[Novalug] Slackware and USB disks

[Ed T. Toton III]

Thus spake James Ewing Cottrell 3rd:

> I tried installing SW11.0 on my WD Passport disk with limited success. I 
> went with the 2.6 kernel and did my own mkinitrd. I did get a shell, but 
> couldn't mount the real root.
>
> Presumably, I didn't choose the magic combination of modules. I also 
> used the 2.4 kernel from the install. Maybe I should use "test26" 
> instead. Installation to an IDE drive followed by comparison of what 
> modules are added when the USB disk is plugged in might also prove 
> enlightening.
>
> It's not a BIOS issue; the BIOS can boot USB disks directly.
>
> Anyone have any other advice? Ed?

I've never tried installing it to a USB device to be bootable, but I 
suspect you're on the right track. I don't think there's any real magic to 
it, beyond including the right modules.



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