Re: Re: Preseed file not working

[unai <unai@unizar.es>]

Hi,

I'm testing a debian sarge installation on usb hard disks. I'm 
evaluating using it for laboratory exercises in university. But, I have 
found some issues.

The installer version is the daily built images from 23 september, with 
hd-media installer flavor and netinst iso.

First stage installation goes well. Usb hard disk is well recognized, 
partitioned, and base system is installed on it. Grub installation 
doesn't work to boot the usb hard disk for the second stage, but lilo 
booting works well.

The problem appears when the usb hard disk boots from the debian sarge 
installed base (in second stage), it doesn't get through the initrd 
phase. usb-storage is registered ok (this only with the 2.6 kernel), but 
it can't get /dev/sda1 to mount the definitive root filesystem (the one 
installed in the first stage).

I have configured the DELAY variable in the linuxrc file from the 
installed initrd, trying to give time to the usb hard disk device to be 
recognized. To get this working, I've copied the "sleep" command, and 
the libraries needed, in the initrd cramfs filesystem (I think this is a 
bug I will file later...). File "script" has the correct device file 
asigned to the ROOT variable (/dev/sda1).

But the "mount_root" function in the /sbin/init file from initrd doesn't 
get /dev/sda1 mounted and pivot_root fails to change to the /dev/sda1.

I would apreciate some light to get this working. I've tried to force 
mknod /dev/sda but initrd cramfs filesystem is readonly...

Somebody has found a solution or a workaround for this?

Thanks,

Unai