* Michael Weber weber@rising-systems.de [20090103 14:40]:
Scenario: Acer Aspire One A110L (8GB SSD, 512 MB RAM), USB stick with previous version of grml runs fine, grml2hd works as expected, system operates normally.
With 2008.11 I have a running installation from the USB stick and grml2hd performs well at first but upon the first reboot the kernel panics.
When using grub the system gives "Error 2" immediately and does not boot, after booting a rescue system and chroot'ing to the harddisc-installed version and rewriting the MBR grub boots into the menu and I can select the kernel (which then panics). Lilo is somewhat smarter and does the MBR well, but the kernel also failes.
Error 2 == "Selected disk doesn't exist"
I can give the Trace-HexCode if needed, the last message on the screen is "Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!".
I am no kernel hacker and usually start my work after the system is up well but I can happily be the grml-Acer-Aspire-One-Tester - just let me know what you'd like to test me.
Since grub fails to write the MBR correctly I have some rough idea of mixed up harddisc naming hda/sda which seems to be common for kernel 2.6.26 and some SATA controllers ... I have already tried the workaround from the FAQ but it did not work.
Please provide /boot/grub/device.map as well as /etc/lilo.conf (if that exists), /boot/grub/menu.lst and /etc/fstab of the "problematic installation".
You have a grml2usb system of grml 2008.11 on your USB stick? What is the target device you want to use for grml2hd?
regards, -mika-