[SoaS] Problem with Mirabelle and USB Boot
Marc Karasek
marckarasek at gmail.com
Thu Jul 1 17:13:44 EDT 2010
plug the usb stick in. Open the usb and you will see a folder called
syslinux. Inside the folder is the syslinux.cfg file. You can edit
this in notepad, it is a text file.
On 7/1/2010 5:11 PM, Anurag Goel wrote:
> I am using the windows version. Still have not been able to fix the
> problem. How can I modify a .cfg file on windows? Moreover, where do I
> change root=LABEL=FEDORA and overlay=LABEL=FEDORA?
>
> Thanks,
> Anurag
>
> On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 2:33 AM, Marc Karasek <marckarasek at gmail.com
> <mailto:marckarasek at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Is that the Linux USB creator? I know the windows version does not.
>
>
>
>
> On 7/1/2010 5:00 PM, Anurag Goel wrote:
>> I'm using the Fedora Live USB creator. Doesn't that name the
>> stick "FEDORA" by default?
>>
>> -Anurag
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 2:21 AM, Marc Karasek
>> <marckarasek at gmail.com <mailto:marckarasek at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> OK,
>>
>> To prevent it name the sticks Fedora prior to putting the
>> image on them. (This step should be added to the online
>> instructions.)
>>
>> Now, if you did not change the name and need to modify the
>> syslinux.cfg, change the following lines: (you will have a
>> different UUID#)
>>
>> append initrd=initrd0.img root=live:UUID=3D4E-8E71
>> rootfstype=vfat rw liveimg overlay=UUID=3D4E-8E71 quiet rhgb
>> rd_NO_LUKS rd_NO_MD
>>
>> append initrd=initrd0.img root=live:UUID=3D4E-8E71
>> rootfstype=vfat rw liveimg overlay=UUID=3D4E-8E71 quiet rhgb
>> check
>>
>> to
>>
>> append initrd=initrd0.img root=LABEL=FEDORA rootfstype=vfat
>> rw liveimg overlay=LABEL=FEDORA quiet rhgb rd_NO_LUKS rd_NO_MD
>>
>> append initrd=initrd0.img root=LABEL=FEDORA rootfstype=vfat
>> rw liveimg overlay=LABEL=FEDORA quiet rhgb check
>>
>> I tested this fix and it works.
>>
>> Marc
>>
>> On 7/1/2010 4:46 PM, Anurag Goel wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'm in the process of making sticks for our pilot in Delhi.
>>> I'm running into the same problem as described. Can someone
>>> please elaborate on how to resolve this problem.
>>> Specifically, how can I modify syslinux.cfg to prevent this
>>> problem.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Anurag
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 10:10 PM, Marc Karasek
>>> <marckarasek at gmail.com <mailto:marckarasek at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I will check that on the sticks I have already made.
>>>
>>> For future reference, it seems if the stick is already
>>> named : FEDORA
>>> and you put a live image on it, it works out of the box.
>>> If you have it named something else then put the image
>>> on it, change the
>>> name to FEDORA, this still fails w/o the cahnge to the
>>> cmd line.
>>>
>>> Marc
>>>
>>> On 6/28/2010 11:55 AM, Sebastian Dziallas wrote:
>>> > On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 4:54 PM, Marc
>>> Karasek<marckarasek at gmail.com
>>> <mailto:marckarasek at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> I am trying to put together some sticks for shipping
>>> to Uganda.
>>> >>
>>> >> I am using the latest usb creater and image
>>> (Mirabelle Fedora13)
>>> >>
>>> >> I followed the instructions, but when I tested the
>>> sticks on a notebook,
>>> >> I got the error:
>>> >> no root device found
>>> >> sleeping forever
>>> >>
>>> >> In following a few google links, this seems to be
>>> lined to the root= and
>>> >> overlay= options on the kernel cmd line.
>>> >> I looked at what the default was and it had a UUID#
>>> in both of these
>>> >> places.
>>> >>
>>> >> I named the stick FEDORA (I remembered this used to
>>> be part of the
>>> >> instructions in the past), changed the cmd line to
>>> >> root=LABEL=FEDORA and overlay=LABEL=FEDORA and it worked.
>>> >>
>>> >> The problem is I need to make this foolproof, I do
>>> not need them to be
>>> >> having to edit cmd lines each time they boot. (The
>>> place it is going
>>> >> they have never seen a computer, so it has to be
>>> foolproof).
>>> >>
>>> >> Should I just change the name of the USB stick to
>>> match the UUID# or is
>>> >> this a bug in the image?
>>> >>
>>> >> Marc
>>> >>
>>> > Hi Marc,
>>> >
>>> > thanks for your email and welcome to the list! :)
>>> >
>>> > There should be a syslinux directory on the usb key
>>> when you plug it
>>> > into a machine (and don't boot from it, that is).
>>> Inside of that
>>> > directory, there's a file called syslinux.cfg which
>>> contains all the
>>> > arguments applied at boot. You should be able to make
>>> the change
>>> > there, which will persist then.
>>> >
>>> > Let us know how it goes!
>>> >
>>> > Cheers,
>>> > --Sebastian
>>> >
>>> >
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