From: Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] usb HD cannot boot without initramfs
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 09:14:38 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4B2A4ADE.30909@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <53e35fd50912170210m7c89eb6ft2ae02c5e9b39bcab@mail.gmail.com>
What file system did you use on the USB drive? Did you compile support
for that file system in the kernel? It can't be a module, it has to be
compiled into the kernel itself.
Dale
P. S. Top posted because he did. Please don't shoot the messenger.
Xi Shen wrote:
> sorry, could you be more specific? i cannot follow you ;)
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 4:01 PM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Thursday 17 December 2009 09:47:14 Xi Shen wrote:
>>
>>> hi,
>>>
>>> i installed my gentoo on a usb HD disk, and i have compiled scsi, usb,
>>> ata drivers into the kernel. but when boot, the system still cannot
>>> find my usb hd, but it did find my hd on my laptop. what i missed?
>>>
>>>
>> You missed the filesystem driver for / compiled into the kernel
>>
>> --
>> alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
>>
>>
>>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-12-17 15:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-12-17 7:47 [gentoo-user] usb HD cannot boot without initramfs Xi Shen
2009-12-17 8:01 ` Alan McKinnon
2009-12-17 10:10 ` Xi Shen
2009-12-17 14:36 ` Steffen Loos
2009-12-18 1:14 ` Xi Shen
2009-12-18 1:33 ` Bruce Hill
2009-12-19 0:27 ` Kyle Bader
2009-12-19 0:39 ` Robert Bridge
2009-12-19 1:52 ` Marcus Wanner
2009-12-19 1:59 ` Kyle Bader
2009-12-19 4:08 ` Robert Bridge
2009-12-19 14:55 ` Xi Shen
2009-12-17 15:14 ` Dale [this message]
2009-12-17 14:22 ` Willie Wong
2009-12-18 1:11 ` Xi Shen
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