Ok, I'll try again this time writing down all the steps and repost with the exact error. But I'll check, as you propose, the devices in /etc/fstab and /boot/grub/grub.conf Thank you! Regards, Miguel 2007/12/31, Mikkel L. Ellertson <mikkel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Miguel Blanco wrote: > > Yes, you are rigth about the standard install and the BIOS drives remaps! > > > > I tried configuring GRUB in the MBR of the external disk, and the procedure > > described in the refered paper failed at the last point, ie. the kernel output > > a lot of errors and failed to boot... > > > > Thanks for your comments! > > > > Regards, > > Miguel. > > > If you get to the point where the kernel loads, and produces errors, > then the problem is ether in /etc/fstab or in /boot/grub/grub.conf. > Without knowing the errors, it is hard to tell. It probably is a > problem with the root device passed to the kernel from Grub. If you > are not using LVM, then the root device is probably something like > /dev/sdb5 and needs to be changed to /dev/sda5. (The 5 may not be > correct.) You may need to do the same thing in /etc/fstab. The > reason for this is that the usb_storage module is loaded from > initrd, so it becomes the first SCSI controller. > > A better way to handle it is to give all the partitions on the USB > drive labels, and use the labels instead of the device names. That > way, it does not matter what drive letter is assigned to the drive. > > Mikkel > -- > > Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, > for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup! > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
