I would quite like to try something like that as a neat way of bootstrapping a new install.
Can you tell me which pcmcia-usb2 adapter you are using? The one that I have tried (an SDK adapter) didn't seem to work with Linux, and I have had trouble finding anyone who can confirm a working card. Thanks, DigbyT On Sun, Apr 03, 2005 at 03:37:32AM +0800, Yuan MEI wrote: > My system configuration is a bit strange: (laptop) > 1 IDE hard drive, only /boot is on that, for storing kernel and > initrd, and the place for grub > 1 pcmcia--usb2.0 adapter > 1 usb2.0 externel hard drive, for /, /usr, /home... everything else, > because it is quite big :-) > > so, the laptop could find grub installed on hda1, then load the kernel > and initrd properly. > While, the initrd should do the magic, that it should drive pcmcia and > usb in the booting before accessing the true / partition. Here, > title Gentoo Linux (2.6.11-gentoo-r4) > root (hd0,0) > kernel /kernel-2.6.11-gentoo-r4 root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc > real_root=/dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target0/lun0/part6 > video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr,[EMAIL PROTECTED] splash=silent,theme:emergence > initrd /initrd-2.6.11-gentoo-r4 > just works. > > well, make such a good initrd file each time along with the upgrading > of kernels is quite time consuming, so I choose genkernel to do it for > me. What I have to do, is copy a .config to /etc/kernel. This goes > well till genkernel-3.1.1b, but the newest version 3.1.6 fails. The > new initrd finds the usb device, but it cannot drive it as a scsi > drive. Here, I didn't alter the .config file, so modules and kernel > configuration should be good, thus the genkernel must be wrong. > > So, who can help me? Thank you! ^)^ > -- > Yuan MEI > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.digbyt.com -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
