Re: F8 installation in external usb disk (not USB key)

["Miguel Blanco" <mblancom gmail com>]

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 infinity-ltd com>:
> 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
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