Re: linux-image-2.6-486 vs. linux-image -2.6-<x>

On Thu, Mar 01, 2007 at 06:18:13AM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 10:44:33AM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
Hi,

Is there a place where the difference between these latest kernel
binary images is documented, other than looking thru the config files
or the descriptions of the packages.

When I install Etch on my machine from the daily built, it pulls in
-486.

With that and grub I can boot into a USB disk.

But when I install linux-image-2.6-k7 (my processor) the boot will
fail, because he cannot find the root device, meaning the initrd
failed somehow.




The issue is the use of an USB harddrive.

yes, this is more than trivial at this point, I think.


Linux-image-4-486 has no problems when used on a USB disk partition on
which Etch is installed with the daily-built d-i. I always boots right.

However...

When I install the same linux-image-4-486 on an older partition that now
runs 2.6.20-ck1 and only refers to the USB disk from /etc/fstab, the
boot will fail 50% of the time because he just doesn't wait long enough
for the device to show up and changing mkinitrd.conf with DELAY=10 and
running update-initramfs -u did not change anything.

Also when I use yaird instead there is never any problem exept for the
poor behavior of yaird: see
http://wiki.debian.org/USB-HD_Boot_Full_Debian?highlight=%28USB%29
and:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2006/05/msg01557.html



I'm sorry I'm very confused as to what exactly you are trying to do
here. Are you using /boot from the hard-disk and then using / on USB
or what?

A

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