Op 23-02-2007 om 16:52 schreef VDR User: > I've noticed a recent trend is people installing (or trying to anyways) > linux onto usb flashdrives so they can have a system containing no > harddrives. I jumped on board and gave this a shot myself. I used a Stable > netinstall cd to avoid the current expired key-signature problems.
At http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Today is this line: Use daily or weekly builds of the installer instead, as those have the new archive key. > I was able to install debian and start booting from the usb flashdrive > but ran into a problem: > > pivot_root: No such file or directory > /sbin/init: 432: cannot open dev/console: No such file > Kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! > > Based on google searches this could be the stock kernel not having usb > support compiled into it, incorrect settings in the /etc/fstab, or > pivot_root. > > My question is, is this a familiar problem to you guys? If so, any plans on > fixing it? I'd really like to have a harddrive'less debian system without > the need to rip my hair out in the process. I don't imagine it helps that > I'm still very new to linux and by no means that competent of a user yet. > > Any help, advice, tips, knowledge, wisedom, or acknowledgment you could give > me on this issue would be much appreciated! And hopefully the new etch > netinstall cd will have support for installing to a usb flash drive! :) Retry with a recent debian-installer, not from stable. > > Thanks. > -Derek Cheers Geert Stappers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
