Installing Slackware 10.2 on a 2 gig SD card

alexis101 · 06-14-2006, 06:03 PM

Hi there,
I am a linux user since 3-4 years but i din't used Slackware a lot (I am mostely a Gentoo user) And i din't used lilo a lot to.

I installed Slackware 10.2 on a 2 gig sd card. Everything went well until i tried to boot for the first time! After lilo load the kernel i got a Kernel Pannic message.

Code:

kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k -block-major-8 , errno =2 
VFS : Cannot open root device "822" or 08:22
Please append a correct "root=" boot option
Kernel panic: VFS : Unable to mount root fs on 08:22

Well So I understand that linux was not abble to mount my root partition. In my lilo.conf my root device is /dev/sdc2 (Its a ext2 partition with slackware installed on it) Do i have to add something special in my lilo.conf because its a usb drive ?

Any Help would be welcome.

aikempshall · 06-15-2006, 07:17 AM

Sounds like you need to build an initrd for lilo to load first. Work your way through these threads.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...d.php?t=451665

Slax would be a sensible way to go first, using this approach you probably won't need to load an initrd first. See this article

http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8906

Regards

Alex

MS3FGX · 06-15-2006, 10:41 AM

Not only should you have an initrd too boot to, the entire system should be run from a RAMdisk.

Actually running an OS from a flash device will destroy it.

cwwilson721 · 06-15-2006, 10:46 AM

To expand a little on what MS3FGX is saying:

A flash device has a builtin number of writes. If the limit is reached, it is gone.

I would try an external hdd, bigger capacity, longer life.

My 2cents