[Grml] Grub on USB Stick

Patrick patritsch at gmx.ch
Fri Feb 23 21:47:40 CET 2007


Hi Mika

On Fri, 2007-02-23 at 21:18 +0100, Michael Prokop wrote:
> * Patrick <patritsch at gmx.ch> [20070223 17:15]:
> 
> > I'm trying to boot from my USB-Stick. I have an CF-USB adapter 512MB
and
> > a 4GB Stick. Both have the same problem. After an grml2usb my
> > Genode-System won't boot. So I mad it with Grub.
> 
> What does "won't boot" mean? Your box(es) can't boot using
> isolinux/syslinux but grub works?

Exectly. Syslinux doesn't work. And grub is doing the job.. My laptop
have also problems with syslinux... but that's an other story.

> Try dropping the 'root (hd0,0)' line and the root=/dev/sda1
> kernel-option of the 'Grml minitrd' section in your menu.lst, AFAICS
> your system tries to boot from /dev/sda1 currently. :)

Sorry, I don't understand that. Should I remove the 'root (hd0,0)'
section and the 'root=/dev/sda1' ?? How should this look like?? Sorry,
everything that I emagine, couldn't work.

Thanx
Pat





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