[syslinux] Isolinux booting to /root on USB Drive

[David Xiao]

Hello, David

 

Following the link below, you wrote:

 

http://syslinux.zytor.com/archives/2004-June/003639.html


[syslinux] Isolinux booting to /root on USB Drive


David Forslund forslund at mail.com <mailto:syslinux%40zytor.com?Subject=%5Bsyslinux%5D%20Isolinux%20booting%20to%20/root%20on%20USB%20Drive&In-Reply-To=> 
Sun Jun 13 00:11:10 PDT 2004 

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I'm having trouble configuring syslinux/isolinux to get it to see the root partition on an external USB drive.
The system doesn't enable direct boot from a USB drive, so I'm trying to configure a bootable CDROM that will
boot up and use the USB drive where the OS is.  Any suggestions as how to make this work. I've tried using Suse 9.1
and I can get isolinux to load the USB drivers (at least it says so), but then when I try to get to the /root
partition, it can't find it.   I can boot from the Suse 9.1 install disk and then finish booting up from the USB
drive, so I know there is some way to make this work.  I'm trying to reduce the effort required to boot from 
the external drive.
 
Thanks,
 

 

 

 

Do you resolve this problem? I am trying to resolve it.

 

And you said “I can boot from the Suse 9.1 install disk and then finish booting up from the USB

drive, so I know there is some way to make this work.  “

How do you do this successfully? Can you tell me?

 


Sincerely,

肖小权 David Xiao
I T 
Suzhou SV Precision Components Co., Ltd. 
Changshu, Jiangsu, China, 215500