cannot boot from usb stick

[marco.amadori at gmail.com (Marco Amadori)]

Alle 18:12, marted? 1 agosto 2006, tindal ha scritto:
> hallo,

hi

> trying to realize why DLS cannot boot from my usb stick I found that I
> can detect my usb stick from the initramfs with this little change in
> /scripts/casper:
>
> $ diff casper.old casper.new
> 282c282
> <     if /lib/udev/path_id "${sysfs_path}" | grep -q
> "ID_PATH=(usb|pci-[^-]*-usb)"; then
> ---
>
> >     if /lib/udev/path_id "${sysfs_path}" | grep -Eq
>
> "ID_PATH=(usb|pci-[^-]*-usb)"; then

Thanks, patch applied.

> now I can see the device, but still I cannot see the filesystem. I end
> up whith something like this:
>
> ALERT!!  does not exist!
>
> meaning that the ROOT variable in the line "ALERT!! ${ROOT} does not
> exist!" is empty.
>
> now, what shall I use as boot parameter ROOT= from grub?

Only "boot=casper", no need to specity "ROOT" for usb, the root fs should be 
auto discovered.

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