Re: suse on external hard drive---problems
From: JM Remacle (jmremacleNOSPAM_at_tiscali.be)
Date: 08/02/05
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Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2005 21:34:31 +0200
tbinkowski@post.pl a écrit :
> i have installed suse linux pro 9.3 on my external drive (seagate by
> la cie) connected via usb and everything went smothly..the boot loader
> is installed on my primary drive (it didnt want to boot if the loader
> was on the external one)
> two partitions were created by the during installation of suse, sda1
> and sda2
> it booted, it started to load but while detecting hardware it gave me
> these lines:
>
> waiting fordevice /dev/sda1 to appear: ....resume device /dev/sda1 not
> found (ignoring)
> loading kernel/fs/reiserfs/reiserfs.ko
> waiting for device /dev/sda2 to appear: .....not found -- exiting to
> /bin/sh
> sh: can't access tty: job control turned off
> $
>
> that's it.... can anyone tell me how to modify the kernel or how to add
> modules so it detects external partitions...
> please help
>
The problem is your usb material is not yet started when you want to
boot your usb drive.
To correct it you have to start with your boot cd, choose to start the
installed system and choose sda2 (for me sda1 was the swap partition) as
partition to launch.
So you can start 9.3
open a terminal as root.
Issue the following commands :
mkdir /mnt/sysimage
mount /dev/sdaX/mnt/sysimage (sdaX is supposedly sda2)
chroot /mnt/sysimage
You have to edit the file /etc/sysconfig/kernel (back it up before !)
i did it with VI editor that is not that simple.
May be it works with kate or kwrite
Add the following into quotes at the line that has : INITRD_MODULES=""
ehci-hcd
ohci-hcd
uhci-hcd
sd_mod
usb-storage
leaving a space between each item
You should have something like this:
INITRD_MODULES="reiserfs ehci-hcd ohci-hcd uhci-hcd usb-storage sd_mod"
issue the following commands :
mount -tproc none/proc
mkinitrd
I point out that i did not find it by myself but after long search on
the internet.
For me it worked perfect.
If not for you google with the words usb grub external drive suse
For me it is a suse problem because formerly i installed a mandrake
distro on my external usb drive and had no problem at all.
Good luck.
JM
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