Hi Geert, thanks for responding.
> How does the partition table of the USBmemorystick look? > Here is what the partition table on the USB stick looks like: MONSTERMASH:~# fdisk -l /dev/sda Disk /dev/sda: 8019 MB, 8019509248 bytes 64 heads, 44 sectors/track, 5562 cylinders Units = cylinders of 2816 * 512 = 1441792 bytes Disk identifier: 0x000d6bec Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 110 154623+ 83 Linux /dev/sda2 110 1530 1999616 83 Linux > > Can you mount the /dev/sdX2? I say sdX because the testcomputer may have > a /dev/sda (and a /dev/sdb ( and /dev/sdc)) for itself? > Yes, I can mount the sda2 partition fine, when I do it manually. Also, this is the only sdX device in the box, the HD's are showing up as hdX devices. MONSTERMASH:~# mount /dev/sda2 /mnt MONSTERMASH:~# ls /mnt live-sn.cpio.gz lost+found When in the live system, what shows `mount`? > MONSTERMASH:~# mount aufs on / type aufs (rw) tmpfs on /lib/init/rw type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755) proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) procbususb on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw) udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755) tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev) devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=620) /dev/sda1 on /live/image type vfat (ro,noatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,allow_utime=177777,codepage=cp437,iocharset=utf8) tmpfs on /live/cow type tmpfs (rw,noatime,mode=755) tmpfs on /live type tmpfs (rw) tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev) > When in the live system, what is the output of `cat /proc/cmdline`? > MONSTERMASH:~# cat /proc/cmdline initrd=/live/initrd1.img boot=live noautologin nouser persistent=nofiles quickreboot persistent-path=/dev/sda2 username=romeo hostname=MONSTERMASH union=aufs BOOT_IMAGE=/live/vmlinuz1 I'll be happy to provide any other info that may be useful. -- Romeo Theriault
