Hi guys:
I've been struggling trying to build a bootable usb with the latest stable kernel (2.6.16). The machine I need to boot is a fanless pc (Zevo) with a touchscreen monitor. If i follow
these instructions, the bootloader runs smothly till the point where the debian-installer comes up, afterwards I can't access the installer on-screen configuration because I can't decipher what is on the screen, the screen blinks continuosly. I figured out I needed a custom kernel to be able to use the installer, but so far not luck.
After succefully compiling the kernel (in another machine) and trying to booot in the fanless pc, it just throws the unfamous: Kernel Panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 00:00, even though I have compiled the necesary modules into the kernel( I guess!).
My question is:
How can I boot form an usb and install some decent distro into a partionless hardisk, I have no CD, no floppy available, no usb-cdrom. I tried to boot from LAN initially but that didn't work either.
I can boot from an slax usb though. but acn do nothing to the hardisk.
Can somebody give me a hand o point me to an how to?
Cheers and Thanks.