[Voyage-linux] Voyage linux on USB flash drive

[Nishant Sharma]

Instead of using root=/dev/sda1, create a label on your root FS - say
ROOT_FS and then provide that label as argument to kernel in GRUB's
entry.

-Nishant

On 11/10/11, George <george.news at gmx.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've given up on the USB stick and try to install it on a virtual
> machine. Still not working but advancing slowly.
>
> Steps follow:
> 1) Run voyage sdk iso
> 2) install sdk in the virtual machine
> 3) Run the vm with the voyage sdk installed
> 4) remountrw
> 5) download kernel sourcecode from voyage
> 6) apply the .config file from voyage
> 7) apt-get update
> 8) apt-get install dialog
> 9) grub-set-default 0 --> otherwise I get an error when installing the
> kernel debian package
> 10) Set up the kernel and compile it
> make-kpkg --revision="3.0usb" --append-to-version "-jlanza-voyage"
> kernel-image
> 11) dkpg -i kernel.deb
> 12) reboot....
> I got the error:
> Root-NFS: no NFS server address
> VFS: unable to mount root fs via NFS, trying floppy
> VFS: Cannot open root device "sda1" or unknown-block(2,0)
> Please append a correct "root=".....
> Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS unable to mount.....
>
>
> Any help??? Without compiling and installing the new kernel the system
> works well. Then, how can I create an image with my own kernel?
>
> See you
> Jorge
>
>
> On 10/11/2011 12:10, George wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Have tried the installation on USB stick following the info in
>> http://linux.voyage.hk/content/getting-started-live-cd-v08x
>>
>> And no luck at all.
>>
>> I'm just wondering if anybody has been able to install Voyage on a USB
>> and boot a laptop or PC with it :(
>>
>> Any help is more than welcome.
>> Jorge
>>
>>
>> On 10/11/2011 11:02, George wrote:
>>>
>>> No I haven't because I want to customize the kernel for including some
>>> communication aspects that are not included.
>>>
>>> See you
>>> Jorge
>>>
>>>
>>> On 10/11/2011 10:56, Kim-man 'Punky' TSE wrote:
>>>> Hi George,
>>>>
>>>> Have you try burn the iso image directly to the USB flash drive? The iso
>>>> is generated using hybrid iso that this way is supposed to work.... But
>>>> I have not tried yet.... so I need a helper for that.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Punky
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 11/10/2011 5:50 PM, George wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I want to install voyage on an usb and run my laptop with voyage.
>>>>>
>>>>> I've been following your howto on Voyage Linux on a USB flash drive
>>>>> but I haven't been successful to boot my laptop using the USB with
>>>>> Voyage Linux.
>>>>>
>>>>> Following this link I have generated the kernel debian package setting
>>>>> the options for USB to "y"
>>>>>
>>>>> # CONCURRENCY_LEVEL=3 DEB_HOST_ARCH=i386 ARCH=i386 make-kpkg --arch
>>>>> i386 --cross-compile - --revision="3.0usb" --append-to-version
>>>>> "-486-voyage" --initrd kernel-image
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm using ubuntu 10.04 as the build system.
>>>>>
>>>>> Then I have chroot in the voyage-0.8.0 directory to install the new
>>>>> kernel. But I've got the following error a the end of the installation:
>>>>> --------
>>>>> Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d.
>>>>> run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools
>>>>> 3.0.0-486-voyage /boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-486-voyage
>>>>> update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.0.0-486-voyage
>>>>> df: Warning: cannot read table of mounted file systems: No such file
>>>>> or directory
>>>>> warning: can't open /etc/mtab: No such file or directory
>>>>> warning: can't open /etc/mtab: No such file or directory
>>>>> run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/symlink_hook
>>>>> 3.0.0-486-voyage /boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-486-voyage
>>>>> run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub
>>>>> 3.0.0-486-voyage /boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-486-voyage
>>>>> Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub
>>>>> run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub exited with return
>>>>> code 1
>>>>> Failed to process /etc/kernel/postinst.d at
>>>>> /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-3.0.0-486-voyage.postinst line 341.
>>>>> dpkg: error processing linux-image-3.0.0-486-voyage (--install):
>>>>> subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit
>>>>> status 2
>>>>> Errors were encountered while processing:
>>>>> linux-image-3.0.0-486-voyage
>>>>> --------
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Could you give me any advice that can help me out?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>> Jorge
>>>>>
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>>>>
>>>
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