I used a USB stick)
3.  Boot a linux disk (I used a slackware CD) to a command line.
4.  Mount your media (mine was a usb stick) and go to it.
5. WITHOUT MOUNTING the hard drive in linux, syslinux the hard drive (mine: syslinux /dev/hdc1)
6.  Copy the contents of your media from your build environments syslinux folder onto the hard drive.

Done.

Evan List

Dominic Chan wrote:

We have gotten an usable iso image of thinstation for our workstation.  So
if we leave the CD in the drive, and boot up, it works fine.  But now, how
can I install this image to the local hard drive?


Dominic W. Chan
Phone: [phone]
Fax:     [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

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