From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263606AbTL2QqQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Dec 2003 11:46:16 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263607AbTL2QqQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Dec 2003 11:46:16 -0500 Received: from louise.pinerecords.com ([213.168.176.16]:41442 "EHLO louise.pinerecords.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263606AbTL2QqM (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Dec 2003 11:46:12 -0500 Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 17:45:39 +0100 From: Tomas Szepe To: Karel =?iso-8859-1?Q?Kulhav=FD?= Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Can't mount USB partition as root Message-ID: <20031229164539.GD30794@louise.pinerecords.com> References: <20031229173853.A32038@beton.cybernet.src> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20031229173853.A32038@beton.cybernet.src> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Dec-29 2003, Mon, 17:38 +0100 Karel Kulhavý wrote: > Is it possible to boot kernel with root from /dev/sda1 (USB)? > partition table: whole /dev/sda is one partition (sda1), type 83 (Linux). > Tried also switching on and off hotplugging in kernel and it didn't help. Well, is the device detected and the partition table scanned before the root mount is attempted? I believe this should work given you've compiled in all the necessary code. Please capture the dmesg using serial console/netconsole/whatever and post it along with your .config. -- Tomas Szepe