Install MSL from USB 1

[bearvalley]

Hi fellow tek-tippers,

Has anyone been successful in installing Mitel MSL from a removable USB flash drive?

I can boot from USB, but it only gets as far as entering the keyboard format before asking for the location of the software.

I have also tried using FTP and HTTP to transfer the files, however this manages to install to the USB flash drive and not the internal HDD DOH! (No option to select drive)

Lots of new servers are now coming without an internal DVD player and this is becoming more of a problem.

Also tried using a USB DVD player but that keeps asking for a driver so fails.

NB: Engineering guidelines mentions you can do this but lacks any real info.

Look forward to hearing if anyone here has had more luck that me.

 

[danramirez]

i will let you know how to do it, let me get the correct information and post back in 10 minutes.
Regards,
daniel

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[danramirez]

here it is, make sure that when you run the usb software you right click on it and open as administrator (Windows Vista, 7 and 8).

Creating a USB Installation Medium
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Windows operating systems
When copying USB files in Windows, you need to use a USB image writing application. There are many freeware utilities available on the Internet. In the example below, we used an application called "USB Image Tool 1.57" downloaded from

http://usb-image-tool.en.malavida.com/.

To create a bootable USB device:
1.
Insert a USB device into an available USB port.
2.
Download the USB Image Tool software (usbit.zip).
3.
Open the zip file, select all files, and extract them to a folder on your PC.
4.
Open the folder and double-click the USB Image Tool.exe file to open the tool (Here is where you should right click and open ad administrator). You may see a security warning -check with your system administrator or IT department before opening the program.

5.
In the left-hand pane, select Device Mode. A graphic representation of your USB device appears.
6.
Click Restore. The application asks for the location of the .iso file to copy.
7.
Browse to the .iso storage location and select the file to copy. By default, only certain image files are displayed. Select All filesto display .iso files.
8.
Click Open.
9.
Click Yesto confirm the copy operation.
10.
The USB Image Tool uses the selected .iso file to create a bootable USB device.

Once the USB image has been created you can insert it to a free usd port, reboot your server and you should be able to begin your installation.

This procedure works with no issues, I have done many installations using this method.

Good luck, let us know how it went

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[bearvalley]

That's excellent news, for now I moved the HDD to another machine and built it there, wasn't fun I can assure you.

Hope it boils down to the image software I used, tried the one you mention before but never managed to get it working.

Will try your way in my lab tomorrow and update you with my results.

Thanks for your prompt reply.

 

[kwbMitel]

I tried it once recently and ended up scrapping my USB.

There's obviously a way to screw this up as I found it.

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[danramirez]

kwb, try reformatting your USB.

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[wireman50]

Its easy to scrap a USB drive when you make it a linux boot device. Windows can no longer see the partition created in Linux and therefore cannot format it. its still usable from Linux but thats all...unless someone know different?

 

[bearvalley]

danramirez: Fantastic, finally installed MSL from my Scandisk Cruzer 4gb flash drive.

So lets recap on my school boy error, when using usbit.zip I wrongly assumed it broke my drive as I could no longer open it, obviously I now know this is due to the Linux formatting.

As I decided to use another imaging software this mislead me. I could read in windows and did boot on server however it failed after a few steps.

Many thanks for you expert advice, a big fat star for you.

kwbMitel: Have found that sometimes you can format the drive and other times you cannot.

wireman50: May be worth running a live-CD/USB version of GParted, this can format all sorts.

Thanks all.

 

[danramirez]

bearvalley, I'm glad it's working know. Thank you for the star.
Regards,
Daniel

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[sarond]

@wireman50

You can normally delete the partition in windows even if it has been changed to a linux file system.
You just need to right click on my computer and click 'manage' from there if you go to storage/disk management, you can normally delete the partition and re-create a windows compatible one.

 

[kwbMitel]

@Sarond and Wireman50

Confirmed, I was able to remove the partition and reformat as windows. I thought I tried this before but obviously not. I used to use swissknife as my partition tool but can't use it now on Win7. Lost some of my skills thru disuse.

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[wireman50]

I had to use a partition manager which managed it quite easily even though windows itself couldn't.