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Re: Installation on external USB harddisk? [and other issues]



Quoting "W. Borgert" <debacle@debian.org>:
> Quoting Martin Michlmayr <tbm@cyrius.com>:
> > * W. Borgert <debacle@debian.org> [2004-05-27 19:33]:
> > > Well, the installer runs from the CD, while the installed
> > > kernel runs from the USB hard-disk and has to work with the
> > > initrd...  I don't know, but maybe there's the problem.
> > 
> > So what does the kernel print before it dies?

pivot_root: No such file or directory
/sbin/init: 418: cannot open /dev/console: No such file
Kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!

The workaround described in
http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2004/05/msg03728.html
did not work :-(

Cheers, WB



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