>----Oprindelig meddelelse---- >Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Dato: 01/05/2006 15:10 >Til: "Kai Olsen"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Emne: Re: Etch on USB-HD wont boot - race condition? > >Kai Olsen wrote: >> Hi list. >> >> I'm trying to get etch to boot from an USB-attached harddisk on my >> notebook but the kernel cannot find the root filesystem. It seems to >> me, that udev hasn't finished its job by the time the kernel wants to >> read from the disk so /dev/sda isn't defined yet. >> [snip] > >I tried fooling with this a few months ago and failed. I tried it with >SUSE, Debian-test&sid and RIP. Everything works to a point where Linux >kernel cannot find itself or root partition as it boots half way thru. >
Right on target! > I reverted to simply putting RIP (RecoveryIsPossible) on my USB-HD for >now in a VFAT partition-sda1, using GRUB on sda4 to boot that or >partitions on hda or hdc on my thinkpad-t42. > I don't think I know RIP. Any info? >As to fear of adding linux to hda and hdb no problem, done it many times >without affecting WinJunk. > I need all the space I can get on the windoze disk as I use it as a DVD-recorder for the TV. But you're right, a basic install doesn't use much space, and I might end op with using a couple of gigs on hda for the root fs. >If you arrive at a solution I hope you post it here. I do not expect >this to get on the forum, for many of my replies get lost. > Well, George... It's probably because you answered directly to my email-adr and not to the list :-) I too have to edit the "To:" line when answering mails on the list. Cheers. Kai. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
