From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: markus reichelt Subject: Re: FWD: [slackware] Boot kernel from CD & root fs on ext disc Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2004 13:55:46 +0000 Sender: linux-admin-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <20041007135546.GC21282@dantooine> References: <20041004131748.GA8913@dantooine> Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041004131748.GA8913@dantooine> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; x-action="pgp-signed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-admin@vger.kernel.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 markus reichelt 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 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBZUriLMyTO8Kj/uQRAg+bAJ4/vLrtJI7seO/GfFywyYrbItiwEACdE2dd XK+LYtk+jPOXKgJyp4k7AAM= =wyAT -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----