From: markus reichelt <ml@bitfalle.org>
To: linux-admin@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: FWD: [slackware] Boot kernel from CD & root fs on ext disc
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2004 13:55:46 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20041007135546.GC21282@dantooine> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20041004131748.GA8913@dantooine>
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markus reichelt <ml@bitfalle.org> wrote:
> Then I tried a different approach and patched a 2.6.7 vanilla kernel
> with a blkdev_wakeup.patch, that basically repeats the mounting
> operation after the kernel booted until the provided root=/dev is
> available. I used the /sbin/makebootdisk script to create a bootdisk
> with that kernel but unfortunately the code is immature and produces
> a segfault late in the boot process.
I solved the problem with the help of a patch written by Heikki
Linnakangas
"howto boot off usb devices, a (mostly step-by-step) guide"
http://mareichelt.de/pub/texts.boot-off-usb.php
- --
Bastard Administrator in $hell
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2004-10-04 13:17 FWD: [slackware] Boot kernel from CD & root fs on ext disc markus reichelt
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