Hello, I think I have found the solution to the problem. We need to tell the initramfs to include the driver for SCSI removal able device and all is fine.
The file is /etc/initramfs/modules. Although it may not be a bad idea to include the "sr" driver in the bootcd-mkinitramfs package. Kushal Koolwal > Subject: Bug#474148: bootcd: Booting from USB CD-ROM support > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2008 03:32:57 -0700 > > Package: bootcd > Version: 3.00 > Severity: wishlist > > The bootcd package works great from an IDE CD-ROM but gives a Kernel Panic if > I try to boot the CD from a USB CD-ROM. Is there any way by which we can hack > the program to boot from a USB CD-ROM? > > Thanks in advance for your time. > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: 4.0 > APT prefers stable > APT policy: (990, 'stable') > Architecture: i386 (i686) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash > Kernel: Linux 2.6.24 > Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1) > > Versions of packages bootcd depends on: > ii bootcd-i386 3.00 bootcd extension to create > images > ii cpio 2.6-18 GNU cpio -- a program to manage > ar > ii dosfstools 2.11-2.1+b1 Utilities to create and check > MS-D > ii fdutils 5.5-20060227-1.1 Linux floppy utilities > ii file 4.17-5etch3 Determines file type using > "magic" > ii mkisofs 9:1.1.2-1 Dummy transition package for > genis > ii realpath 1.10 Return the canonicalized > absolute > > Versions of packages bootcd recommends: > pn cdrecord <none> (no description available) > > -- no debconf information > > It’s a talkathon – but it’s not just talk. Check out the i’m Talkathon. _________________________________________________________________ It’s a talkathon – but it’s not just talk. http://www.imtalkathon.com/?source=EML_WLH_Talkathon_JustTalk
