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Old 05-06-2006, 08:44 PM   #1
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how to boot sda1 in grub (usb HDD)

a 40GB 3gen Apple iPod. is a scsi HDD. can't figure out how to boot this over USB!
 
Old 05-06-2006, 09:06 PM   #2
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What?

What does a SCSI hd have to do with booting over USB?

What, exactly, are you trying to "boot over USB"?
 
Old 05-06-2006, 10:05 PM   #3
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You wants to put LINUX OS on that USB device,right?
 
Old 05-07-2006, 02:22 PM   #4
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yes, I want to boot slackware 10.2 off a scsi usb hard drive (my ipod)

sorry i didn't clarify earlier but i was in a rush last night.
 
Old 05-07-2006, 03:12 PM   #5
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There are 3 issues involved: the BIOS, the kernel and the bootloader.

First, obviously, your BIOS must support booting from USB.

Second, the kernel needs SCSI support and usb-storage. These either must be built into the kernel or you need to use an initrd.

Lastly, the bootloader, you mention grub, so we'll go with that. In grub, drives count from zero, so the first hard drive is hd0, the second is hd1 and so on. So, assuming your box has 1 hard drive in it, then the USB drive will be hd1.
 
Old 05-07-2006, 04:01 PM   #6
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BIOS supports USB booting, the kernel on the ipod is scsi.s and im assuming it supports usb-storage on boot. ill take the (hd0,x) advice...ill repost w/ results tonight
 
  


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