just "grub-install /dev/hda" won't be enough. In order to "boot" from a device, the BIOS has to know enough to load your OS's boot loader. Then, your boot loader has to have the smarts to load the kernel. Normally (as in, with lilo or grub) your boot loader isn't going to be able to access devices that the BIOS itself can not. So, if your BIOS doesn't support booting from the media you want your root FS on, then your boot loader, kernel, and initrd must all exist on a media that the BIOS can access.
A couple of years ago, when we were loading a linux installation from a parallel port ZIP disk, we had the kernel and boot loader on a floppy disk, for instance. Another option is to keep loadlin, your kernel, and your initrd on a DOS partition (if you use that OS). loadlin can boot Linux if its run in DOS mode. This option is becoming less frequently feasible, as there is no "DOS mode" under Win2k or XP. On Mon, 2002-03-04 at 08:22, Paul Hamm wrote: > Have never worked with firewire. But as it works in a similar fashion to > scsi I suspect you will be able to get this to work. There are several > issue which you will need to deal with. Booting directly from the firewire > drive will most likely not be possible. The reason is that IDE likes to go > first. So unless the bios has an option to boot from the firewire port I > expect you will need to "# grub-install /dev/hda" to get the boot loader > rolling. The other issue is that you will need to be sure that the initrd > includes the firewire modules. Again I am not sure but are the drivers for > this port in the release? Can you get the drivers for linux? If the > drivers are not in the release but you can get them on disk for linux you > will need to do an expert install of RH and feed the driver disk when asked. > What exactly is the problem you are currently having?. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Todd A. Jacobs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2002 2:26 AM > To: RedHat List > Subject: Booting from external FireWire drive > > > Has anyone had any experience with getting Linux to boot from an external > FireWire drive--especially through a Vaio Z505-JS i.Link port? I've > searched extensively via Google, and haven't turned up a single reference > to someone doing this successfully. > > Any feedback or useful links would be very much appreciated. > > -- > "The only thing that helps me maintain my slender grip on reality is the > friendship I share with my collection of singing potatoes." > > - Holly, JMC Vessel *Red Dwarf* > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
