Jonatan Liljedahl wrote: > Jonatan Liljedahl wrote: >> I'm trying to install GoboLinux onto a USB stick (not LiveCD on USB, but >> a real install). The installation goes fine, but the system kernel >> panics at boot. >> It complains that it can't mount the root fs. Right after that the >> console outputs info about found usb device. May it be that usb-storage >> is a module so that the rootfs on the stick can't be accessed before the >> module has loaded (which of course is impossible since it's on the >> rootfs)? (in case I need to replace the kernel) > > It seems usb-storage and stuff is already compiled in. But google tells > me the problem is the delay before detection of usb stick, and that one > needs to use an initrd. > > Just for testing, I created an initramfs with an /init script like this: > > #!/bin/sh > echo "Starting initramfs /init script..." > /bin/busybox sh > > and in GRUB I say: > > title GoboLinux - Graphic Desktop > root (hd0,0) > kernel /System/Kernel/Boot/kernel root=/dev/sdb1 vt.default_utf8=0 vga=0 > Boot=Graphic > initrd /boot/initramfs.img > > the initramfs is packed with find . | cpio -o -c | gzip -9 > ~/initramfs.img > > At boot, the initrd is detected and the kernel starts booting, but then > it panics at "no file system could mount root". Since the point with > initrd is that the kernel should *not* mount the root fs, I guess it's > referring to the initramfs image?? Any ideas?
I tried using old-style cramfs initrd instead of the new cpio initramfs, and now it works. Seems the kernel isn't configured for initramfs... If anyone is interested in an USB bootable "real" install, here's my initrd: http://www.bitminds.net/kymatica/uploads/Main/gobo-usb-initrd The initrd looks for a real_root kernel cmdline option, example grub entry: title GoboLinux - Graphic Desktop root (hd0,0) kernel /System/Kernel/Boot/kernel init=/init ramdisk_size=4096 root=/dev/ram0 real_root=/dev/sdb1 vt.default_utf8=0 vga=0 Boot=Graphic initrd /boot/initrd and grub/device.map: (hd0) /dev/sdb Now I have a real gobo on USB that I can boot on my EeePC while trying to create a nice GoboEee distro. :) -- /Jonatan [ http://kymatica.com ] _______________________________________________ gobolinux-devel mailing list gobolinux-devel@lists.gobolinux.org http://lists.gobolinux.org/mailman/listinfo/gobolinux-devel
