usb procedure change for KNOS retail 32 + 64?

[pharrisire]

Has there been a procedure change with the latest KNOS?
Following your emailed instructions for the then new method
of making the usb stick using the appropriate 32 or 64bit-usb.tar.gz
resulted in failures for both - but at different spots.

The 64bit desktop just hung at the
/tmp/KNOS64.gdSZKLbi/./uzip/usr.uzip
and did not proceed any further no matter how many hours I let it go.

The 32bit laptop completed the process successfully, but upon trying to
boot it up it repeatedly stops cold at:

.
Mounting /etc/fstab filesystems failed, startup aborted
ERROR: ABORTING BOOT (sending SIGTERM to parent)!
[date and time] KNOS-32bit init: /bin/sh on /etc/rc terminated abnormally,
going to single user mode
Enter full pathname of shell or RETURN for /bin/sh:

hitting ENTER yields:
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[Kevin McAleavey]

May 19, 2011 14:35:44 GMT -5 pharrisire said:

Has there been a procedure change with the latest KNOS?
Following your emailed instructions for the then new method
of making the usb stick using the appropriate 32 or 64bit-usb.tar.gz
resulted in failures for both - but at different spots.

Hi there!

Yep ... everything has changed since the betas - there are major changes in the underlying security to further lock down USB sticks and hard disks. The external script is no longer usable since we wouldn't want external scripts running in KNOS as that would be a potential for exploit.

The way it works now is what people would expect. All you need to do now to make a bootable USB stick is to fire up your KNOS disk, then go up top to "Applications," then "System tools" and you'll spot "Make bootable KNOS USB" there. Click that and follow along with the screens you see. As the instructions indicate, make sure you have nothing plugged in first and toss in that stick when you're told to.

Should be a LOT happier and saner than before!

[pharrisire]

Ahhh, Thank you Muchly!