[Re: [Voyage-linux] Can't boot from USB flash drive]

[Danny Adair]

Thanks,

I think the support for USB on the target computer's BIOS is limited.
I needed to enable "USB Keyboard support" to boot from the key, and I
think that's why the drivers don't pick it up. The BIOS drive isn't
there.

Which means I might need to go the initrd route...

I'll try the "current" voyage first, and keep you up to date on my
progress (on the list).

Cheers,
Danny

On 5/18/06, William M. Brack <wbrack at mmm.com.hk> wrote:
> Danny,
>
> Since you're more comfortable with grub, you should try downloading:
>     http://www.voyage.hk/download/voyage/voyage-current.tar.gz
> The voyage.update in the current snapshot allows you to set up grub,
> including the option of setting it up in a separate partition, with no
> editing required.  Make sure to choose "Generic PC" so that the console
> is set up appropriately.
>
> There are several things that you will have to (manually) change after
> the installation is completed.  First, of course, are the grub parameters
> controlling where the kernel is located ('root' and 'kernel').  Second is
> on the parameters at the end of the 'kernel' line - you must change
> "root=/dev/hdaX" to be whatever you need for your USB
> drive("root=/dev/sda2"??).  Third, you must edit /etc/fstab to set the
> correct location for the root mount.  That's all I can think of off-hand
> - let us know how it all progresses, and I'm looking forward to reading
> the "HowTo" after it's all working!
>
> Bill
>
> Danny Adair wrote:
> > Thanks Punky,
> >
> > Apparently I was a bit naive when I posted the question.
> >
> > Here's what I did so far - I guess grub/lilo is a matter of taste; I'm
> >  more comfortable with grub:
> >
> > - Recompile the voyage Kernel with USB / USB storage / SCSI support
> > built-in instead of modules.
> > - Create a grub partition (sda1) with the kernel image in it so that
> > it doesn't sit outside BIOS boundaries.
> > - chroot into voyage and dpkg --purge lilo
> > - Manually change voyage.update: a) change the hardcoded "1" to a "2"
> > (voyage goes on sda2) b) comment out the call to lilo_update() as
> > there is no lilo anymore.
> > - grub needs a "rootdelay" parameter when loading the kernel, so that
> > there is enough time for the USB/SCSI drivers to detect the USB key so
> > that sda2 can be mounted to /.
> >
> > However, :-)
> > I haven't got it working yet.
> > I'll keep you up-to-date. Firstly I _need_ this working, and secondly
> > I _need_ this documented anyway, so I'll post a HowTo here once I'm
> > done.
> >
> > http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Small_Footprint_Gentoo_on_USB#Create_a_useable_kernel
> > mentions re: 2.6 Kernel that he left the USB support outside as
> > modules and then used "preload" on an initrd. I'll investigate that
> > today.
> >
> > Btw, on this Phoenix Award BIOS not only did I need to put "USB-HDD"
> > as the first boot device, I also had to enable "USB Keyboard Support"
> > to be able to boot from the key.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Danny
> >
> > On 5/17/06, Kim-man Punky TSE <punkytse at punknix.com> wrote:
> >> Hi Danny,
> >>
> >> See this thread, just talk about it yesterday. ;-)
> >>     http://list.voyage.hk/pipermail/voyage-linux/2006-May/000898.html
> >>
> >> But I am not sure you can boot from USB successfully.  If you have
> >> successful experience on boot voyage from USB, please share with us.
> >>
> >> - Punky
> >>
> >> Danny Adair wrote:
> >> > Hi,
> >> >
> >> > I installed a plain vanilla voyage-0.2 on a usb flash drive on sda
> >> > (sda1 is ext2) on my host.
> >> > When I boot from it (on the target computer) I get:
> >> >
> >> > VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly.
> >> > Freeing unused kernel memory: 140k freed
> >> > Warning: unable to open an initial console.
> >> > Kernel panic - not syncing: No init found.   Try passing init= option
> >> > to the kernel
> >> >
> >> > I also see that hda was detected. The target computer has a hard disk
> >> > but I don't want to use it at all. I want to boot and work only off
> >> > the usb key.
> >> >
> >> > README says:
> >> > 4.4 Known Issues ======================
> >> > - There is a problem reported when installing voyage over usb device
> >> > using ub kernel module. Moreover, it is assumed that voyage is
> >> > installed in /dev/hda1 of the target platform.
> >> >
> >> > Any ideas? I couldn't find the problem report in the archives.
> >> > I suspect that LILO needs to be configured differently but a) I don't
> >> > know much about lilo and b) there is /etc/lilo.conf
> >> > /etc/lilo.conf.voyage and /etc/lilo.install.conf and I don't know
> >> > which one to change.
> >> >
> >> > I changed hda to sda and hda1 to sda1 on all of them but to no avail.
> >> > I appreciate any help.
> >> >
> >> > Cheers,
> >> > Danny
> >> > danny at adair.net
> >> >
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> >> --
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> >> Punky
> >>
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