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v2 v3 1 1 = Installing HelenOS to a disk device = 2 [[PageOutline ]]2 [[PageOutline(2-3)]] 3 3 4 4 == Introduction == … … 12 12 == Pre-requisities == 13 13 14 The installer can only expected to work with a very specific system configuration. Realistically this will only work in Q emu. The system architecture must be ia32 or amd64, the Grub platform must be 'pc' (i.e. not EFI). Also the paths to CD-ROM and disk devices are hard-coded into the installer.14 The installer can only expected to work with a very specific system configuration. Realistically this will only work in QEMU. The system architecture must be ia32 or amd64, the Grub platform must be 'pc' (i.e. not EFI). Also the paths to CD-ROM and disk devices are hard-coded into the installer. 15 15 16 * HelenOS live CD (which you booted from) 2must be on /hw/pci0/00:01.0/ata-c2/d0 (i.e. {{{-cdrom}}} of Q emu)17 * Target disk must be on /hw/pci0/00:01.0/ata-c1/d0 (i.e. {{{-hda}}} of Q emu)16 * HelenOS live CD (which you booted from) 2must be on /hw/pci0/00:01.0/ata-c2/d0 (i.e. {{{-cdrom}}} of QEMU) 17 * Target disk must be on /hw/pci0/00:01.0/ata-c1/d0 (i.e. {{{-hda}}} of QEMU) 18 18 * Target disk must have enough space to hold the system (recommend at least 128 MBytes for regular build) 19 19 20 The target disk must be empty. This can be achieved for example, if you supply a freshly created zero-filled image file to Q emu.20 The target disk must be empty. This can be achieved for example, if you supply a freshly created zero-filled image file to QEMU. 21 21 If you are using an existing image or device, you can use {{{fdisk}}} within HelenOS to delete any label or other data from 22 22 the disk. … … 30 30 }}} 31 31 32 Now you can shut the system down. E.g. by closing Q emuwindow.32 Now you can shut the system down. E.g. by closing QEMU window. 33 33 34 34 == Finishing and Booting the installed system == 35 35 36 Now you need to configure your system to boot from the hard disk. With Q emuyou can, for example, remove the {{{-cdrom}}} and {{{-boot}}} options.36 Now you need to configure your system to boot from the hard disk. With QEMU you can, for example, remove the {{{-cdrom}}} and {{{-boot}}} options. 37 37 38 It might be possible to run the installation within Q emu and then boot the disk bare metal, as long as Grub device name is the same as in Qemu, i.e. {{{hd0}}}.38 It might be possible to run the installation within QEMU and then boot the disk bare metal, as long as Grub device name is the same as in QEMU, i.e. {{{hd0}}}. 39 39 40 40 == Troubleshooting ==