[Quantian-general] Quantian-general Digest, Vol 22, Issue 7

[jack byers]

 raymond wrote:

>
> jack byers wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > let me know if you learn how to boot from usb hdisks
> > regards,
> > Jack
> Attached is a grub.conf that half works.  "2.4  sda" works. "2.6 sda"
> fails.


?? I cant see any difference in your two grub menu items
-- as far as i can see
   if 2.4sda worked   so should 2.6sda




I think the root=/dev/sda2 (or sda1)
> is bogus but I didn't have time to verify that.


yes,  the quantian howto  does not use "root= /dev/xxxx"   at all
I am surprised that it didnt belch at you.
try taking that out and re trying  2.6sda







>
> This might be the reason for the failure of iso booting from
> hda1; failure to find the minirt24 because the partition was in use.


sounds  right, or something like that



1) In retrospect I am not sure that booting from the usbhd isn't better;
> allowing operation on MS windows machines.


2) Making the iso image so that the consoles are transparent is ...
> (how do I say this politely?)  a annoyance.


?? I dont have the faintest idea what you mean by "consoles are transparent"




I think this idea of randomly booting iso images is a great idea
> (although I am not sure why); I never got the iso on hda to work but I
> suspect it relates to the locking up of the partition the iso image is on.
>
>
> Ray


I think that makes sense;
 But just so  I better uderstand your  hda1 setup:
  hda1 is your /boot  partition, correct?
 and all kernels, initrds are stored in it, corrrect?
and you originally also tried to store the Q.iso in it, correct?
How big is your hda1?
 are you sure you have enough room for the Qiso ?

Glad to see you have some success with usb;  I thot it would be much harder
Jack
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