01-04-2007, 10:43 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jan 2007
Location: Switzerland
Distribution: PCLinuxOS, Mandriva, Gentoo, [k]ubuntu, RELS
Posts: 1
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Problem booting from USB drive - kubuntu
Hello,
I have a Dell Precision M65 laptop with an internal SATA disk. I also have a 160GB USB disk. I am having problems booting from the USB disk.
I installed kubuntu to a partition on the USB disk. I created a new initrd adding these modules: ehci-hcd usb-storage scsi_mod sd_mod.
During the installation the internal disk was seen as sda and the USB disk as sdb. I told it during the installation to install grub on sdb.
On booting I need to change 'root (hd1,0)' to 'root (hd0,0)'. I presume this is because my internal SATA drive hasn't been detected at this stage. My complete grub entry is:
title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.17-10-generic
root (hd1,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.17-10-generic root=/dev/sdb1 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.17-10-generic
quiet
savedefault
boot When I change 'root=/dev/sdb1' to 'root=/dev/sda1' the system boots until I get the message: Waiting for root file system.
Anyone know what I am doing wrong? If you need more information please don't hesitate to ask. The kubuntu version is 6.10 (edgy).
Many thanks,
Roy
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