External USB HDD Install - can't find root
Ok, after attempting to resize my Windows partition, have the process fail on me, and spending a good couple of hours rebuilding the filesystem, I've decided to install Slack to my external HDD instead.
My external drive repartitioned fine, installed fine, but when I go to first run I get a report that I need to specify an valid root. Linux is installed to sda3, the partition is flagged as bootable, and I'm telling the kernel not to probe hdb (hda is my internal drive, which maps correctly). Any suggestions? |
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A bootable partition is needed for Windows, but not for Linux. Please post your /etc/lilo.conf here. Specifically, where is LILO located? I would think with your internal drive being /dev/hda you could setup /etc/lilo.conf something like this: Code:
# LILO configuration file and no clue what /dev/hdb is on your box. The framebuffer is a guess, but it could be different if that doesn't work. This installs LILO to the MBR. You can boot with Slackware CD1 and at the prompt enter: Code:
hugesmp.s root=/dev/sda3 rdinit= ro edit /etc/lilo.conf you MUST issue "lilo" to write it again. If you post output also give us "fdisk -l" and "mount" please. |
I only have one system handy, so I'm going to be doing a lot of rebooting to figure this out. Could be a while between updates.
Slackware won't even boot from the CD if I specify root=/dev/sda3 unless I also specify hdb=noprobe. Going to restart and check everything - response time may vary. Thanks |
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Tried that, didn't work.
Attempting it just now, Slackware won't even boot off the CD if I include "rdinit=" when specifying the kernel (what does that parameter actually do, btw?) Launching off the cd with the following line: hugesmp.s root=/dev/sda3 ro hdb=noprobe let me gather the following info: fdisk -l: Code:
Disk /dev/sda: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes Code:
proc on /proc type proc (rw) Code:
# There are a lot of comments in here that I've left out |
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