Re: [Devil-Linux-discuss] Problem installing to USB

[Heiko Z. <he...@zu...>]

On Tue, February 6, 2007 09:01, Fred Frigerio wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: dev...@li...
>> [mailto:dev...@li...] On
>> Behalf Of Heiko Zuerker
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 9:58 AM
>> To: dev...@li...
>> Subject: Re: [Devil-Linux-discuss] Problem installing to USB
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, February 6, 2007 07:00, Fred Frigerio wrote:
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>> At that point suspecting a GRUB problem I wiped the stick
>>>>
>> and tried to
>>>> rebuild it by hand with the GRUB from my computer (version
>> 0.97). I did
>>
>>>> what I am used to which is a boot partition (sdh1) a root partition
>>>>  (sdh3) and a config partition (sdh2) all ext2. I installed
>>>>
>> grub to sdh1
>>>> and changed the config so that it was (hd0,0)/ instead of
>>>> (hd0,0)/boot/
>>>> and strange enough that worked just fine. No problem
>> booting up, other
>>>> than failing to find the iso to finish booting.
>>>>
>>>> I need help either getting the original scheme working
>>>>
>> (how can I make
>>
>>>> grub see grub.conf?) or my manual scheme working (how can
>> I tell it where
>>
>>>> the ISO is?)
>>>>
>>>
>>> Is there something in the initrd which sets up the / after
>>>
>> the kernel
>>> start? I am wondering if there is any documentation on the
>> boot process
>>> that I can look at to try and get this working.
>>>
>>
>> No there's only the standard linux documentation.
>> Basically what happens is that the boot loader loads the
>> kernel plus the 'initrd' (Initial RamDisk). Then a script called linuxrc
>> is executed which performs the basic setup, locating of the device and
>> mounting it.
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>> Regards
>> Heiko Zuerker
>> http://www.devil-linux.org
>>
>>
>
> OK. That narrows it to figuring out what linuxrc is doing and maybe
> tweaking it. That script is inside the initrd or outside on the stick?

Inside.

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Regards
  Heiko Zuerker
  http://www.devil-linux.org