[SOLVED] [gentoo-user] Can't boot Minimal Installation CD (ISO loopback; not a UEFI boot)
Mick writes: > In the first instance have a look at the 'linux' lines here: > > https://gist.github.com/smoke/47f5250b9e6f59a5d172 > > You've missed some critical parameters, like 'cdroot'. Thanks a lot, boot completed with the following parameters set: linux (loop)/boot/gentoo keymap=dvorak nosound nonfs isoloop=${iso} cdroot isoboot=${iso} signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Can't boot Minimal Installation CD (ISO loopback; not a UEFI boot)
In the first instance have a look at the 'linux' lines here: https://gist.github.com/smoke/47f5250b9e6f59a5d172 You've missed some critical parameters, like 'cdroot'. On Mon, 30 Sep 2019 at 11:01, akater wrote: > > I downloaded a recent (20190925) Minimal Installation amd64 image and > tried to boot into it from a USB device. An old version of > SystemRescueCD is installed alongside and boots fine. > > The machine is fairly old and has traditional BIOS and 2048M RAM > > My GRUB menuentry for the image is > > menuentry "Gentoo Minimal Installation CD 20190925" { > search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root > 6dbfd182-36fb-4476-a414-f5a8cca975bb > set iso=/install-amd64-minimal-20190925.iso > loopback loop ${iso} > linux (loop)/boot/gentoo keymap=dvorak nosound nonfs isoloop=${iso} > initrd (loop)/boot/gentoo.igz > } > > Boot fails at determining root device: > !! Could not find the root block device in . > > I guess menuentry might be misconfigured but I can't figure out what's > wrong with it. Minimal Installation CD is supposed to be bootable even > in the absence of external storage devices, so everything should happen > inside RAM, right? If so, then I don't get what could possibly go wrong > as long as kernel and initrd are found unless there's an issue with > Minimal Installation CD itself. -- Regards, Mick
[gentoo-user] Can't boot Minimal Installation CD (ISO loopback; not a UEFI boot)
I downloaded a recent (20190925) Minimal Installation amd64 image and tried to boot into it from a USB device. An old version of SystemRescueCD is installed alongside and boots fine. The machine is fairly old and has traditional BIOS and 2048M RAM My GRUB menuentry for the image is menuentry "Gentoo Minimal Installation CD 20190925" { search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 6dbfd182-36fb-4476-a414-f5a8cca975bb set iso=/install-amd64-minimal-20190925.iso loopback loop ${iso} linux (loop)/boot/gentoo keymap=dvorak nosound nonfs isoloop=${iso} initrd (loop)/boot/gentoo.igz } Boot fails at determining root device: !! Could not find the root block device in . I guess menuentry might be misconfigured but I can't figure out what's wrong with it. Minimal Installation CD is supposed to be bootable even in the absence of external storage devices, so everything should happen inside RAM, right? If so, then I don't get what could possibly go wrong as long as kernel and initrd are found unless there's an issue with Minimal Installation CD itself. signature.asc Description: PGP signature