On 1/9/23 01:37, Simon Matter wrote: >> Just starting and trying to boot off the SPP firmware update ISO image >> on a USB stick. >> >> I made the stick with: >> >> # mkfs.vfat /dev/sdb > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > Why create an MS-DOS filesystem on the stick which gets immediately > overwritten in the next step? I think the idea is to get that first 4MB set up for booting, as the dd skips that space. > > >> # dd bs=4M >> if=P52581_001_gen10spp-2022.09.01.00-SPP2022090100.2022_0930.1.iso >> of=/dev/sdb status=progress > Is this what HPE says how to create the stick? If yes then you may ask HPE > how to get it to work. HP gives no instructions. At least I can't find it on the support pages. I do have a support account. You should just 'know' how to build a bootable device from a 9GB iso image. > >> The usb drive is 16GB and the iso is 9GB. >> >> seem to boot from it and go into auto install of firmware then died with >> >> starting initrd... >> >> warning!!! Unable to mount the file system [cdrom] >> warning!!! Unable to mount the file system >> >> Preboot maintence mode >> >> /bin/ash: can't access tty: job control turned off >> >> and at # prompt. >> >> There is no cdrom on the gen10 plus. Only in internal bootable usb port. > That's usually fine because the cdrom can be mounted as loop device. No > need for a real cdrom. Yeah. Going to work on it some more today. Plus got a finish a paper for a symposium. I give up on learning tex; I found a word template that can create the right pdf, so pull out all my writing in tex and start over. And I DO use the IETF's xml format for creating Internet Drafts, so I am teachable on this stuff despite my age... I do vaguely recall working with tex for writing back around '78, but that was it. > > Regards, > Simon > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos