On Wed, 2005-05-25 at 08:11 +1200, Robert Himmelmann wrote:
> Now the kernel boots (even with bootsplash!) but it cannot mount the
> root file system /dev/sda2. Normally usb-mass-storage is initialissed
> very late in the boot process. It comes after mount -a. I also don't
> know if the necessa
Now the kernel boots (even with bootsplash!) but it cannot mount the
root file system /dev/sda2. Normally usb-mass-storage is initialissed
very late in the boot process. It comes after mount -a. I also don't
know if the necessary drivers are compiled into the SuSE kernel or if
they are later l
OK well put your kernel and initrd somewhere on hd0, the initrd will
need to set up the usb hard drive before trying to mount root.
On Tue, 2005-05-24 at 21:21 +1200, Robert Himmelmann wrote:
> Nick Rout wrote:
>
> >Can grub see your USB drive? (I doubt it)
> >
> >use tab completion at the grub p
Nick Rout wrote:
Can grub see your USB drive? (I doubt it)
use tab completion at the grub prompt to see what drives grub
recognises.
type
root (hd
then the tab key. It will report every disk that grub sees.
Only hd0, my main disk, shows up.
Happy Hacking,
Robert Himmelmann
Only those w
Can grub see your USB drive? (I doubt it)
use tab completion at the grub prompt to see what drives grub
recognises.
type
root (hd
then the tab key. It will report every disk that grub sees.
On Tue, 2005-05-24 at 18:29 +1200, Robert Himmelmann wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> For some time I have had
Greetings,
For some time I have had Gentoo, SuSE and Windows XP on the same laptop
using triple boot with grub. Because of installing Debian I have shifted
SuSE to my external USB-harddrive. I can chroot into it alright but I
would also like to be able to boot it. It is slow but robust and
someti
