installing on existing Debian - OMV ISO install fails

hello

i tried installing OMV onto my system, and it gives me a GRUB error.

however, if i install vanilla debian everything works fine.

thus, i wonder if i can convert a vanilla debian into a OMV by adding the necessary repositories.

is it possible? and if so, what are the required repositories?

thanks,

Hi,

i have tried the OMV ISO but that failed.

instead, i did:

install debian as per usual - in my case:
36GB - / (root)
1GB - /boot

created source lists for apt:

nano /etc/apt/sources.list.d/openmediavault.list

added the required repository for OMV in the above file:

deb http://packages.openmediavault.org/public omnius main
## Uncomment the following line to add software from the proposed repository.
# deb http://packages.openmediavault.org/public omnius-proposed main

added repository key:

wget -O - http://packages.openmediavault.org/public/archive.key | apt-key add -

refresh apt cache, and install OMV:

apt-get update
apt-get install postfix openmediavault-keyring xmlstarlet openmediavault

edited: 20130315

NOTE:
if you try installing openmediavault, it gives and error about missing postfix, which is why you have to manually add it.

for good measure restart apache2:

service apache2 restart

login into OMV by going to its webGUI - on http://<ip_of_system>/

as far as i can tell, everything seems to work fine with the following exceptions:
there is no list of pluggins available
it gives the error below

Error #4000:
exception 'OMVException' with message 'Failed to execute command 'export LANG=C;sudo dpkg-query --list openmediavault-*': ' in /var/www/openmediavault/rpc/plugin.inc:186
Stack trace:
#0 [internal function]: PluginRpc->getList(Array)
#1 /usr/share/php/openmediavault/rpc.inc(262): call_user_func_array(Array, Array)
#2 /usr/share/php/openmediavault/rpc.inc(98): OMVRpc::exec('Plugin', 'getList', Array)
#3 /var/www/openmediavault/rpc.php(44): OMVJsonRpcServer->handle()
#4 {main}

and Storage, Filesystems, create new
fails to identify my disk setup (using a RAID card SASUC8I with 8 SATA disks) using GPT

is there anything wrong with i did - any suggestions on how this can be improved?

thanks,

sources:
http://forums.openmediavault.org/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=51

just a quick change

i have amended

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/openmediavault.list

and it now reads:

deb http://packages.openmediavault.org/public fedaykin main

i hope the above info is sufficient to install OMV on a fresh Debian installation.

regards

good to hear that you find it helpful!

it seems that to install openmediavault on debian one has to use the command:

apt-get install postfix openmediavault-keyring xmlstarlet openmediavault

also edited the /etc/apt/sources.list.d/openmediavault.list

deb http://packages.openmediavault.org/public fedaykin main
# deb http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/openmediavault/packages fedaykin main


## Uncomment the following line to add software from the proposed repository.
# deb http://packages.openmediavault.org/public fedaykin-proposed main
# deb http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/openmediavault/packages fedaykin-proposed main


## This software is not part of OpenMediaVault, but is offered by third-party
## developers as a service to OpenMediaVault users.
deb http://packages.openmediavault.org/public fedaykin partner
# deb http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/openmediavault/packages fedaykin partner

source: http://blog.openmediavault.org/?p=960