-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 markus reichelt <ml@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Then I tried a different approach and patched a 2.6.7 vanilla kernel > with a blkdev_wakeup.patch, that basically repeats the mounting > operation after the kernel booted until the provided root=/dev is > available. I used the /sbin/makebootdisk script to create a bootdisk > with that kernel but unfortunately the code is immature and produces > a segfault late in the boot process. I solved the problem with the help of a patch written by Heikki Linnakangas "howto boot off usb devices, a (mostly step-by-step) guide" http://mareichelt.de/pub/texts.boot-off-usb.php - -- Bastard Administrator in $hell -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBZUriLMyTO8Kj/uQRAg+bAJ4/vLrtJI7seO/GfFywyYrbItiwEACdE2dd XK+LYtk+jPOXKgJyp4k7AAM= =wyAT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html