boot cd doesn't work

yam-ling chan · 06-21-2006, 10:39 AM

I'm trying to build a bootable CD using isolinux. However, when I boot the CD, system responsed

Loading boot/vmlinuz .......
Loading boot/initrd.gz ......

system then reboot from the bios. Can anyone help?

Below is my config file.

display boot/splash.cfg
default slack
prompt 1
timeout 400

label slack
kernel boot/vmlinuz
append vga=769 max_loop=255 initrd=boot/initrd.gz init=linuxrc load_ramdisk=1 prompt_ramdisk=0 root=/dev/ram0 rw

GatorBlade · 06-21-2006, 10:45 AM

Could you please mention which distro?
what are you actually trying to do? Boot from a Linux CD to install it
or trying a Live CD? i wonder where did you read that conf file from..
have you installed linux?

yam-ling chan · 06-21-2006, 06:52 PM

Thanks GatorBlade.

I'm using slackware
I've installed slackware on my usb hard disk. It can be boot directly from one of my notebook. However, my another older notebook cannot boot directly from usb. I would like to build a CD to help booting the usb hard disk.

yam-ling chan · 06-21-2006, 10:08 PM

I just copy the config file somewhere on the web. My plan is to start up the linuxrc in initrd and then change root to my usb drive. However linuxrc can never be started. The comupter reboot every time it try to load initrd.gz.

yam-ling chan · 06-23-2006, 09:50 PM

I've tried some other variation like specifying root=/dev/sda1, root=0x801 but with noluck.

Anyone can give me a clue?

Below is my latest isolinux.cfg file.

display boot/splash.cfg
default slack
prompt 1
timeout 400
F1 boot/splash.txt
F2 boot/splash.cfg

label slack
kernel boot/vmlinuz
append vga=769 max_loop=255 initrd=boot/initrd.gz root=0x801 rw