hbrhodes wrote:
k, i'm tired of trying. i'm using the boot disk (because the usb disk
wouldn't boot up even after telling the bios) to get to my linux
install screen. i have the usb drive auto detected and i'm selecting
/dev/sda1 for the hard drive. i'm teling it that the path to fc5 is:
temp/iso/
it ain't working, and i can't figure it out, i've tried adding on
other directories like:
* repodata
* Fedora
* Fedora/base or RPMS
nothing, how do i work this?
To boot from a USB disk, you need to make a custom initrd: from rescue
mode with the USB installation (and /boot partition) mounted (chroot
/mnt/sysimage also):
ls /boot
Check what initrd-2.6.xx-1.xxxx_FC5.img you have.
rm /boot/initrd-2.6.xx-1.xxxx_FC5.img (whatever you saw in /boot)
/sbin/mkinitrd --with-usb --preload=ehci-hcd --preload=usb-storage
--preload=scsi_mod --preload=sd_mod /boot/initrd-2.6.xx-1.xxxx_FC5.img
2.6.xx-1.xxxx_FC5
All in one line from /sbin/mkinitrd to the kernel version, replacing the
x's everywhere with appropriate numbers (so 2.6.15-1.2054_FC5 for the
kernel installed with FC5).
-Dan
