I'm using the Fedora Live USB creator. Doesn't that name the stick "FEDORA" by default? <div><br></div><div>-Anurag <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 2:21 AM, Marc Karasek <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:marckarasek@gmail.com">marckarasek@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> <div bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"><div class="im"> OK,<br> <br> To prevent it name the sticks Fedora prior to putting the image on them. (This step should be added to the online instructions.)<br> <br> 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#)<br> <br> 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 <br> <br> append initrd=initrd0.img root=live:UUID=3D4E-8E71 rootfstype=vfat rw liveimg overlay=UUID=3D4E-8E71 quiet rhgb check<br> <br> to <br> <br> append initrd=initrd0.img root=LABEL=FEDORA rootfstype=vfat rw liveimg overlay=LABEL=FEDORA quiet rhgb rd_NO_LUKS rd_NO_MD <br> <br> append initrd=initrd0.img root=LABEL=FEDORA rootfstype=vfat rw liveimg overlay=LABEL=FEDORA quiet rhgb check<br> <br> I tested this fix and it works. <br> <br> Marc<br> <br> On 7/1/2010 4:46 PM, Anurag Goel wrote: </div><div><div></div><div class="h5"><blockquote type="cite">Hi, <div><br> </div> <div>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 <span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;border-collapse:collapse">syslinux.cfg to prevent this problem. </span></div> <div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse:collapse"><br> </span></font></div> <div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse:collapse">Thanks,</span></font></div> <div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse:collapse">Anurag <br> </span></font><br> <div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 10:10 PM, Marc Karasek <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:marckarasek@gmail.com" target="_blank">marckarasek@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex">I will check that on the sticks I have already made.<br> <br> For future reference, it seems if the stick is already named : FEDORA<br> and you put a live image on it, it works out of the box.<br> If you have it named something else then put the image on it, change the<br> name to FEDORA, this still fails w/o the cahnge to the cmd line.<br> <font color="#888888"><br> Marc<br> </font> <div> <div><br> On 6/28/2010 11:55 AM, Sebastian Dziallas wrote:<br> > On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 4:54 PM, Marc Karasek<<a href="mailto:marckarasek@gmail.com" target="_blank">marckarasek@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br> ><br> >> I am trying to put together some sticks for shipping to Uganda.<br> >><br> >> I am using the latest usb creater and image (Mirabelle Fedora13)<br> >><br> >> I followed the instructions, but when I tested the sticks on a notebook,<br> >> I got the error:<br> >> no root device found<br> >> sleeping forever<br> >><br> >> In following a few google links, this seems to be lined to the root= and<br> >> overlay= options on the kernel cmd line.<br> >> I looked at what the default was and it had a UUID# in both of these<br> >> places.<br> >><br> >> I named the stick FEDORA (I remembered this used to be part of the<br> >> instructions in the past), changed the cmd line to<br> >> root=LABEL=FEDORA and overlay=LABEL=FEDORA and it worked.<br> >><br> >> The problem is I need to make this foolproof, I do not need them to be<br> >> having to edit cmd lines each time they boot. (The place it is going<br> >> they have never seen a computer, so it has to be foolproof).<br> >><br> >> Should I just change the name of the USB stick to match the UUID# or is<br> >> this a bug in the image?<br> >><br> >> Marc<br> >><br> > Hi Marc,<br> ><br> > thanks for your email and welcome to the list! :)<br> ><br> > There should be a syslinux directory on the usb key when you plug it<br> > into a machine (and don't boot from it, that is). Inside of that<br> > directory, there's a file called syslinux.cfg which contains all the<br> > arguments applied at boot. You should be able to make the change<br> > there, which will persist then.<br> ><br> > Let us know how it goes!<br> ><br> > Cheers,<br> > --Sebastian<br> ><br> ><br> >> _______________________________________________<br> >> SoaS mailing list<br> >> <a href="mailto:SoaS@lists.sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">SoaS@lists.sugarlabs.org</a><br> >> <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas</a><br> >><br> > _______________________________________________<br> > SoaS mailing list<br> > <a href="mailto:SoaS@lists.sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">SoaS@lists.sugarlabs.org</a><br> > <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas</a><br> ><br> _______________________________________________<br> SoaS mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:SoaS@lists.sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">SoaS@lists.sugarlabs.org</a><br> <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas</a><br> </div> </div> </blockquote> </div> <br> <br clear="all"> <br> -- <br> Anurag Goel<br> </div> <pre><fieldset></fieldset> _______________________________________________ SoaS mailing list <a href="mailto:SoaS@lists.sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">SoaS@lists.sugarlabs.org</a> <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas</a> </pre> </blockquote> </div></div></div> <br>_______________________________________________<br> SoaS mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:SoaS@lists.sugarlabs.org">SoaS@lists.sugarlabs.org</a><br> <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas</a><br> <br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Anurag Goel<br> </div>