USB Stick Install Solved

Question

I have been reading the forums here for awhile, and decided to figure it out. Steps: [LIST=1] 
 
 Download and install 'Universal USB Installer' - Universal USB Installer &ndash; Easy as 1 2 3 | USB Pen Drive Linux 
 Download Astaro ASG v8 iso - ftp://ftp.astaro.de/Astaro_Security_Gateway/v8/software_appliance/iso/ 
 Open the Universal USB Installer, for Step 1: Select the last option, 'Try Unlisted Linux ISO (New Syslinux)' 
 For Step 2: Select the Astaro ISO 
 For Step 3: Select your USB Key. I used a 512MB U3 Kingston 
 Click 'Create', Eject the USB Key and Boot your soon-to-be Astaro Box 
 Press to Start the Installer 
 On the First Screen, hit Alt-F2. 
 Follow this sequence: [LIST=1] 
 bash-3.2# mount /dev/sdb2 /mnt 
 bash-3.2# cd /install 
 bash-3.2# mkdir install 
 bash-3.2# cd install 
 bash-3.2# cp -a /mnt/install/* . 
 Hit Alt-F1 
 
 [/LIST] 
 
 Finish the Installation, Reboot and Enjoy. 
 
 [/LIST] Please post questions, experiences etc. This has worked for me, but it's my first experience with Astaro, so I thought I'd share in hopes others can benefit. Cheers, -fred

ChrisBKA · Accepted Answer

Hello, 
 
 for all windows users I can confirm that this method doesn't work 1:1 
 
 To help all other users / admins / tech / nerds who try to install from USB the following will help: 
 1. DO NOT USE Universal USB Installer" it will scramble up filenames 
 2. USE Rufus https://rufus.ie/ 
 3. Create Stick by hitting "SELECT" or in german "ausw&auml;hlen" in Rufus 
 4. After creating the freakin stick of hell put it into your hardware of choice. (for me it was a SG135Wrev1) 
 5. make shure to boot from stick in BIOS (hit DEL or ESC to enter BIOS on this appliance) 
 6. when "warning: blah blah blah" appears on screen. your on the right way. Press enter to boot the installer 
 7. you CAN NOT abort the freakin START Countdown. Just let it happen. 
 8. be prepared to switch to console by hitting ALT + F2 AFTER the Hardware-Detection displays "detecting Storage Hardware" 
 9. be quick and enter the following on bash: 
 bash1234# mount /dev/sdb1 /install 
 
 (if this doesn't work or an error is displayed, read the other comments in this post to get the right partition of your USB stick(while crying like a baby like i did) 
 10. Switch back to Installer with ALT + F1 
 11. wait for the installer to complete and reboot 
 
 So far at UTM 9.603-1.iso 
 Cheers Chris 
 
 BAlfson , can you make the one sticky to the thread ? would have helped me to save like ~2 hours. Cheers 
 
 thefred said: I have been reading the forums here for awhile, and decided to figure it out. Steps: [LIST=1]
 
 Download and install 'Universal USB Installer' - Universal USB Installer &ndash; Easy as 1 2 3 | USB Pen Drive Linux 
 Download Astaro ASG v8 iso - ftp://ftp.astaro.de/Astaro_Security_Gateway/v8/software_appliance/iso/ 
 Open the Universal USB Installer, for Step 1: Select the last option, 'Try Unlisted Linux ISO (New Syslinux)' 
 For Step 2: Select the Astaro ISO 
 For Step 3: Select your USB Key. I used a 512MB U3 Kingston 
 Click 'Create', Eject the USB Key and Boot your soon-to-be Astaro Box 
 Press to Start the Installer 
 On the First Screen, hit Alt-F2. 
 Follow this sequence: [LIST=1] 
 bash-3.2# mount /dev/sdb2 /mnt 
 bash-3.2# cd /install 
 bash-3.2# mkdir install 
 bash-3.2# cd install 
 bash-3.2# cp -a /mnt/install/* . 
 Hit Alt-F1 
 
 [/LIST] 
 
 Finish the Installation, Reboot and Enjoy. 
 
 [/LIST] Please post questions, experiences etc. This has worked for me, but it's my first experience with Astaro, so I thought I'd share in hopes others can benefit. Cheers, -fred

pclov3r · Answer

I thought I'd pitch in to the community to help

After many hours of trial and error I found the solution.

Mount /dev/sdb1 to /install to install AFTER the hardware detection runs. The hardware detection is what is causing it to be unmounted.

So once you get a report of the hardware installed get into the shell by running ALT+F2 than run the mount command and it should work from there.

CharlesErrington · Answer

I have just repeated this. I have no Unix knowledge but it went OK.  I used Rufus and it worked without issue. No renaming or anything.  I booted from the USB key (I needed to change the device boot order in the BIOS) and started the install.  Once the hardware was identified and the disk format began I switched to the console by pressing ALT + F2  Then I remounted the installation media by typing mount /dev/sdb1 /install  After the mount successful message I pressed ALT + F1 to return to the install and waited for it to complete ( remove installation media and reboot message displayed)  None of the above is new. All credit goes to those who have gone before in this post, but hopefully it corrects a couple of typos (unix experts would just know it was wrong - those like me do not!) It also confirms it works with 9.306 which is the version available for download in Feb 2015

Tomas Bengtsson · Answer

Thanks everyone! 
 After some hours trying diffrent methods I found this thread. 
 To check what sdb number the installation media is just flick to Alt-F4 View Log at the first screen. You can see it there. 
 I used asg-9.502-4.1.iso on a Dell Optiplex 790 with Intel i350 T2. 
 Had problems with the file names, as other people, until I switched to Rufus. 
 Did the mount /dev/sdb1 /install after the hardware check as suggested and it worked fine after that.