Thanks, Well that's the weirdest part. All necessary drivers seem to be loaded, USB Mass Storage support is registered, and the key is found by the USB driver:
usb 2-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 4 scsi4 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices XXXusb-storage: device found at 4 XXXusb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning Vendor: OTi Model: Flash Disk Rev: 2.00 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 XXXready XXXSCSI device sda: 4077568 512-byte hdwr sectors (2088 MB) The lines marked with XXX is what I get on my workstation when I plug in the key, but what is missing when I boot from the key on the target computer. Also, the "Vendor, Type" lines only come up on the target computer if I give grub "rootdelay". usb-storage doesn't "pick up" the new scsi device (on the target computer it's scsi0 instead of scsi4) and I have no idea why. So you reckon at this stage the BIOS is not involved anymore? Btw, I'm trying the newest version of voyage, but I just ran into a problem with kernel compilation: LD init/built-in.o LD .tmp_vmlinux1 arch/i386/kernel/built-in.o(.init.text+0x13f4): In function `setup_arch': : undefined reference to `check_acpi_pci' drivers/built-in.o(.text+0x42ee6): In function `isd200_get_inquiry_data': : undefined reference to `ide_fix_driveid' make[1]: *** [.tmp_vmlinux1] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.6.15-voyage' make: *** [stamp-build] Error 2 That's when I use http://www.voyage.hk/dists/unstable/kernel/kernel-source-2.6.15-voyage_3.0-1_all.deb together with http://www.voyage.hk/download/kernel_config/config-2.6.15-486-voyage_3.0-1 Any ideas? Cheers, Danny On 5/18/06, William M. Brack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
My understanding is that, once grub has completed loading the kernel, BIOS should no longer be involved. The "picking it up" part will be determined by the "ohci_hcd" or "ehci_hcd" code (and make sure your kernel configuration has that set correctly). As long as you haven't specified it as a module, the initrd part shouldn't be necessary. However, I also know (from bitter personal experience :-) that the Linux support for various flash devices leaves a lot to be desired. Good luck! Bill Danny Adair wrote: > Thanks, > > I think the support for USB on the target computer's BIOS is limited. > I needed to enable "USB Keyboard support" to boot from the key, and I > think that's why the drivers don't pick it up. The BIOS drive isn't > there. > > Which means I might need to go the initrd route... > > I'll try the "current" voyage first, and keep you up to date on my > progress (on the list). > > Cheers, > Danny > > On 5/18/06, William M. Brack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Danny, >> >> Since you're more comfortable with grub, you should try downloading: >> http://www.voyage.hk/download/voyage/voyage-current.tar.gz >> The voyage.update in the current snapshot allows you to set up grub, >> including the option of setting it up in a separate partition, with no >> editing required. Make sure to choose "Generic PC" so that the console >> is set up appropriately. >> >> There are several things that you will have to (manually) change after >> the installation is completed. First, of course, are the grub >> parameters >> controlling where the kernel is located ('root' and 'kernel'). Second >> is >> on the parameters at the end of the 'kernel' line - you must change >> "root=/dev/hdaX" to be whatever you need for your USB >> drive("root=/dev/sda2"??). Third, you must edit /etc/fstab to set the >> correct location for the root mount. That's all I can think of >> off-hand >> - let us know how it all progresses, and I'm looking forward to reading >> the "HowTo" after it's all working! >> >> Bill >> >> Danny Adair wrote: >> > Thanks Punky, >> > >> > Apparently I was a bit naive when I posted the question. >> > >> > Here's what I did so far - I guess grub/lilo is a matter of taste; >> I'm >> > more comfortable with grub: >> > >> > - Recompile the voyage Kernel with USB / USB storage / SCSI support >> > built-in instead of modules. >> > - Create a grub partition (sda1) with the kernel image in it so that >> > it doesn't sit outside BIOS boundaries. >> > - chroot into voyage and dpkg --purge lilo >> > - Manually change voyage.update: a) change the hardcoded "1" to a "2" >> > (voyage goes on sda2) b) comment out the call to lilo_update() as >> > there is no lilo anymore. >> > - grub needs a "rootdelay" parameter when loading the kernel, so that >> > there is enough time for the USB/SCSI drivers to detect the USB key >> so >> > that sda2 can be mounted to /. >> > >> > However, :-) >> > I haven't got it working yet. >> > I'll keep you up-to-date. Firstly I _need_ this working, and secondly >> > I _need_ this documented anyway, so I'll post a HowTo here once I'm >> > done. >> > >> > http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Small_Footprint_Gentoo_on_USB#Create_a_useable_kernel >> > mentions re: 2.6 Kernel that he left the USB support outside as >> > modules and then used "preload" on an initrd. I'll investigate that >> > today. >> > >> > Btw, on this Phoenix Award BIOS not only did I need to put "USB-HDD" >> > as the first boot device, I also had to enable "USB Keyboard Support" >> > to be able to boot from the key. >> > >> > Cheers, >> > Danny >> > >> > On 5/17/06, Kim-man Punky TSE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Hi Danny, >> >> >> >> See this thread, just talk about it yesterday. ;-) >> >> http://list.voyage.hk/pipermail/voyage-linux/2006-May/000898.html >> >> >> >> But I am not sure you can boot from USB successfully. If you have >> >> successful experience on boot voyage from USB, please share with us. >> >> >> >> - Punky >> >> >> >> Danny Adair wrote: >> >> > Hi, >> >> > >> >> > I installed a plain vanilla voyage-0.2 on a usb flash drive on sda >> >> > (sda1 is ext2) on my host. >> >> > When I boot from it (on the target computer) I get: >> >> > >> >> > VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly. >> >> > Freeing unused kernel memory: 140k freed >> >> > Warning: unable to open an initial console. >> >> > Kernel panic - not syncing: No init found. Try passing init= >> option >> >> > to the kernel >> >> > >> >> > I also see that hda was detected. The target computer has a hard >> disk >> >> > but I don't want to use it at all. I want to boot and work only >> off >> >> > the usb key. >> >> > >> >> > README says: >> >> > 4.4 Known Issues ====================== >> >> > - There is a problem reported when installing voyage over usb >> device >> >> > using ub kernel module. Moreover, it is assumed that voyage is >> >> > installed in /dev/hda1 of the target platform. >> >> > >> >> > Any ideas? I couldn't find the problem report in the archives. >> >> > I suspect that LILO needs to be configured differently but a) I >> don't >> >> > know much about lilo and b) there is /etc/lilo.conf >> >> > /etc/lilo.conf.voyage and /etc/lilo.install.conf and I don't know >> >> > which one to change. >> >> > >> >> > I changed hda to sda and hda1 to sda1 on all of them but to no >> avail. >> >> > I appreciate any help. >> >> > >> >> > Cheers, >> >> > Danny >> >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> > >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> >> > Voyage-linux mailing list >> >> > [email protected] >> >> > http://list.voyage.hk/mailman/listinfo/voyage-linux >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Regards, >> >> Punky >> >> >> >> P U N K N ! X . c o m >> >> Technology + Lifestyle >> >> (http://www.punknix.com) >> >> >> >> V O Y A G E . 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