From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NLSDa-0003qm-1k for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 18 Dec 2009 02:05:22 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A1691E0EC8 for ; Fri, 18 Dec 2009 02:05:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-iw0-f201.google.com (mail-iw0-f201.google.com [209.85.223.201]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD101E07EC for ; Fri, 18 Dec 2009 01:11:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iwn39 with SMTP id 39so1719406iwn.32 for ; Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:11:57 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=XK97lUUkxkww0nlejL47NwLPAlAKMGWmWjYh5zX61BU=; b=S15igwAtrGWNJdZM2i9xtsjS1tOF0dBQ9usaqYrNbsRLc7lE3bKA0eih7ROlVe9JfO 43kSOWAM43gGeS0GMYRw5GYO438PBtceqQnWVFkeLyH73MG27gxMQ9rO+y12jGf5a+3N b2gQaHKREPb9DKNpGZ5is3AAndjH5IAMZAbyE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=P6H9D63UstIqCo6eA5zoOYuChMkz3lDiNm217o0hV2QSpl7OnQErqzwNFZQZaRnGh7 IdAQcG709hPBM90UyO8jWgJ7yOL2ssmGFavs7iC5EN4GuAJkaBs2uvTMezOErdTjJAy1 JpuhwFEVO5nk+xDQeWJidsXtGVLkTpgSQ5XyY= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.231.5.90 with SMTP id 26mr3078736ibu.42.1261098717429; Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:11:57 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20091217142218.GA19312@princeton.edu> References: <53e35fd50912162347r5955c7a9tca2901167ca4f2ef@mail.gmail.com> <20091217142218.GA19312@princeton.edu> Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:11:57 +0800 Message-ID: <53e35fd50912171711qb84ddcckca11d282ff4e28e1@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] usb HD cannot boot without initramfs From: Xi Shen To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: a96f8c2b-9224-499a-b9aa-cb13924bc475 X-Archives-Hash: 7a71219c6e301e8bc6e9e933fcc852f1 On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 10:22 PM, Willie Wong wrote: > On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 03:47:14PM +0800, Penguin Lover Xi Shen squawked: >> 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? > > I don't completely understand your question: if it cannot find your > usb hd and you installed on the usb HD, how did you boot? > i boot from the livedvd, and installed it on my usb hd. and the system can boot normally if i use genkernel, i think it is because the initramfs generated by genkernel loaded something that i missed. > Did you install the bootloader on the USB HD? yes, i use grub. > Did you get to the bootloader screen at all? yes, i can see the screen, and the kernel load log. but the system dies when trying to mount the root and start the system. > What cannot find your USB HD? > > Tell us in more detail what you did, and what didn't work. Your > description is so vague that for all I know cosmic rays could've > caused your problem. > > W > -- > "`I think you ought to know that I'm feeling very > depressed.'" > "`Life, don't talk to me about life.'" > "`Here I am, brain the size of a planet and they ask me to > take you down to the bridge. Call that "job satisfaction"? > 'Cos I don't.'" > "`I've got this terrible pain in all the diodes down my > left side.'" > > - Guess who. > Sortir en Pantoufles: up 1105 days, 13:11 > > -- Best Regards, David Shen http://twitter.com/davidshen84/ http://meme.yahoo.com/davidshen84/